Jurassic park in Patagonia
In the province of Chubut, southwestern Argentina, paleontologists are studying what one described as "a veritable Jurassic Park." High on an arid plateau in Patagonia, they turned up fossilized remains of dinosaurs, flying reptiles, sea turtles and a mammal, all from the Jurassic period 150-160 million years ago.
Nepal panel to pay sherpas to clear up Mt Everest
A Nepali mountaineering organization said on Sunday it would encourage sherpa climbers to Mt Everest to collect garbage dumped on the world's highest mountain by paying for the trash they brought down.
Four poachers caught in Dudhwa
The sleuths of the Special Task Force arrested four persons of a gang involved in poaching in Dudhwa and recovered animal skins and their bones which were going to be smuggled out of the country. Seven skulls of tigers were also also recovered from their possession.
Village sinking due to mining
Shamah village in Paonta tehsil is sinking everyday. According to villagers, for the past 15 years, they have been tense and after the earthquake disaster rocked Gujarat, they have been spending sleepless nights. The government does not seem to be worried about the fate of 40 families of Shamah village, …
Scientists see evidence of life on Mars meteorite
Scientists have found compelling new evidence of possible ancient microscopic life on Mars, derived from magnetic crystals in a meteorite that fell to Earth from the red planet, NASA announced on Monday.
Bivoltine technology successfully implemented
The Central Silk Board, in association with the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA), has successfully implemented the "Bivoltine Sericulture Technology Development Project" in eight selected places of Karnataka in order to promote and popularize the high quality silk variety-Bivoltine silk.
Quake jolts Central Asia
An earthquake measuring up to 6.7 on the Richter scale rocked Central Asia today, panicking residents from Kabul to New Delhi and prompting many to flee their homes.Seismologists said the earthquake's epicentre was in northern Afghanistan near the Tajikistan border.
'Indians face highest heart disease risk'
Indians as a race face the highest risk of suffering from coronary artery disease, according to Dr. S.C. Manchanda of the PGI here. Delivering the keynote address at a two-day symposium on "challenges of New Millennium Focus on Preventive Cardiology" at the PGI here, Dr.Manchanda observed that whenever people migrate …
Drive to rid streets of pigs
The Calcutta Municipal Corporation has decided to enforce a ban on rearing pigs in its sweepers' colonies and in compounds of medical college hospitals, in the wake of the killer contagion in Siliguri.
Too much logging 'risks jobs'
Thousands of timber jobs will be lost because Victoria's forests are being extensively overlogged, according to a confidential State Government document. The Department of Natural Resources and Environment briefing paper says logging rates are unsustainable and volumes need to be reduced by 20 per cent if the industry is to …