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IMD predicts early onset of south-west monsoon, rains might hit Kerala on May 29

The rainy season in the south-west usually sets over Kerala on June 1 with a standard deviation of about seven days. The rains will prove beneficial for states such as Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal, where Kharif crops are grown.

May 20, 2018

PM Modi in J&K: Internet suspended, schools closed

Separatists leaders, including Syed Ali Geelani and Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, have been placed under house arrest while Yasin Malik has been taken into preventive custody.

May 19, 2018

Dollar and oil pause ascent, bonds and gold lick wounds

European stocks were 0.3 percent lower, but with the euro near a 5-month low following the dollar's surge and oil shares gleeful about its rapid rise, the region was heading for an eighth straight week of gains.

May 18, 2018

NASA study shows freshwater decline in India

The first-of-its-kind study used 14 years of observations from the US/German-led Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) spacecraft mission to track global trends in freshwater in 34 regions around the world.

May 18, 2018

Security beefed up ahead of PM Modi's two-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir

Extra security forces along with the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and Indian army personnel have been deployed in various parts of the state. The prime minister's visit is scheduled just two days after the government announced a ceasefire during the month of Ramadan.

May 18, 2018

Watch: Delivery guy helps children stranded on flooded roads

The incident took place in China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, according to reports.

May 18, 2018

Excessive human activity found to degrade one third of the world's protected areas

Conservation efforts of several countries in Asia, Europe, and Africa seem to be under immense pressure due to persistent human activity that poses a severe threat to the land.

May 18, 2018

Muslims 'forced to eat pork and drink alcohol:' China's questionable relationship with Islam

Two former detainees of China's re-education camps spoke to the Washington Post and revealed that what they went through was brutal. Omir Bekali and Kayrat Samarkand said that the duo was forced to drink alcohol and consume pork, something that is forbidden in Islam.

May 18, 2018

Raazi earnings: Alia Bhatt's movie emerges as clear box office winner

Raazi starring Alia Bhatt and Vicky Kaushal has now earned Rs 56.59 crore in the first week and become the fifth highest Hindi grossing movie of 2018.

May 18, 2018

Scientists want to CRISPR extinct Woolly Mammoths back into existence to fight global warming

Woolly Mammoths played an important role in keeping the arctic tundra's ground frozen. Now that humans have increased the planet's temperature and the permafrost has started to melt, these giants beasts might help fight global waming.

May 18, 2018

Deadpool 2 movie review: It's worth the hype, wait and everything in between

Ryan Reynolds is back as Deadpool and he has outdone himself in Deadpool 2. Here's our review of Deadpool 2.

May 18, 2018

Land acquisition woes thwart India's mega refinery plan with Saudi Aramco

Thousands of farmers oppose the refinery and are refusing to surrender land, fearing it could damage a region famed for its Alphonso mangoes, vast cashew plantations and fishing hamlets that boast bountiful catches of seafood.

May 17, 2018

Delhi to become world's most populous city by 2028 surpassing Tokyo: Here's why

According to a report by Population Division of the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), two-thirds of people in the world will be living in cities and will be mainly concentrated in three countries - India, China, and Nigeria by 2050.

May 17, 2018

Artist's illustration of Jupiter and Europa (in the foreground) with the Galileo spacecraft

Alien life on Europa? After plate tectonics, water geysers discovery strengthens the argument

In 2017, scientists said that life of Europa is very much possible as the moon is expected to have tectonic plates just like Earth.

May 17, 2018

Hippos poop so much that they often suffocate fish in rivers

Hippos poop a lot and they happen to remain submerged when they do it. Consequently, the bacteria that break down the waste consume a large amount of oxygen in the rivers and end up killing fish en masse.

May 17, 2018

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Search Results for: Indo-Pacific region

IMD predicts early onset of south-west monsoon, rains might hit Kerala on May 29

PM Modi in J&K: Internet suspended, schools closed

Dollar and oil pause ascent, bonds and gold lick wounds

NASA study shows freshwater decline in India

Security beefed up ahead of PM Modi's two-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir

Watch: Delivery guy helps children stranded on flooded roads

Excessive human activity found to degrade one third of the world's protected areas

Muslims 'forced to eat pork and drink alcohol:' China's questionable relationship with Islam

Raazi earnings: Alia Bhatt's movie emerges as clear box office winner

Scientists want to CRISPR extinct Woolly Mammoths back into existence to fight global warming

Deadpool 2 movie review: It's worth the hype, wait and everything in between

Land acquisition woes thwart India's mega refinery plan with Saudi Aramco

Delhi to become world's most populous city by 2028 surpassing Tokyo: Here's why

Alien life on Europa? After plate tectonics, water geysers discovery strengthens the argument

Hippos poop so much that they often suffocate fish in rivers

Time for India to follow suit? France, Germany, Netherlands, US banned use of EVMs [here's why]

Dhanush's Captain Miller has no buyers in Telugu states? Here's why

Deepika Padukone is a sight to behold in velvet gown; attends Academy Museum Gala with Selena Gomez, Dua Lip [see pics]