The Ministry of Health has confirmed that 55,910 people have been detected with dengue disease, out of which 41 patients died due to the epidemic.

JAYAPURA (INDONESIA), 6 APRIL: A major 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck the eastern Indonesian province of Papua today, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said, sending panicked crowds running into the

BEIJING, 6 APRIL: Nine miners were today trapped underground after flooding occurred in a coal mine in southwest China's Guizhou Province.

CHENNAI, 29 DEC: Mounting pressure on Centre, Tamil Nadu chief minister Jayalalithaa today insisted that the final order of the Cauvery Tribunal be notified considering the withering crops in the s

Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar today asked the Centre not to notify the Cauvery Tribunal award without consulting all the river basin states.

India is set to unveil its new science policy next week which lays greater thrust on innovation, establishing research institutes and participation in mega science projects with an aim to positioni

Japan's new leaders set to work today on dismantling plans to rid the country of nuclear power by 2040, pledging to review a post-Fukushima policy.

The Union Cabinet is expected to approve a new science policy which lays greater thrust on innovation, encouraging women scientists with an aim to positioning India among the top five scientific po

Cold wave conditions claimed seven lives in North India even as thick fog disrupted normal life in the region.

China today inaugurated world's longest high-speed rail route linking its capital Beijing with the southern metropolis of Guangzhou, covering a distance of 2,298 kms.