Hurricane Harvey's death toll rises to 47

Rescue work has intensified in Texas with officials launching search operations and saving people stuck in the receding floodwaters in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, one of the most destructive......

AMAZING VIEWS: Himalayas, Ganga, more from space!

Launched in 2002, European Space Agency's Envisat is the largest Earth observation spacecraft ever built. It carries ten sophisticated optical and radar instruments to provide continuous......

The purely scientific case for Rama's Bridge

In these days when we worry about global warming, it takes great chutzpah or ignorance, or both, to proceed with a plan to induce major environmental changes, with uncertain consequences.......

Why is the South doing well?

The four southern states -- Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu -- now lead the country in a number of indices, including education. It is telling that the four traditional......

Normal flights to US? Another 15 days, says Jet

Airlines are bracing for a difficult fortnight, with Hurricane Sandy flooding the New York and Newark airports. Air India, Jet Airways and United fly to these airports from Mumbai and Delhi. "The......

The woes of US airlines

Seems like just yesterday when I was pacing the corridors of the Detroit airport early this year, waiting for the connecting flight to Syracuse, New York. Every other plane taking off from the......

US has tools to cool oil market

Oil prices are not just about oil. They are perhaps the most sensitive barometer of global macroeconomics and politics. So if you're wondering why prices on the New York Mercantile Exchange are......

Oil touches all-time high of $50

Instability in Nigeria, the fifth largest OPEC producer, has pushed US crude oil futures past the key $50 a barrel level. It was for the first time that oil breached the $50 level.US light crude......