GWALIOR: Trains were stalled for an hour on Tuesday in Madhya Pradesh’s Jhansi rail division after a man climbed up a pole and dangled from an overhead wire, prompting officials to switch off power supply on the route, police said. The incident happened near Dabra station in Gwalior and the man, who appeared to be of unsound mind, was brought ... Read More »
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Diamond mine with 27 million carats of stone likely to be auctioned by India
India is set to auction or allocate the Bunder diamond mining project based in Madhya Pradesh’s Chattarpur district after global miner Rio Tinto decided to abandon it. A statement from Rio Tinto had said that the company was carrying out an assessment of all ongoing projects across the world so that it can work efficiently in this phase of economic ... Read More »
Handwashing most effective way to prevent deadly diseases
The United Nations Millennium Development Goal (MGD) 4 aims to reduce child mortality rates by two-thirds from 1990 levels by 2015. This implies reduction of under-five deaths worldwide to four million in 2015 from nearly 12 million in 1990. In 2011, about seven million children died before reaching the age of five. We are just three years away from the ... Read More »
Monsoon may weaken earlier than thought
NEW DELHI: Even before the possible threat of El Nino in the latter half, the building up of the negative Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) event over the Indian Ocean is expected to weaken the monsoon. The IOD, which affects the strength of monsoon over the Indian subcontinent, is an irregular oscillation of sea-surface temperatures in which the western Indian Ocean ... Read More »