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PhD scholar at IIT Kanpur jumps to death from hostel building: Cops

The student, a researcher in the department of earth sciences who hailed from Rajasthan’s Churu district, was reportedly battling severe clinical anxiety and undergoing medical treatment. (Pic for representation)
Published on Jan 21, 2026 03:29 pm IST

PhD scholar at IIT-K jumps to death from hostel building: Cops

The student, a researcher in the department of earth sciences who hailed from Rajasthan’s Churu district, was reportedly battling severe clinical anxiety and undergoing medical treatment. (Pic for representation)
Published on Jan 21, 2026 06:42 am IST

Borderlands 4: Release date, time, where to play, editions and more

Borderlands 4 release date, time and more
Published on Sept 08, 2025 09:20 pm IST

Chasing the monsoon, IMD in mission mode

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Chennai, Jan 08 (ANI): School students sit in the formation displaying 'IMD 150' as part of a celebration marking the 150th anniversary of the India Meteorological Department (IMD), at Everwin School in Chennai on Wednesday. (ANI Photo) (Lakshmi)
Updated on Jan 16, 2025 09:19 pm IST

PhD student’s body found hanging in hostel room at IIT-K: Police

A ‘suicide note’, which held no one responsible for the extreme step, had been recovered from the room, said police. (Pic for representation)
Published on Oct 10, 2024 10:55 pm IST

Morning rallies to mandatory ORS packets, how heatwave is impacting poll season

On April 1, Union minister for earth sciences Kiren Rijiju announced that several parts of the country must brace for an extreme summer with parts of peninsular and central India already breaching the 40°C threshold. (PTI)
Updated on Apr 09, 2024 05:23 am IST

Earth's Rotations Day 2023: Date, history and significance of the day

-Earth's Rotations Day 2023: Date, history and significance of the day
Updated on Jan 06, 2024 08:09 pm IST

IIT Roorkee’s three-day ‘National Workshop on Earth Sciences’ concludes

Three-day ‘National Workshop on Earth Sciences’ concludes at IIT Roorkee.
Published on Dec 29, 2023 06:43 pm IST

Weird Science | Wriggling worms and the state between life and death

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Panagrolaimus kolymaensis, revived after 46,000 years
Published on Aug 04, 2023 09:00 pm IST

A heavenly music: Innovation plus patience equals scientific discovery

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Astronomers recently announced that they could “hear” radio pulsars-- the “murmur” of the Universe wafting across eons of time and space using the best clocks in our Galaxy
Updated on Jul 08, 2023 02:42 pm IST

Goodenough’s great contribution: The Li-ion battery

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John Goodenough
Published on Jun 29, 2023 03:48 pm IST

The idea of “holobionts” represents a paradigm shift in biology

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“How many cells are there in a human being?
Published on Jun 16, 2023 09:11 pm IST

Himachal to collaborate with Centre to promote lavender cultivation

The Himachal Pradesh government will collaborate with the Union government on the “Aroma Mission,” a lavender cultivation initiative that has proven to be a boon for farmers in Jammu and Kashmir. (HT File Photo)
Updated on Apr 02, 2023 11:28 pm IST

Want to touch rare rocks and crystals? Visit Pune's Geology Museum

A collection of sedimentary rocks put on display at College of Engineering Pune Technological University's (COEPTU) newly set-up Geology Museum, in Pune.
Published on Oct 23, 2022 10:49 am IST

Meteorite impacts led to formation of continents on Earth?

Meteorite impacts, similar to those responsible for the extinction of the dinosaurs, are said to be behind continent formation.
Updated on Aug 12, 2022 02:54 pm IST

Why the length of Earth’s days has been mysteriously increasing

Earth takes very rarely exactly the magic number of 86,400 seconds to complete one rotation.
Updated on Aug 08, 2022 02:17 pm IST

Rare pink diamond, likely largest in 300 years discovered by miners in Angola

The 170 carat pink diamond in the picture- dubbed The Lulo Rose was discovered at the Lulo mine in Angola's diamond-rich northeast region.
Published on Jul 27, 2022 05:02 pm IST

Earth Sciences ministry may buy instrumented research aircraft for 250 crore

Union science minister Dr Harsh Vardhan said, in reply to a question in Lok Sabha, that the aircraft will be a part of the National Facility for Airborne Research that the ministry will set up.
Updated on Sept 19, 2020 11:04 am IST

Isro develops sphere-shaped capsule for deep sea mission

India’s ambition to send men to the deep sea in a submersible vehicle appears to be one step closer to fruition with ISRO successfully developing a design for its crew module, a sphere shaped capsule. (Representative Image)
Updated on Jul 17, 2020 06:05 am IST

Delhi sees another ‘good’ air day, likely to hold for 3 days

According to experts, this is a rare ‘good’ air day spell in Delhi, which is mainly induced by a cumulative impact of widespread rain and winds in and around the periphery of the city.
Updated on Aug 19, 2019 07:30 am IST

Extreme weather conditions claimed 1,428 lives in 2018, IMD report reveals

People who were stranded because flood waters at Panadala, in district Pathanamthitta of Kerala in August 2018.
Updated on Jan 16, 2019 11:39 pm IST

49-day Kumbh mela begins, 1.25 crore devotees expected to take holy dip today

The stage is set for the commencement of the much-publicised 49-day Kumbh Mela with its first official bathing of Makar Sankranti on Tuesday to be undertaken by about 1.25 crore devotees.
Updated on Jan 15, 2019 11:50 am IST

Pollution in Delhi relents slightly, but may be back to ‘severe’ category today

The Union government’s pollution forecasting agencies have forecasted that crackers or no-crackers, air quality could again turn bad from Diwali night.
Updated on Nov 08, 2018 09:35 pm IST

Strong winds in Atlantic create high waves off Indian coasts over 10k km away

Waves during high tide hit the food stalls at the Arabian Sea promenade, Dadar in Mumbai.
Published on Apr 27, 2018 01:41 pm IST