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Brazil's Amazon rainforests burn at record rate

Fires are raging at a record rate in Brazil's Amazon rainforest, and scientists warn that it could strike a devastating blow to the fight against climate change. Although more than 72,000 fires......

Ayodhya mosque kicks off on R-Day with tricolour, tree plantation

The Dhannipur mosque project, which includes a hospital, a museum, a library, a community kitchen, the Indo-Islamic Cultural Research Centre, a publication house, besides a mosque, will formally......

World Press Photo 2022 Winners!

Discover some of the winners of the 2022 World Press Photo Contest. The World Press Photo of the Year 2022 is by Amber Bracken. WORLD PRESS PHOTO OF THE YEAR Please click on the images for a better......

The year that was: 2019 in numbers

As we wave goodbye to 2019, we look back at the highlights of the year, in the numbers that made it memorable. 19,06,657 The number of people who were excluded from the final list of......

Sneak peek into Amazon's Spheres: $4 billion 'mini-rainforest' in Seattle

It’s the most anticipated debut of a Seattle building since the first visitors rode elevators to the top of the Space Needle 56 years ago. Welcome to the Seattle Spheres -- Amazon’s......

Rumblings on Coffee Day Group's Amazon safari

It was an ambitious foray by V G Siddhartha, reticent owner of the Coffee Day group, as he embarked on an Amazon safari to build a global-scale furniture business. Now, nearly two years later,......

Tribal culture tourism a growing market,but abroad

The Sentinelese tribe in the Andamans is known for its fierce attempts to avoid contact with the outside world, while the Amazon rainforest still has 44 isolated tribes. But not all tribes are......

Want to print the internet? You need 136 billion sheets of paper

UK scientists have calculated that the entire Internet can be printed on 136 billion sheets of standard 8-by-11 paper. George Harwood and Evangeline Walker, students at the University of Leicester......

Out in the wild, along with machines

Gadgets have become essential carry-ons for travellers. They can be your saviours or give you company while you are out in the wild.Here are some that you can lug while on the go.This summer, when......

A relentless fight to protect Amazonia from oil extraction

Latha Jishnu discovers how indigenous communities in Ecuador are fighting to protect Amazonia from oil extraction We are slicing through the brown, swirling waters of the Napo at a fast clip.......

Navrasa, Mr Corman, Vivo: BEST of OTT

Blood sucking locusts on the loose, a honeymoon gone awry, a disenchanted school teacher and a singing tropical rainforest mammal, Sukanya Verma lets you take your pick from the OTT spread this......

Rio opening ceremony will represent a slice of life in Brazil

Opening Ceremony also features Gisele Bündchen getting mugged Ceremony to break with opulent traditions IMAGE: Gisele Bundchen attends a book launch. Photograph: Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for......

Sports Shorts: Beckham likely to come out of retirement

Former England captain David Beckham has indicated that he could come out of retirement to play for the Major League Soccer team he is aiming to launch in Miami. The 39-year-old hung up his boots......

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