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Nepal to impose strict measures against Everest climbers

Last Updated: Friday, February 21, 2014, 21:58

After several breaches of rules and guidelines while climbing Mt Everest, Nepal has decided to adopt strict measures for aspirants from this spring.

Northeastern lichens may yield drug against breast cancer

Last Updated: Friday, February 21, 2014, 19:54

Abundant in the lush hills of northeast India, a variety of plant-like organisms called lichens may hold the key to a potential drug against breast cancer that affects one in 28 women in India, according to a discovery by scientists here.

Soon, clean your laundry with biogas

Last Updated: Friday, February 21, 2014, 19:37

The ubiquitous biogas - or gobar gas that is used frequently in Indian villages - is being tapped for washing laundry and disinfecting hospital instruments, among other things.

Odisha gets first Butterfly Garden in Nandankanan Zoological Park

Last Updated: Friday, February 21, 2014, 19:07

Anybody visiting the Nandankanan Zoological Park near Bhubaneswar can now spot hundreds of beautiful colourful day-flying insects in the garden.

There is unjustified opposition to GM crops in India: Kush

Last Updated: Friday, February 21, 2014, 19:02

There is unjustified opposition for growing of genetically modified crops in India in spite of their benefits, world food laureate Gurdev S Kush said.

Rapid thinning of Pine Island Glacier may continue for decades to come

Last Updated: Friday, February 21, 2014, 13:30

A new study has suggested that the largest single contributor to global sea level rise, Pine Island Glacier (PIG), a glacier of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, may continue thinning for decades to come.

Heavy smog alert for Beijing as pollution levels goes high

Last Updated: Friday, February 21, 2014, 13:21

Chinese capital has issued a yellow alert for heavy air pollution over the next three days, with children and the elderly being advised to stay indoors.

WII plans Rs 260 cr proj for reintroducing cheetah in India

Last Updated: Friday, February 21, 2014, 10:04

Cheetah, which became extinct from the country about seven decades back, may find a home in India if the Centre agrees to fund WII`s Rs 260 crore project for reintroducing the feline in Nauradehi wildlife sanctuary in Madhya Pradesh`s Sagar district.

Green tribunal inquires about ground water in UP

Last Updated: Thursday, February 20, 2014, 21:52

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) Thursday ordered civil officials of Uttar Pradesh to establish what measures have been taken to maintain biodiversity and ground water level in the state.

India-born scientist identifies 400-mn-year-old fossils in US

Last Updated: Thursday, February 20, 2014, 21:47

The pre-historic legacy of what is now the United States could be redefined thanks to an Indian-born scientist in a New York university who has identified fossils that may be as old as 400 million years through a technique that can benefit many other researchers.