Year: 2017

A woman crossing floodwaters with her child on a makeshift bamboo bridge at Ramkrishana Nagar village in Karimganj district, Assam on June 30, 2017. Credit: PTI

Heavy Rains in Arunachal Pradesh Trigger Landslides, Flash Floods

Major rivers in the state are flowing above the...

Morigaon: A woman with her child, in a utensil, moves to a safer place from the flood affected Khanamukh village in Morigoan, Assam on Wednesday. Credit: PTI

Assam Flood Death Toll Rises to 26 as One More Dies

More than three lakh people have been affected in...

British Columbia wildfires seen near 100 Mile House in British Columbia, Canada in this handout photo obtained by Reuters July 7, 2017. BC Wildfire Service/Handout via REUTERS

Emergency Declared Due to West Canada Wildfire, Evacuations Underway

Dennis Owen 09/07/2017

The wildfires began on Friday, when 138 new fires...

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Music in the Wild: The Rhythm That Palm Cockatoos Beat to Attract a Mate

Janaki Lenin 08/07/2017

Occasionally, the parrots mix their soprano vocals with their...

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Kharagpur Scientists Develop Novel Nanomaterial for Smart Supercapacitors

Bhavya Khullar 08/07/2017

They attribute its superior ability to conduct electricity to...

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Why a New Idea to Search for Extra Dimensions in the Pulse of Spacetime Is Turning Heads

Vasudevan Mukunth 07/07/2017

If physicists do find that gravitational waves have travelled...

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“We Don’t Monitor Deaths, We Monitor Adverse Events,” Says Government on Deaths After Vaccination

Anoo Bhuyan 07/07/2017

Of the 134 cases that India reported, the cause...