Spanning more than 10,000 square kilometres, the Sundarbans region of Bangladesh and India is the biggest mangrove forest on Earth, and also the most critical area for the endangered Bengal tiger, researchers said. read more

Study published in the latest edition in Nature Sustainability showed that at least 25 per cent of the global foliage expansion since the early 2000s came from China, with India close behind. read more

The other rules that he followed was not using mobile phone while studying, focussing on understanding concepts rather than mugging up, practicing writing answers and making it presentable using innovative ways read more

It has been over a month since engineers have heard from MarCO, which followed NASA’s InSight to the Red Planet. At this time, the mission team considers it unlikely they will be heard from again. read more

Average global surface temperatures were 1.0 degree Celsius above pre-industrial times in 2018, the UN’s World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said. read more

It normally is updated every five years but the schedule has been pushed forward one year “due to unplanned variations in the Arctic region,” according to a statement from the US National Centers for Environmental Information. read more

Girls react to a squealing Teacup pig, a rare pet in the country, at the start of celebrations leading to the Chinese New Year at Manila’s Lucky Chinatown Plaza in Manila, Philippines. This year is the Year of the Earth Pig on the Lunar calendar and is supposed to represent abundance, diligence and generosity.

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India’s latest communication satellite GSAT-31 was successfully launched by European launch services provider- Arianespace’s rocket from French Guiana in the early hours of Wednesday. read more

From a great distance, our galaxy would look like a thin disk of stars that orbit once every few hundred million years around its central region, where hundreds of billions of stars provide the gravitational ‘glue’ to hold it all together. read more

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Addressing the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting here, the Alibaba executive chairman also told business leaders never to worry about competition and pressure. read more

From his stunning breakout film, The Sixth Sense, to his latest, the trilogy capper Glass, here’s a ranking of every film directed by M Night Shyamalan. read more

A start-up based in Tokyo developed the micro-satellite for the celestial show over Hiroshima early next year as the initial experiment for what it calls a “shooting stars on demand” service. read more

In Uttar Pradesh, 590 people died due to extreme weather events. The state with the largest population in the country saw 158 deaths due to flood and heavy rainfall, 166 deaths due to thunderstorm, lightening (39 deaths), dust storm (92 deaths) and cold... read more

Barnard b (or GJ 699 b) is a super-Earth with a minimum of 3.2 Earth masses. It orbits its red star every 233 days near the snow-line, a distance where water freezes. read more