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BNHS announces all-India Sarus crane survey

India, Oct. 9 -- The Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) has announced a nationwide survey to estimate the population of Sarus Cranes on October 10 and 11, 2026. Birders across the world will celebr... Read More


Nearly 50,000 women and girls killed or severely injured in Gaza in last 3 years, UN Women says

India, Oct. 9 -- Nearly 50,000 women and girls in Gaza have been killed or severely injured since October 2023, according to UN Women. The agency says this amounts to one in 21 Gazan women and girls ... Read More


$1,000,000,000,000: Cost of serving the debt storm in developing countries

India, Oct. 8 -- Developing countries paid nearly $1 trillion in interest on public debt in 2025, up from $363 billion in 2010, according to a UNCTAD report. Global public debt more than doubled from... Read More


New species of extinct crocodilian, similar to North India's 'gharial', discovered in Egypt: Study

India, Oct. 7 -- Scientists have discovered a new species of extinct crocodilian in rock used to build the Sphinx of Giza in Egypt. The animal is similar to the gharial (Gavialis gangeticus) found tod... Read More


2026 Chemistry Nobel awarded for the discovery of non-linear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis

India, Oct. 7 -- The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2026 to Henri B Kagan from the Universite Paris-Sud, France and Kenso Soai from Tokyo Universi... Read More


Traffic pollution cost Gurugram's children nearly 95,000 school days in 2025: Study

India, Oct. 7 -- Exhaust from vehicles on Gurugram's roads caused one in four of the new asthma cases linked to air pollution among the Delhi satellite town's children and teenagers in 2025 and made t... Read More


Pneumonic plague fears in Siberia after lab worker's death

India, Oct. 6 -- A laboratory worker in Siberia has died after developing severe pneumonia symptoms, prompting authorities to place nearly 200 people under medical observation over possible exposure t... Read More


2026 Medicine Nobel awarded for discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics

India, Oct. 5 -- The 2026 Nobel Prize for medicine has been awarded to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel "for their discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics," the... Read More


What are the three plague pandemics in human history?

India, Oct. 5 -- Nearly 200 people have been placed under medical observation after a laboratory worker died from suspected pneumonic plague in Siberia's Irkutsk region, according to a report by The M... Read More


Plague scare in Siberia's Irkutsk after lab worker dies, 200 placed under medical observation

India, Oct. 5 -- Nearly 200 people have been placed under medical observation after a laboratory worker died from plague in Siberia's Irkutsk region, according to a report by The Moscow Times. The ne... Read More