Until a few years ago Mount Everest was that one those places where only the toughest of the toughest went and conquering the world’s tallest peak were celebrated. But over the years, any number of climbers have summited Everest and the numbers only keep growing. Nepal, which is one of the poorest countries in the …

It is the midst of Monsoon in Kerala and tourists from all across the world are flocking the picturesque hill station Munnar to enjoy the showers that inspire poetry. One of the biggest attractions of Munnar is its greenery, hills covered with tea plantations, like a green carpet as far as the eye can see. Now just imagine taking a …

In a shocking case, the police in Andhra Pradesh’s Ongole has arrested six people, including three juveniles for allegedly gang-raping and confining a minor girl for days.  The crime came to light on Saturday after the 16-year-old girl managed to escape her captures and was spotted by a cop in a bus station. According to the girl who hails from …

A team of climbers from the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) has recovered seven bodies believed to be of the mountaineers who went missing from an unnamed peak near Nanda Devi East in Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand. The bodies, including that of a woman, were dug out from under the snow, on Sunday, while the search for the eighth missing mountaineer …

It’s monsoon time and Mumbai’s Juhu beach is full of trash, mainly the plastic products that are washed ashore from the ocean. The cleaning process conducted by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) caught the attention of former Miss India and actress Diya Mirza, who shared the image of a truck collecting the garbage from the beach.  In the past few …

Our refusal to treat sanitation workers with dignity has once again claimed more lives as seven persons, including four sanitation workers, died after inhaling toxic fumes while cleaning sewer of a hotel in Vadodara district of Gujarat. The incident happened on Saturday shortly after midnight at Darshan Hotel in Fartikui village of Dabhoi tehsil, around 30 kms from Vadodara city. …

Parts of north India including national capital Delhi is in the grip of an unusually long heatwave, which has thrown normal life out of gear. Well, there is some good news and bad news.  The good news is that Delhi could get some respite from the sweltering heat as early as Wednesday itself as the Indian Meteorological Department has predicted …

2019 is shaping up to be one of the deadliest years on record for the Indian Air Force (IAF). With nearly six months to go in this year, there have been a total of nine incidents where an IAF aircraft was involved in a crash.  In the latest incident, an AN-32 with 13 people on board, including eight crew members …

If global warming continues to be the way it is now, Siberia, one of the coldest and most inhospitable places on this planet could become the next tourist hotspot, in less than half a century. One of the biggest and most devastating results of global warming is the rise of temperatures which is already causing mass melting of ice in …

The Mumbai local is arguably the most congested and crowded suburban railway system, anywhere in the world. The sheer number of passengers travelling on the system makes it prone to accidents. In fact, it is increasingly becoming a ‘death trap’ for commuters.  BCCL/ REPRESENTATIONAL IMAGE A total of 18,423 people were killed and 18,847 people were injured in suburban train-related …