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5 things you’re going to miss out on this pandemic Holi
Bhubaneswar: Colours flying in the air, loud music jazzing up a huge gathering, the stocked-up thandai and cold drink glasses and gorging on the lip-smacking snacks on the table with friends and family. That’s pretty much how we have been…
19 river stretches in Odisha are polluted
Bhubaneswar: As many as 19 river stretches in Odisha have been found to be polluted, informed Minister of State for Jal Shakti & Social Justice and Empowerment Rattan Lal Kataria in Lok Sabha today.
The polluted river stretches are…
6 indoor plants that can induce sleep
Bhubaneswar: After a long day isn’t a good and calming sleep all that a person craves for! For that, one needs a comfy bed in a room with a relaxing ambiance.
As convenient as it sounds, people nowadays fail to pamper themselves with that…
International Women’s Day 2021: How safe do women feel today!
Bhubaneswar: We have evolved from the time when women were meant and allowed to spend their lives in the kitchen and the four-walls of the house, to a time where women are excelling in all walks of life, from sports, to science,…
8 Insta-inspired Rangoli ideas for you this Diwali
Bhubaneswar: A Diwali without crackers is eco-friendly but without a breathtaking Rangoli on the porch, decorated with earthen lamps, that's impossible.
Rangoli is an important a tradition as are the pre-festival house cleaning and…
Decrease in fossil-fuel CO2 emissions due to Covid-19: Study
Tokyo: The Covid-19 pandemic has been affecting the global socio-economic activity, leading to a significant reduction in fossil-fuel-derived CO2 (FFCO2) emissions and other anthropogenic air pollutants in the world, say researchers,…
Horses, rhinos evolved from strange hoofed animal in India: Study
New Delhi: Hoofed animals like horses and rhinos evolved from a strange sheep-sized animal that looked like a cross between a pig and a dog and roamed in India almost 55 million years ago., researchers have claimed.
Experts from Johns…
Five distinct dog types existed 11,000 years ago: Study
New York: Scientists have mapped the DNA of 27 ancient dogs spanning back 11,000 years and found that there were at least five different types of dogs present at the end of the last Ice Age.
For the study, published in the journal…
Some glaciers are also advancing: Geology professor
Lucknow: Prof Dhruvsen Singh, of the geology department in the Lucknow University, has said that glaciers in the Himalayas are retreating but some are also advancing which proves that global warming is not the only reason behind the…
Cows prefer ‘live’ communication with humans: Study
London: After months of technology-based communication enforced by Covid-19, many may be missing a 'live' human interaction, but we are not the only ones feeling so -- a new study reveals that cows too prefer a face-to-face chat.
The…
