KOLKATA, 10 OCT: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) will give subsidy for buying cycle-rickshaws powered by solar energy.

CHENNAI, 10 OCT: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is getting ready for the launch of PSLV-C18 scheduled at 11 a.m. on 12 October from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota.

New Delhi: Indian engineers will fabricate the world’s largest high-vacuum cold storage vessel for an ambitious international project to generate energy from a process that powers the sun.

In stark variance to the prevailing optimistic scenario, Madhya Pradesh is likely to register a substantial decline in the yield of its mega crops — soybean and wheat — over the next two decades.

The recent 6.9-magnitude earthquake in Sikkim, which claimed more than 100 lives, was different from most temblors that had rocked the Himalayan region.

Shimla: The government has set the ball rolling for the preparation of its Climate Adaptation Action Plan, with vulnerability assessment right from the district to the sub-tehsil level and strength

Tampered meters in auto rickshaws and taxis and rickety, unsafe and smoke-emitting trucks, buses and private vehicles will soon cease to exist.

Scientists say more tremors overdue in region

GANGTOK: Glaciers in north Sikkim, disturbed by the 6.8 magnitude earthquake, have started melting faster, leading to fears of flash floods in the region.

CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA: A six ton Nasa science satellite crashed to Earth on Saturday, leaving a mystery about where a ton of space debris may have landed.

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