Tag: Earth
Nepal's Tourism Rebounds Despite Major Quake, Trade Embargo
Nepal's tourism industry rebounded in 2016 after taking a big hit in the previous year by way of twin disasters-a devastating earthquake and crippling trade embargo.....
Six Found Alive In Hotel After Italy Avalanche
Six people have been found alive in Italy's Rigapiano hotel, two days after it was buried in an avalanche.....
First White Dwarf Pulsar Discovered
Astronomers have identified an elusive white dwarf pulsar -- the first of its kind to be discovered in the universe -- housed in an exotic binary star system 380 light years away from Earth.....
Actress Kareena Kapoor Khan has come on board as a 'Feel Alive' ambassador for soon-to-be launched factual entertainment channel Sony BBC Earth.....
New NASA Research Casts Doubt On Proxima B Habitability
A recently discovered Earth-sized planet, dubbed Proxima b, which orbits within the "habitable zone" of the red dwarf Proxima Centauri, may not actually harbour life, new NASA research suggests.....
7 Earth-size Planets Orbiting Single Star Discovered
In a major boost to the search for alien life outside our solar system, astronomers have spotted the first known system of seven Earth-size planets around a single star, NASA said.....
6.9-magnitude Earthquake Strikes Indonesia
An earthquake measuring 6.9 on the Richter scale jolted Indonesia's East Nusa Tenggara province on Friday, the meteorology and geophysics agency said, adding no tsunami alert was issued.....
Humans To Blame For Creation Of Sahara Desert: Study
Challenging a commonly held theory that changes in the Earth's orbit triggered Sahara desertification, a new study suggests that humans may have played an active role in the transition of a lush green landscape into the world's largest hot desert thousands of years ago.....
I-T Searches Yielded Rs 49,247 Crore: Minister
Income Tax Department searches resulted in unearthing undisclosed income and assets worth Rs 49,247 crore in the last four years, Parliament was informed on Friday.....
Indian Museum, Kolkata Hotels Mark Earth Hour
The Indian Museum as also several important office buildings and plush hotels switched off their lights here on Saturday as Kolkata joined the rest of the world in observing Earth Hour.....
