Delhi: Royal Bengal Tiger Aditi gives birth to six cubs in zoo
Delhi Zoo is expected to attract more footfall after six Bengal Tiger cubs were born on Monday morning, the largest litter born at the facility in two decades.
IBNS•Aug 05, 2025
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Delhi: Royal Bengal Tiger Aditi gives birth to six cubs in zoo
Delhi Zoo is expected to attract more footfall after six Bengal Tiger cubs were born on Monday morning, the largest litter born at the facility in two decades.
IBNS•Aug 05, 2025
Cloudburst triggers massive landslide in Uttarakhand, 4 dead, scores missing
A cloud burst and resultant massive landslide in Uttarkashi’s Dharali village in Uttarakhand on Tuesday left at least four people dead and 50 others missing, media reports said.
IBNS•Aug 05, 2025
Cloudburst triggers massive landslide in Uttarakhand, 4 dead, scores missing
A cloud burst and resultant massive landslide in Uttarkashi’s Dharali village in Uttarakhand on Tuesday left at least four people dead and 50 others missing, media reports said.
IBNS•Aug 05, 2025
Cloudburst triggers massive landslide in Uttarakhand, 4 dead
A cloud burst and resultant massive landslide in Uttarkashi’s Dharali village in Uttarakhand on Tuesday left at least four people dead and 50 others missing, media reports said.
IBNS•Aug 05, 2025
Cloudburst triggers massive landslide in Uttarakhand, 4 dead
A cloud burst and resultant massive landslide in Uttarkashi’s Dharali village in Uttarakhand on Tuesday left at least four people dead and 50 others missing, media reports said.
IBNS•Aug 05, 2025
Plastic pollution talks get underway in Geneva
Efforts are getting underway in Geneva to finalize a global agreement to tackle the staggering and growing amount of plastic waste and its impact on human health, marine life and the economy.
IBNS•Aug 05, 2025
Plastic pollution talks get underway in Geneva
Efforts are getting underway in Geneva to finalize a global agreement to tackle the staggering and growing amount of plastic waste and its impact on human health, marine life and the economy.
IBNS•Aug 05, 2025
Agra-born Arvinder Bahal touches space aboard Jeff Bezos founded Blue Origin’s NS-34 mission
Blue Origin, the aerospace company founded by Jeff Bezos, completed its latest suborbital space tourism mission, NS-34, on Sunday.
IBNS•Aug 03, 2025
Magnitude 3.0 earthquake felt across New York, no casualty
An earthquake measuring 3.0 on the Richter Scale hit New York on Saturday, with no casualties reported due to the tremor that shook the American city.
IBNS•Aug 03, 2025
Krasheninnikov Volcano in Russia's Kamchatka erupts for 1st time in 600 years
The Krasheninnikov Volcano in Kamchatka has erupted for the first time in 600 years and experts have connected it to the huge earthquake that rocked Russia's Far East last week, Russia's RIA state news agency reported on Sunday.
IBNS•Aug 03, 2025
Kolkata: Mega health camp transforms lives in Ultadanga slum with free multi-specialty services
Kolkata: A large-scale mega health check-up camp was successfully organized in the heart of Basanti Colony, Ultadanga — one of the most densely populated urban slums in Kolkata — delivering free medical services to over 230 underprivileged individuals.
IBNS•Aug 02, 2025
SonaSPEED motors power NASA–ISRO synthetic aperture radar mission
Bengaluru/Salem: When the GSLV-F16 lifted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota on the evening of July 30, scores of researchers at the SonaSPEED laboratories in Salem and Bengaluru rejoiced, as the Simplex Permanent Magnet Stepper Motors developed and built by them had successfully powered the first ISRO–NASA Earth Observation Mission.
IBNS•Aug 01, 2025
Tsunami waves hit coasts of Japan, US after 8.8 magnitude earthquake in Russia
Strong tsunami waves hit across the Pacific Ocean in Japan and Hawaii following the 8.8 magnitude that struck Russia's Far East early Wednesday, media reports said.
IBNS•Jul 30, 2025
India-US space collaboration: ISRO successfully launches NISAR
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Wednesday launched the NISAR satellite, marking the Indian space research organisation's maiden collaboration with NASA.
