7.1 earthquake hits Japan, 7 killed
Apr 16, 2016, at 02:34 pm
Tokyo, Apr 16 (IBNS): A massive earthquake measuring 7.1 on the Richter Scale hit southwestern Japan on Saturday morning, killing at least seven people, media reports said.
Earthquake hits northwest Japan, 9 dead, 700 injured
Apr 15, 2016, at 06:23 pm
Tokyo, Apr 15 (IBNS) At least nine people were killed and more than 700 injured when a powerful earthquake hit southwestern Japan on late Thursday, local news reports said.
A space spider watches over young stars
Apr 15, 2016, at 03:32 pm
California, Apr 15 (IBNS) A nebula known as "the Spider" glows fluorescent green in an infrared image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope and the Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS).
Saturn Spacecraft samples Interstellar Dust
Apr 15, 2016, at 03:27 pm
California, Apr 15 (IBNS) NASA's Cassini spacecraft has detected the faint but distinct signature of dust coming from beyond our solar system. The research, led by a team of Cassini scientists primarily from Europe, is published this week in the journal Science.
Japan earthquake toll touches 9
Apr 15, 2016, at 03:11 pm
Tokyo, Apr 15 (IBNS) The death toll in the earthquake that hit Japan on Thursday touched nine, media reports said on Friday.
2 killed as earthquake hits Japan
Apr 15, 2016, at 06:11 am
Tokyo, Apr 14 (IBNS): At least two people were killed as an earthquake hit Japan on Thursday, media reports said.
6.2 earthquake hits Japan, no casualty
Apr 15, 2016, at 01:30 am
Tokyo, Apr 14 (IBNS): An earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter Scale hit Japan on Thursday, officials said.
At least 65 die in heatwave in Odisha and Telengana
Apr 14, 2016, at 08:45 pm
New Delhi, Apr 14 (IBNS) At least 65 people have died in Odisha and Telengana in the heatwave that sweeps several states in India making it the hottest April in 5 years as the weather experts predict even worse days ahead.
Rhino killed with AK 47 in Kaziranga National Park
Apr 14, 2016, at 07:36 pm
Kaziranga, Assam, Apr 14 (IBNS) A rhino was killed as poachers struck with assault rifles in the Kaziranga National Park on Wednesday night, the day the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge visited the abode of one-horned animals, reports said.
6.8 earthquake jolts Myanmar, tremors felt in several Indian states
Apr 14, 2016, at 06:03 am
Kolkata/New Delhi, Apr 14 (IBNS): An earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter Scale hit Myanmar - India Border region as tremors were felt across several Indian cities, triggering panic and injuring several people on Wednesday, officials said.
Former Indian captain takes initiative to raise funds for cancer patients
Apr 14, 2016, at 05:19 am
Kolkata, Apr 13 (IBNS): Tata Medical Center recently announced their fund raising activity, ‘Dada’r Shongey Dil Sey Dijiye’, in collaboration with former Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly, to facilitate the phase –II expansion of the critical oncology cure unit of Tata Medical Center hospital.
Few injured as tremors hit West Bengal
Apr 14, 2016, at 03:45 am
Kolkata, Apr 19 (IBNS) At least four people suffered minor injuries in different parts of West Bengal as tremors were felt in the state after an earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter Scale hit Myanmar - India Border Region on Wednesday.
Tremors felt in Nepal, no casualty
Apr 14, 2016, at 03:24 am
Kathmandu, Apr 13 (IBNS): As an earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter Scale hit Myanmar - India Border Region, tremors were also felt in parts of Nepal on Wednesday, reports said.
Apr 14, 2016, at 03:16 am
Dhaka, Apr 13 (IBNS): Tremors were felt in different parts of Bangladesh as a moderate earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter Scale hit Myanmar - India Border Region on Wednesday, media reports said.
6.8 earthquake hits Myanmar - India Border Region, tremors felt in Kolkata
Apr 14, 2016, at 01:35 am
Kolkata/Guwahati, Apr 13 (IBNS): An earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter Scale hit Myanmar - India Border Region as tremors were felt across several Indian cities on Wednesday, officials said.
6.9 earthquake hits Myanmar,tremors felt in Indian cities
Apr 14, 2016, at 01:23 am
Kolkata/New Delhi, Apr 13 (IBNS) An earthquake measuring 6.9 on the Richter Scale hit Myanmar on Wednesday as tremors were felt in several Indian cities like Kolkata and Guwahati.
