Special Desk Dutch cyclist Annemiek van Vleuten thought she made a gold but the medal went to her rival Austria’s Anna Kiesenhofer. Well the story goes like this. Annemiek van Vleuten raised her hands is confidence of winning a gold. The fact was Anna Kiesenhofer had finished 75 seconds ahead …

Special Desk Viruses survive and some have survived 15000 years. Scientists who study glacier ice have found viruses in two ice samples extracted from Tibetan Plateau in China. Most of those viruses survived because they had remained frozen, and are unlike any viruses that have been discovered till now. The …

A decade after retirement, Maharashtra DGP, D Sivnandan, is on a dedicated mission -that of satiating hunger pangs of the needy and poor. He set up Maharashtra’s first Roti Bank in 2018. Totally dedicated to the cause, this cop has been working relentlessly ever since and is 24x 7 available. …

On 26 July, 2005, around 2:00pm, as the people of the ‘happening city’ of Mumbai were going about their business, it was hit by a severe storm. It was the kind of storm that the city had never experienced in a century. It is normal for the city to receive …

Special Desk Usually building collapse news are forgotten within 24-hours but not in this case where rescuers could finish the search for bodies a month after Florida tower collapse. Firefighters say their search for bodies in the rubble of the collapsed Florida tower block has finally come to an end. …

Dr. Seema Javed Heat and humidity levels hit extreme levels this week as Tokyo Olympics start today. The Japan’s environment agency has issued a Heat Stroke Alerts. Data suggests that the Wet Bulb Globe Temperature – a measure combining heat and humidity, used by organisers to assess safety – hit …

Dr. Seema Javed World famous scientists, royalty, former presidents and actors have signed an open letter asking UNESCO to list Australia’s iconic Great Barrier Reef as ‘in danger’ due to climate change and global warming. As you may know, the World Heritage Committee of UNESCO made the recommendation late last …

Special Desk  World Health Organization’s (WHO’s) next stage plan to investigate the origins of the coronavirus pandemic has been dumped by China. WHO wanted to audit laboratories in the area the virus was first identified including Wuhan labs from where the virus is said to have been ‘leaked.’ But China …

Special Desk Even before Tokyo Olympics could actually begin yet another controversy surrounded the event, as its creative director, was removed, with just a day left for the opening ceremony. He was also the director for the closing ceremony and has lost that position too. A footage of Kentaro Kobayashi …

The leading CEOs of the global wind industry have united to call on G20 members to show leadership in the climate crisis by raising national ambitions and urgently laying out concrete plans for increased wind energy production to replace fossil fuels. Representing members of the Global Wind Energy Coalition(GWEC) for …