Using NASA’s fleet of Earth-observing satellites, scientists have provided estimates for the global water cycle budget for the first decade of the 21st century, taking the pulse of the planet and setting a baseline for future comparisons. The water cycle describes how water evaporates from the Earth’s surface, rises into the atmosphere, cools, condenses to […]
Sakari Momoi, a Japanese man recognised as the world’s oldest male by Guinness World Records, has died at the age of 112, a media report said on Tuesday. Momoi died of chronic kidney failure at a hospital in Tokyo on July 5. Momoi, who lived in Saitama city near Tokyo, was recognised by Guinness as […]
Unesco has designated several new World Heritage Sites in Norway, Germany, Israel, Britain and the US during the 39th meeting of the World Heritage Committee in the western German city of Bonn. Norway’s Rjukan-Notodden industrial site includes a group of hydraulic centers and was built early in the last century by the Norsk Hydro company […]
The residents of the Chinese capital are obsessed with the weather. The first thing they check in the morning on their phone application is the pollution level. And then they look out of the window. What they hope for is a ‘Blue Sky’ – a portender of sunny, pollution free day. They even have a […]
Initial results of Greek’s referendum on the signing of a new debt deal with creditors showed the “No” campaign leading by a significant margin, the interior ministry said on Sunday. Of the 14.09 percent of votes counted till 8:33 p.m. on Sunday, 60.15 percent were “No” votes, while 39.85 percent were “Yes” votes, the ministry […]
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The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco), has inducted the Old City of Sanaa to the list of World Heritage in danger due to the “serious damage” done amidst clashes between Shiite Houthi rebels and pro-government forces in Yemen. The decision was made on Thursday during the 39th session of the World Heritage Committee […]
The UN-backed Libya political talks have resumed in Morocco amid General National Congress’s (GNC) decision to continue consultations on the latest UN draft peace agreement in Tripoli. The GNC said in a statement on Wednesday that its negotiating team at the peace talks postponed returning to the Moroccan city of Skhirat until next week to […]
A stolen 11th-12th century Chola bronze statue from India worth at least $1 million in the open market has been recovered by the US authorities during an international smuggling probe focused on an Indian art dealer. An anonymous collector of Asian antiquities voluntarily surrendered the idol representing Saint Manikkavichavakar, the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement […]
Four Indian-Americans are among 38 individuals being honoured for having “helped advance and enlighten our society, culture, and economy” as “Great Immigrants: The Pride of America” by Carnegie Corporation of New York. As a July 4th American independence day “Salute to Great Immigrants Who Help Make America Strong” and their accomplishments, the corporation for the […]