The first ever day and night test match in India was recently concluded at the Eden Gardens Ground in Kolkata. The fact that India won the match comprehensively, made things even better for the home crowd. The contest wrapped up in the third day as Bangladesh's challenge fizzled out in the fac...
The departure of Ma Durga is always a solemn affair for Bengalis. However, this time, the festivities seem to be continuing. After Abhijit Banerjee won the Nobel Prize for Economics, the public mood in West Bengal received yet another boost by the news of Sourav Ganguly’s appointment as the Presid...
The Amazon rainforest has been burning for severalweeks, becoming a global crisis. Known as the ‘Lungs of the Earth’, a record number of fires have ravaged the Amazonian rainforests in Brazil. Brazil’s stretch of the Amazon lost more than 1,330 square miles of forest cover during the first sev...
Chandrayaan-2, India’s second Moon mission was launched on July 22. Chandrayaan-2 will be the first mission to land a rover near the lunar South Pole. The launch was previously scheduled for July 15 but had to be called off due to a technical snag. The mission follows the Chandrayaan-1 mission whi...
An unparalleled pace of technological revolution has transformed almost every aspect of our lives including healthcare. Innovations in the digital space have now made it possible for consumers to use portable devices to access their medical history, keep an eye on their important signs, and undertak...
National Doctors' Day is celebrated to recognise the contribution of doctors to individuals and to the community at large. The date may vary from country to country but the idea behind Doctors' Day remains the same to celebrate doctors and also to remember the deceased physicians who spent their liv...
The world's largest aircraft recently took flight over the Mojave Desert in California. The carbon-composite plane has been built by Stratolaunch Systems Corp - initiated by late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen.The white aircraft that has been named Roc has a wingspan of around 385 feet and is power...
Just as a cricketer picks up his bat, a fisherman picks up his net before heading out to sea. But nowadays there is another thing that he can’t afford to leave behind: his hand-held Global Positioning System (GPS) device. Fishermen have forever relied on water and air for guidance. Tradition...
India is one of the fastest developing countries in the world and it is only fitting that the Indian aviation industry too is booming. It is broadly divided into two segments - military and civil aviation - with the civil aviation industry in India having grown rapidly during the last ten years.Indi...
Over the years, India has taken several measures to control pollution, maintain ecological balance, increase forest area and keep its rivers clean. In this article, we take a look at some of these initiatives.Compensatory Afforestation Bill, 2016The enactment of the Compensatory Afforestation Act, 2...