IBNS•Jul 30, 2025
India-US space collaboration: ISRO successfully launches NISAR
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Wednesday launched the NISAR satellite, marking the Indian space research organisation's maiden collaboration with NASA.
IBNS•Jul 30, 2025
Tsunami hits Japan, Russia after strong 8.8 magnitude earthquake strikes Pacific
An earthquake measuring 8.8 on the Richter Scale, one of the strongest recorded in recent times, hit Russia's Far East on Wednesday, triggering a tsunami in the northern Pacific region.
IBNS•Jul 30, 2025
NASA to lose 20 percent of its workforce amid federal workers' layoffs under Trump administration's DRP move
The American space agency NASA is expected to lose around 20 percent of its workforce after it accepted the President Donald Trump-led administration's "deferred resignation" (DRP) option, media reports said.
IBNS•Jul 27, 2025
New study finds aiming for 7,000 daily steps can reduce risk of chronic diseases, cognitive decline, and death
A comprehensive new study analysing data from over 160,000 adults finds that walking approximately 7,000 steps per day is associated with reductions in the risk of several serious health outcomes, including all-cause mortality.
IBNS•Jul 26, 2025
Pakistan: Monsoon-related incidents leave 13 people, mostly children, dead in KP
Severe monsoon-related incidents in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region have left at least 13 people, including nine children, dead in the past 48 hours, media reports said.
IBNS•Jul 23, 2025
Droughts are causing record devastation worldwide, reveals UN-backed report
Worldwide, some of the most widespread and damaging drought events in recorded history have occurred in recent years due to climate change and resource depletion.
IBNS•Jul 22, 2025
Scientists create new mRNA vaccine that can boost fight against cancer
An experimental mRNA vaccine boosted the tumour-fighting effects of immunotherapy in a mouse-model study, bringing researchers one step closer to their goal of developing a universal vaccine to “wake up” the immune system against cancer.
IBNS•Jul 19, 2025
Ayurveda offers holistic relief for irregular periods and PCOS, says Parampara Ayurved Founder Debabrata Sen
Kolkata/IBNS: Irregular periods are a growing concern among women, often caused by hormonal imbalances, stress, poor lifestyle, Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS), or the onset of menopause.
IBNS•Jul 17, 2025
Indian Cabinet commends Shubhanshu Shukla's successful space mission
The Indian Cabinet on Wednesday 'welcomed' the return of astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla to Earth after his 18-day stay in the International Space Station.
IBNS•Jul 16, 2025
Over 14 million infants remain unvaccinated in 2024: WHO
In 2024, 89% of infants globally – about 115 million – received at least one dose of the diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis (DTP)-containing vaccine, and 85% – roughly 109 million – completed all three doses, according to new national immunization coverage data released today by the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF.
IBNS•Jul 15, 2025
Shubhanshu Shukla returns to Earth after his 18-day mission to space
Writing a glorious chapter in India's space odyssey, astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla splashed down off California with Ax-4 crew members on Tuesday.
IBNS•Jul 15, 2025
Dragon spacecraft undocks from ISS, Shubhanshu Shukla's journey to Earth commences
Indian astronaut Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla and the Axiom-4 mission (Ax-4) crew members resumed their journey towards Earth after their Dragon spacecraft undocked from the International Space Station on Monday.
IBNS•Jul 14, 2025
Shubhanshu Shukla, other Axiom-4 crew members enter Dragon spacecraft, undocking from ISS soon
Indian astronaut Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla and the crew for the Axiom-4 mission (Ax-4) will depart from the International Space Station shortly.
IBNS•Jul 14, 2025
India still looks 'sare jahan se accha' from space, says Shubhanshu Shukla in his farewell speech
Astronaut Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, who is part of the Axiom-4 mission, referred to the words of Rakesh Sharma and said India still looked 'sare jahan se accha' (the best place in the world) from space.
IBNS•Jul 13, 2025
Ayush innovations features in WHO’s landmark brief on AI in traditional medicine
In a significant milestone for global healthcare innovation, the World Health Organization (WHO) has released a technical brief titled "Mapping the Application of Artificial Intelligence in Traditional Medicine", acknowledging India’s pioneering efforts in integrating Artificial Intelligence (AI) with traditional medicine systems, particularly Ayush systems.
IBNS•Jul 12, 2025
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