An anonymous couple made a magnificent landing in Navi Mumbai but one that created a lot of panic among people. Two unidentified persons landed on the ground from a parachute in the Ghansoli area which prompted a probe among agencies. India Today reported that an investigation was, therefore, launched into the suspicious landing and it …

A man who was trying to smuggle a month-old leopard cub from Bangkok into Chennai via flight was detained on Saturday morning when the Air Intelligence Unit heard faint sounds coming from his luggage. The passenger was handed over to Tamil Nadu Forest Department for further action. The man arrived via Thai Airways and was walking in a suspicious manner …

The interim Finance Minister Piyush Goyal announced his government’s plan of providing an assisted income support to small and marginal farmers under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi scheme as part of the interim budget on February 1. However, it is the farmers who are suffering at the behest of tall promises made by different political parties. Times of India …

Ancient Egypt is known for preserving bodies of human beings, called mummies. According to Egyptians, a person transcends into after-life once they have departed from the present world. To make sure that the person goes onto live in the other world, they tend to preserve bodies. The process of preservation is called ‘mummification’. After placing the decomposed body in a …

It seems that dogs cannot find a safe place to live anywhere in India. After a gruesome incident of two women clobbering 16 dogs to death stunned everyone, many more insensitive incidents like these are coming to light. On Tuesday, a driver while reversing his Toyota Innova ran over two puppies who were sleeping under it. Mirror Now reported that the incident …

Government-owned carrier Air India has painted two of its aircraft with the logo of Mahatma Gandhi who is known as Father of the nation. His logo was embossed on the airline to mark his 150th birth anniversary. Gandhi played a pivotal role in India’s freedom struggle as well as development of its constitution. His non-violent practice and promotion of self-reliance …

Floods in India were responsible for the highest economic losses amounting to $45.7 billion between 1998 and 2017 as per a recent report. Hindustan Times reported losses that were caused to India doubled within 10 years till 2017 as opposed to the previous decade of 1998-2007. The alarming figures were highlighted in a new report published by the Action on …

Jammu and Kashmir has been reeling under terrorism for decades. Armed Forces Special Powers Act was imposed in the valley in 1990 and has been implemented ever since. Over the years, war and terrorism has eroded the valley of its peace and normal life. Stone pelting, firing and teargas shells have claimed a thousand lives. Certain districts of the region …

Organ donation can help patients get a new lease of life. Kidneys, eyes, liver, corneas are the most common organs that are donated. However, there is also a big difference between organ donation pledges and people who actually end up donating organs. Organ donations by family of a deceased is called cadaveric donation. In an unfortunate incident, a 44-year-old civic …

It has been over a month since 15 coal miners got trapped in a 320 feet deep gorge. Scuba divers were called, National Disaster and State disaster response forces were summoned to rescue the miners who were working inside a rat-hole mine (which has been declared illegal by NGT since 2014). 33 days after they went missing, Indian Navy managed …