Bihar to turn village into peacock breeding centre
byPatna, May 24 (IANS) Bihar plans to turn a village into a breeding centre for the Indian national bird peacock, forest officials officials said…
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Mexican woman gets first transplant of ovaries in Latin America
byMexico City, May 24 (IANS/EFE) A Mexican woman received Latin America’s first transplant of ovaries in a hospital in the western city of Guadalajara,…
Another hot day in store for Delhi
byNew Delhi, May 24 (IANS) A day after Delhi recorded it’s hottest day in May in the last 10 years, the mercury is expected…
Bid to smuggle African ivory foiled in Dubai
byDubai, May 24 (IANS/WAM) Dubai Customs has foiled a bid to smuggle 259 pieces of ivory that arrived from Africa at its Jebel Ali…
AIDS programme gets Rs.2,550 crore
byNew Delhi, May 23 (IANS) The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs Thursday approved a proposal for the implementation of National AIDS Control Support Project…
Soaring temperatures can affect quality of pills: Doctors
byNew Delhi, May 23 (IANS) Extreme heat can affect medicines and these can become life threatening for those using them, doctors said Thursday. “Quality…
‘Quadricycles may increase road deaths’
byNew Delhi, May 23 (IANS) The government’s decision to allow quadricycles, a category of four-wheelers on Indian roads, is fraught with the danger of…
Amritsar records 30-year high at 48 degrees Celsius
byChandigarh: The Sikh holy city of Amritsar today recorded its highest temperature in over three decades with the mercury hitting a high of 48 degrees…
Chhattisgarh wilts as mercury rises to 47 degrees Celsius
byRaipur, May 23 (IANS) Cases of sunburns and heat stroke have jumped in Chhattisgarh as most parts of the state are wilting under maximum…
Thursday Delhi’s hottest in May in 10 years
byNew Delhi, May 23 (IANS) The maximum temperature in Delhi touched 45.7 degrees Celsius Thursday, the highest for the month of May in the…