Seattle-based Amazon had considered debuting drone delivery services in Mumbai and Bangalore by Diwali this year
Seeking to boost the strategic ties, India and the US finalised the text of the Logistics Exchange Memorandum of Agreement.
Can you guess even one of them?
'The projects that the government started to bring within Goa were totally anti-Goa and anti-people.' 'Can anyone describe a project as development when it is going to cause wanton destruction of people's houses, their surroundings and livelihoods and destruction of forests?'
There is a proposal to term forests as areas so notified and not include plantations on private land.
Butterflies aren't just easy on the eyes. Their presence in a place indicates the relative health of the environment.
Tell us which of these outfits you liked the best!
Kate Middleton's recycled outfit failed to make its mark.
Tales By Light is devoted to the kind of nature photography that appears on the pages of Nat Geo, but it exposes viewers to fascinating vistas that have only partly to do with photography, says Vikram Johri.
Britain's Prince Harry is considering leaving his career in the British army later this year, media reports said on Friday.
Winged guests have started arriving at the Bhitarkanika National Park in Odisha.
Dehorning grabs the spotlight again after the death of the last male northern white rhino.
Khan said shooting an animal in self-defence was not an offence according to section 11(2) of the Wildlife Protection Act.
According to new ministry guidelines, the permission to chop down forests will be given only after all the compensatory levies are provided
Saltwater crocodiles are the world's largest reptiles, and these had already disappeared from the coasts of Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh by the 1970s. In all of Bhitarkanika, there were only 96 of them left. The census this January noted their count at 1,682.
India loses 333 acres of prime forest every day. Instead of working to conserve India's forests and water resources, the environment minister has set up a committee to 'dismantle' the five key laws that provide environmental protection.
Vivid Sydney is an annual festival that places light sculptures and installations throughout the city. More than 1 million people are expected to visit the festival this year, which takes place from 25 May to 16 June. Vivid is celebrating its 10th year with its biggest collection of light installations to date. Here are some dazzling sights from the lights festival.
Studying wolves' howls could reveal how human language evolved.
After going through more than 78,000 photographs from over 4,700 photographers, the expert judges of the World Press Photo contest have announced the finalists of the 2019 competition. The panelists have selected 43 photographers from 23 countries to represent the best in photojournalism.
Surprisingly, Jeff Bezos is the new entrant to the list and ends up holding the first position.
Kumar's son Prashant Bishnoi is a national-level shooter.
Founded in 1994, this is the Tiger Temple, or Wat Pha Luang Ta Bua Yanasampanno, a Theravada Buddhist temple in western Thailand.
And it happens in Nagaland.
The underwater world has never looked so magical, mysterious and mesmerising. These photographs are some of the stunning medal winners in the Underwater Photographer of the Year 2021 contest.
Whenever you think of Microsoft, the only name that crosses one's mind is Bill Gates. But the tech behemoth was co-founded in 1975 by Gates and Paul Allen.
In this series, Rediff.com presents a selection of the year's most enduring moments year from around the world.
Shubir Rishi/Rediff.com continues his jungle adventure and narrates his day at the Kanha National Park.
Pricing can help prioritise the best use of conservation efforts and funding
An ecological disaster is in the making in the Sunderbans, the world's largest mangrove forest spanning across the Indo-Bangla border, after an oil tanker collided with an empty cargo vessel. The incident spilled nearly 350 tonnes of oil into the Sela river, threatening the survival of multiple species of flora and fauna.
In the jungles of the Pench National Park and Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve, 28 brave women walk 20 km every day. They often come across tigers, leopards, bears, bison and other wild animals. But there is another species far deadlier that often crosses their path: Humans.
'Actually, the RSS is deeply ambivalent and uncomfortable with Gandhi as well as also Ambedkar, but it is not politically wise to oppose these two.' 'So Nehru is the main and only target.'
'The darkest days of Indian democracy were (during) the Emergency when basic democratic rights were suspended. For a time it seemed as though India would move along the East Asian model -- everybody works hard, nobody asks questions, certainly not of the government.' 'There are people who say we are headed that way, but I am not persuaded by the evidence,' says Mahesh Rangarajan who recently resigned as director of the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library in New Delhi.
'Fearlessness, courtesy, humour, wide interests and wisdom, deep commitment to science and technology, passion for the environment, objectivity and the ability to see many things through not only a national but also an international prism.'
CBI has also named unknown officials of the union environment ministry in the PE.
In the jungles of the Pench National Park and Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve, 28 brave women walk 20 km every day. They often come across tigers, leopards, bears, bison and other wild animals. But there is another species far deadlier that often crosses their path: Humans.
Winners of the 2016 National Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year.
Today is World Environment Day; apt then we look at what contribution some of the best-looking people we feature on our pages make to it!
'What exists instead is a clear gap between skilled people and the work at hand.' 'Employers on most occasions find it difficult to find a match between the two,' Adi Godrej tells Viveat Susan Pinto and Niraj Bhatt.
Growing and harvesting trees for productive and economic uses are once again dead in the water, says Sunita Narain.
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