Flight operations at the Indira Gandhi International airport here remained suspended for over an hour after the city witnessed the first dense fog of this winters on Sunday. Around 20 flights were delayed while two were cancelled as the fog enveloped the airport suddenly around 7 am, sources said. ...
09:40 AM, Dec 23, 2012
At least 83 people have died in Ukraine from a cold spell that has been gripping the country, BBC reported. Temperatures as low as minus 23 degrees Celsius and heavy snowfall this month have left the capital Kiev and most of the country under a thick frozen layer. ...
02:06 PM, Dec 22, 2012
People in remote Kashmir villages struggle severely due to acute power, water and fuel shortage as temperatures plummet below zero degree Celsius. A distraught Mohammad Khaliq and his wife take stock of the massive destruction a fire has caused in their village in south Kashmir in which scores of houses were gutted at a time when freezing temperatures have made life miserable. ...
07:59 AM, Dec 09, 2012
Following is a list of nominees in key categories for the 55th annual Grammy Awards, announced in Nashville on Wednesday. Winners will be announced on February 10, 2013 in Los Angeles. ...
11:13 AM, Dec 06, 2012
The US planned to blow up the Moon with a nuclear bomb during the Cold War as a show of strength, a British media report said on Wednesday. American military chiefs allegedly devised the secret project, "A Study of Lunar Research Flights" - or "Project A119" - in the hope that the then Soviet Union would be intimidated by viewing the nuclear flash from the Earth, the Telegraph reported. ...
08:30 AM, Nov 29, 2012
Men who drink fizzy drinks are not just ruining their teeth but could also be at risk of aggressive prostate cancer, the Daily Mail reported on Tuesday. ...
09:16 AM, Nov 28, 2012
London: Grammy winner Adele's music has topped the list of the most effective soundtrack for sleeping. A survey done by hotel chain Travelodge on 2,000 people, showed that the 24-year-old's music helped lull them to sleep, reported Daily Star online. The 'Rolling In The Deep' singer has deposed Coldplay from the top of the charts. The band were number one for the firm's previous surveys in 2008 and 2010, but...
03:08 PM, Nov 23, 2012
Udhagamandalam: The temperature in and around Ooty hill station, a major tourist spot, touched zero degree, with frost covering nearly a 10 kilometre area, officials said. Tourists and citizens ventured out only after 8.30 am, as the biting cold made them sit indoors, they said. A 'white carpet of frost' was seen over the plains, tea estates, including in and around the town, the famous botanical gardens and also Wenlock...
09:27 AM, Nov 16, 2012
Wellington: Vitamin D does not reduce the severity of colds, even for those who received a monthly dose of 100,000 units in a trial, says a study. The association of Vitamin D deficit and susceptibility to viral respiratory tract infections has been unclear, said the University of Otago study. David R. Murdoch, University of Otago, New Zealand, and colleagues conducted a randomized trial to examine the effect of Vitamin D...
10:34 AM, Oct 03, 2012
Jodhpur: A vagabond allegedly started fires in empty AC coaches of two trains after a coach attendant pushed him out of a bogie when he was picking up leftovers, leading to loss of rail property, a railway official said on Saturday. Ganga Ram (22) was arrested for starting fires, first in AC coach of Suryanagari Express and two hours later in a bogie of Mandore Express, as revenge for being...
04:52 AM, Jul 15, 2012
The eagerly awaited video of Coldplay and Rihanna in collaboration, 'Princess of China' has finally released. ...
12:28 PM, Jun 05, 2012
Another jawan has died in the avalanche that took place in Gurez on Thursday. ...
12:14 PM, Feb 25, 2012
London: Temperature continues to remain freakishly low in eastern parts of Europe. In Belgrade, the Danube river has frozen in several portions, crippling shipping on Europe's busiest waterway. Meanwhile, the death toll has now crossed 450 across Europe with Ukraine still being the worst hit. Forecasts said freezing winds would pick up and bring more snow in the next two days across several regions. ...
11:15 AM, Feb 10, 2012
The mercury plunged to 4 degrees in Delhi making it the coldest day in February in 30 years. ...
07:53 PM, Feb 09, 2012
You know, there is no easy way to say this, says Gaurav Jain, the 39-year-old managing director of Swastik Roadlines and explains. His father had started Swastik in partnership with two friends. Jain joined the company in 1999 when it was doing very well. It had 23 trucks. None of the founders realised what was around the corner. Ever since its inception in 1997, the company had grown on the...
05:50 PM, Feb 09, 2012
New Delhi: Mercury plunged five degrees below normal on Thursday morning bringing back cold conditions in the city which was experiencing a spell of relatively pleasant weather over the last few days. The low was recorded at 4 degree Celsius, down by 4.5 degrees from Wednesday's minimum temperature of 8.5 degrees, the MeT office said. Cold winds added to the chill in the air early in the morning but a...
05:21 PM, Feb 09, 2012
New Delhi: The government on Thursday approved setting up of a national centre for cold chain development and allocated a one-time grant of Rs 25 crore for its corpus fund. The decision comes in the wake of post harvest losses to the tune of Rs 50,000 crore annually in absence of proper storage facilities. "The Union Cabinet today gave its ex-post facto approval for registering National Centre for Cold Chain...
01:00 PM, Feb 09, 2012
At least 250 people have died due to cold in Europe even as more record low temperatures and snow are in the forecast. ...
08:28 AM, Feb 08, 2012
Sofia: Heavy snowfall across eastern Europe cut off hundreds of villages on Tuesday and rescue teams struggled to evacuate people in southern Bulgaria where rain and melting snow had caused a dam wall to break, flooding an entire village. A river dike also broke under intense water pressure near Kapitan Andreevo at the border with Turkey, officials said. At least 250 people have already died across the region during the...
06:21 AM, Feb 08, 2012
London: Europe continues to battle the intense cold and heavy snowfall and the condition is likely to stay the same at least till the end of the week. While Serbia has declared a state of emergency after the snow snapped access to tens of thousands of people, in Ukraine, 122 people have died so far with the temperatures hitting minus 30 degree celcius. Meanwhile, Romania's Prime Minister Emil Boc resigned...
10:10 AM, Feb 07, 2012
