A massive leak of hazardous oleum gas at a chemical unit in Maharashtra's Palghar district on Monday led to the evacuation of over 2,600 people, including 1,600 school students, while three persons complained of minor eye irritation, officials said.

The Bokaro SAIL steel plant in Jharkhand, one of India’s oldest, is severely compromising child health in the surrounding region due to its air pollutant emissi

Guwahati: The smew (Mergellus albellus), a striking ‘white’ diving duck with males sporting a black-masked white body and females in mottled brown, wa.

A large number of trading houses, insurers and vessels have suspended shipments through the maritime passage. According to reports, hundreds of tankers have dropped anchor in open Gulf waters.

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The decision follows findings of a study assigned to IIT Kharagpur to assess the shelf life of Fortified Rice Kernels (FRK) and Fortified Rice (FR) under actual storage conditions across diverse agro-climatic zones in the country.

An earthquake of magnitude 4.3 hit Iran's southern part on Tuesday, as reported by Al Jazeera.