India to join South Asia Wildlife Enforcement Network
Apr 13, 2016, at 07:29 pm
New Delhi, Apr 13 (IBNS) The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has given its approval on Wednesday for India adopting the Statute of the South Asia Wildlife Enforcement Network (SAWEN).
India houses 70 percent of global tiger population: Prakash Javdekar
Apr 13, 2016, at 06:20 pm
New Delhi, Apr 13 (IBNS) As the global population of tigers showed an increase in the recently tabulated report, India's Environment and Forest Minister Prakash Javdekar said that the nation houses 70 percent of the world's tiger.
NASA Supercomputer simulations help improve aircraft propulsion design
Apr 13, 2016, at 02:59 pm
California, Apr 13 (IBNS) NASA and aviation industry on Wednesday said it partnered and collaborating on the development of green aviation technologies.
Monsoon seasonal rainfall to be above normal: IMD
Apr 13, 2016, at 12:16 am
New Delhi, Apr 12 (IBNS): India is all set to witness above normal monsoon this year, country's meteorological department said on Tuesday.
-1460466388.jpg "CSIR developed earthquake warning system alerted Delhi Metro about the recent earthquake in real time")
Apr 13, 2016, at 12:06 am
New Delhi, Apr 12 (IBNS) CSIR-Central Scientific Instruments Organization (CSIR-CSIO), Chandigarh developed an Earthquake Warning System (EqWS).
Monsoon expected to be above average in 2016: IMD
Apr 12, 2016, at 10:30 pm
New Delhi, Apr 12 (IBNS): India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Tuesday announced that the country will experience above normal monsoon this year.
Union environment ministry holds third regional workshop with state governments
Apr 12, 2016, at 08:20 pm
Bengaluru, Apr 12 (IBNS) The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests announced on Tuesday that it has completed a two-day workshop in Bengaluru where state government officials were provided with hands-on training for formulating and submitting proposals for accessing climate change finance under the National Adaptation Fund on Climate Change (NAFCC), Green Climate Fund (GCF) and Adaptation Fund Board (AFB).
-1460436544.jpg "Monsoon likely to be above normal in 2016: Skymet")
Monsoon likely to be above normal in 2016: Skymet
Apr 12, 2016, at 03:49 pm
New Delhi, Apr 12 (IBNS) India is going to experience above normal monsoon in 2016, as per private weather forecaster Skymet Weather Services .
NASA begins testing of revolutionary e-sail technology
Apr 12, 2016, at 03:13 pm
California, Apr 12 (IBNS) Testing has started at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, on a concept for a potentially revolutionary propulsion system that could send spacecraft to the edge of our solar system, the heliopause, faster than ever before.
NASA expands economic research to advance space development
Apr 12, 2016, at 03:09 pm
California, Apr 12 (IBNS) The global space economy is growing, generating more than $300 billion a year in space-related activities, and attracting new, diverse participants and investors.
Hot super-Earths stripped by host stars: 'Cooked' planets shrink due to radiation
Apr 12, 2016, at 04:47 am
Kolkata, Apr 11 (IBNS) Astrophysicists at the University of Birmingham have used data from the NASA Kepler space telescope to discover a class of extrasolar planets whose atmospheres have been stripped away by their host stars, according to research published in the journal Nature Communications on Monday.
Global wild Tiger population increases: WWF
Apr 12, 2016, at 03:25 am
New Delhi, Apr 11 (IBNS) The number of wild tigers has been revised to 3,890, based on the best available data, said WWF and the Global Tiger Forum (GTF) ahead of a major tiger conservation meeting tomorrow in New Delhi to be opened by India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Brett Lee in India on an awareness drive for hearing loss
Apr 11, 2016, at 10:55 pm
Bangalore, Apr 11 (IBNS): Former Australian cricketer Brett Lee, Cochlear’s Global Hearing Ambassador, is in Bangalore for the second innings of the 'Sounds of Cricket' campaign.
Prime Minister Modi to Inaugurate Asia Ministerial Conference on Tiger Conservation on Tuesday
Apr 11, 2016, at 06:17 pm
New Delhi, Apr 11 (IBNS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the three-day Third Asia Ministerial Conference on Tiger Conservation on Tuesday in New Delhi.