By Henry Foy; editing by Kim CoghillNovember 4, 2010 NEW DELHI (Reuters Life!) – Die-hard fans of the best-selling Harry Potter stories are seriously threatening India’s owl population, as demands for the ultimate wizarding accessory increase, a wildlife group says. Potter’s snow-white owl Hedwig, his trusty messenger throughout the book and film series, is being […]
By Megha Sandhu, TNNOct 23, 2010, 03.57am IST LEH: As an unforgiving winter waits to descend on the mountainous desert of Ladakh, its people face the grim possibility of spending the bitter months without a proper roof on their heads. Having suffered due to the August cloudburst, residents of Leh’s many villages have been banking […]
Kohima, Oct 19 (UNI): Global climate change due to global warming, currently the most alarming environmental issue, has led to the natural calamities like landslides and heavy rains in Nagaland. According to scientists of the National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM), New Delhi, there had been an increase in rainfall in the Himalayan range during […]
New Delhi, Oct 10, (PTI): Vegetable production in India is shrinking over the years due to a decline in the population of pollinating insects like bees and butterflies, a new study has claimed. The study, carried out by researchers at the University of Calcutta, found a disturbing trend in the growth of yields of several […]
ScienceDaily (Oct. 11, 2010) — The soils in large areas of the Southern Hemisphere, including major portions of Australia, Africa and South America, have been drying up in the past decade, a group of researchers conclude in the first major study to ever examine “evapotranspiration” on a global basis. Most climate models have suggested that […]
By Amulya NagarajSeptember 22, 2010 8:14 AM EDT 2010 has been a year for extremes. Pakistan saw one of the worst floods in its history that affected over 21 million people, while Central Europe and the Baltics witnessed severe flash floods early in August that killed at least 15. And the small Indian town of […]
In years past, when Desdemona was still in the grip of delusional hope, there was the possibility that the internet might spark a revolution in human consciousness, and that we might overthrow the sociopaths who dominate the various power elites. Desdemona had been scrutinizing the Bush family very closely, after watching, with increasing horror, the […]
By Rashme Sehgal September 5th, 2010 New Delhi — Newly detected rising sea levels in parts of the Indian Ocean have led Indian scientists to conclude that the Indian Ocean is rising faster than other oceans. Dr Satheesh C. Shenoi, director, Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services, speaking at a workshop on “Coasts, Coastal […]
By Mayabhushan NagvenkarSeptember 1, 2010 (AP) — An unknown ship has dumped tons of waste oil into the sea off western India, creating tar balls that were heaping on Goa’s famed beaches on Wednesday, officials said. Indian navy and coast guard vessels were trying to trace the ship that is believed to have dumped burnt […]
By Staff WritersLeh, India (AFP) Aug 16, 2010 Winters come harsh and early in India’s Himalayan region of Ladakh, where the waning summer spells more hardship for thousands left homeless by devastating flash floods. In Ladakh’s main city, Leh, around 800 families lost everything in the torrent of mud and water that invaded their homes […]
