‘Dispel myths about vitiligo’ (May 19 is Vitiligo Awareness Day in India)
byNew Delhi, May 18 (IANS) Eighteen-year-old Priyanka Sharma says she feels like an outcast when fellow commuters get up as she sits beside them…
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CMJ University to appeal against HC order to stop admissions
byShillong, May 18 (IANS) CMJ University Saturday decided to file a writ appeal after the Meghalaya High Court directed the controversial private varsity to…
NHRC summons Odisha chief secretary
byBhubaneswar, May 18 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has summoned the Odisha chief secretary for failing to submit a report on the…
Western Ghat report has imperialist mindset: Ecologist
byPanaji, May 18 (IANS) Ecologist Madhav Gadgil has picked holes in former ISRO head K. Kasturirangan’s high-level working group (HLWG) report on the environmentally…
Elephants crush two to death in Jharkhand
byRanchi, May 18 (IANS) Rampaging elephants trampled two people to death in a village on the outskirts of the Jharkhand capital Ranchi Friday, an…
Sanawar boys to attempt Everest Peak next week
byIn the shadow of several 8000 meter high peaks, which include Everest, Lhotse, Nuptse, Lohla, Lingtern Pumori and others, the Sanawar Everest Team has…
NHRC notice to Haryana over girls’ harassment
byNew Delhi: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has sought a response from Haryana’s chief secretary and director general of police over media reports that…
US couple donates land to Argentine park
byBuenos Aires, May 18 (IANS/EFE) The Conservation Land Trust, a project of US philanthropists and environmental activists Douglas and Kris Tompkins, donated 15,000 hectares…
Warm morning in Delhi, hot day ahead
byNew Delhi, May 18 (IANS) It was a warm morning in the capital Saturday with the minimum temperature settling at 24.8 degrees Celsius, a…
Russia to test drones to track wildlife, poachers
byMoscow, May 18 (IANS/RIA Novosti) In a bid to track its wildlife and hunt down poachers, Russia is all set to test unmanned aerial…