 | Amarnath Shivling melts days before onset of yatraSrinagar: The holy Shivling at Amarnath cave in Kashmir has started to melt two weeks ahead of the onset of annual pilgrimage. This has been caused by the rise in temperature in the valley. Amarnath cave is situated at an altitude of 3,880 meter above sea ... |
 | Endangered monkey has a babyAn endangered lion-tailed macaque (LTM) gave birth to a healthy young macaque on Thursday, in the first successful off-site captive breeding birth at Vandalur zoo. Off-site captive breeding programmes are mostly used for endangered species, and only ... |
 | Warm ocean drives most Antarctic ice shelf lossAntarctic ice shelf loss Ice shelves, floating extensions of glaciers, fringe 75 per cent of the vast, frozen continent. (Reuters). Related. Watch: NASA tracking large asteroid near Earth · Astronauts face radiation threat on long trip to Mars · NASA set to launch ... |
 | TN to file contempt plea against Karnataka over Cauvery issueUpping the ante against Karnataka for its refusal to release Cauvery water, Tamil Nadu on Friday decided to file a contempt petition in Supreme Court besides seeking a direction for setting up two regulatory bodies to implement the Cauvery Water Dispute ... |
 | Flying dinosaurs roamed England 110 million years agoWashington, June 13 (ANI): A new study has found that a wide variety of flying reptiles were present in England 110 million years ago. Brazilian paleontologists Taissa Rodrigues, of the Federal University of Espirito Santo, and Alexander W. A. Kellner, of the ... |
 | Fifty years ago, Valentina Tereshkova became first woman in spaceOn June 16, 1963, Tereshkova became the first woman to fly into space in a scientific feat that was a major propaganda coup for the Soviet Union. ET SPECIAL: To download ET mobile app, call 1800-200-5810. MOSCOW: On June 16, 1963, Valentina ... |
 | Ancient amoured fish found with absAbs were thought to have evolved only when animals started walking on land, but the newly discovered ancient fish appears to have had a great set of abdominal muscles. An artist's impression of Western Australia's Great Devonian Reef where placoderms ... |
 | Oxygen mystery: How marine mammals hold their breathDr Michael Berenbrink from the University of Liverpool explains how marine mammals are able to hold their breath for so long. Continue reading the main story. Related Stories. Whale 'makes human-like sounds' · How whales open their huge mouths · Blue ... |
 | itray: A drone that delivers sushiA flying sushi service tray known as the 'itray', created using miniature remote-controlled helicopter rotor blades, is demonstrated at a 'Yo! Sushi' restaurant in London June 10, 2013. Neil Hall, Reuters ... |
 | Japan a candidate to house planned super-colliderAn international physicist group plans to build an $8.75 billion (830 billion yen) particle accelerator with Japan as a leading candidate to be home to the 31-kilometer, next-generation super-collider. The Linear Collider Collaboration project team released a ... |