Miscellaneous

New Delhi, Sep 7: With the Centre focusing more on developing alternative fuel economy, India will soon stop importing petroleum products, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said on Tuesday. "We are going to develop this country where our import of petroleum will be zero. We are promoting alternative fuel like ethanol, methanol, bio-CNG...this will boost the rural and agriculture centre and create huge

New Delhi, Sep 6: Going by the current trend, India will be half a century late in achieving its global education commitments and the country needs fundamental changes in the education system if it wants to meet the 2030 sustainable development goals, a UNESCO report has said. UNESCO's new Global Education Monitoring (GEM) report says that based on current trends universal primary education in

Vatican City, Aug 31: When Pope Francis canonizes Mother Teresa on Sunday, he'll be honoring a nun who won admirers around the world and a Nobel Peace Prize for her joy-filled dedication to the "poorest of the poor." He'll also be recognising holiness in a woman who felt so abandoned by God that she was unable to pray and was convinced, despite her ever-present smile, that she was experiencing the

New Delhi, Aug 29: An Indonesian man who claims to be an incredible 145 years old may be the oldest person in the world ever. According to the documents recognised by Indonesian officials, Mbah Gotho from Sragen in central Java was born on December 31, 1870. If the documents are true, that would make him much older than the verified oldest person in the world ever - a title that currently belongs

London, Aug 25: The world's largest aircraft suffered cockpit damage on Wednesday after nosediving while landing on its second test flight, but there were no injuries, according to the craft's manufacturer. The 92-metre-long Airlander 10, part helicopter and part airship, came down at Cardington Airfield in Bedfordshire, south east England. “Airlander sustained damage on landing during today's

New Delhi, Aug 24: This giant pearl could be the world's largest natural pearl weighing over 34 kg. The treasure's worth is pegged at around USD 100 million. The identity of the man who found the pearl has not yet been disclosed, but according to the Daily Mail, the man discovered the priceless gem around a decade back in the sea off the coast of Palawan Island in Philippines. He decided to keep

Jaipur, Aug 19: India's most famous tiger, photographed by thousands of tourists over the years at a popular northern wildlife park, died on Thursday, days after the ageing animal stopped eating. Machli had been the star attraction of Ranthambore National Park for years because of her seemingly calm nature and penchant for posing for cameras, and she even had her own Facebook page. She had amazed

Rio de Janeiro, Aug 16: China's ace woman diver He Zi had just collected her silver medal at the Rio Olympics but her boyfriend and teammate Qin Kai, in front of a global TV audience, sprang a surprise by going down on one knee and proposing with a diamond ring, marking the second marriage proposal at the ongoing Games. Just moments after receiving her silver medal in Sunday's 3-meter springboard

Prabhatsakhi' is a milk oriented initiative by Prabhat Dairy that runs operations through entire Ahmednagar. Through this programme Prabhat Dairy wants to give an aim to the life of women at grass root level, change their pace of lives by providing employment support and boost their economic development. Under this Program women Self Help Group will be formed at the village level and they will be

Beijing, Aug 8: China's "straddling bus", trumpeted as an innovative idea to deal with traffic jams, is facing increasing scrutiny with many questioning the vehicle's safety features and whether it would ever come into service, a media report said today. The Transit Elevated Bus (TEB), grabbed worldwide attention last week after China's official published pictures of the vehicle during a test run