The chemical dispersants used to clean up oil after the Deepwater Horizon spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010 were ineffective and unneeded, a new study says. Researchers report in a study {link:published this week:”https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2018.00389/full” target=”_blank”} that dispersants used in the largest oil spill in U.S. history — 210 […]
SEOUL, Nov. 2 : North and South Korean authorities resumed exchange of information on illegal fishing vessels in the sea border off the Korean Peninsula’s west coast. South Korea’s defense ministry said Friday that it began sharing information on foreign fishing vessels illegally fishing in the Korean waters with North […]
New Delhi : The government Friday promulgated an ordinance to amend the companies law, a senior official said. The proposal to issue an ordinance to amend the Companies Act, 2013, was cleared by the Cabinet Thursday. The official said the ordinance had received assent from President Ram Nath Kovind […]
New Delhi : The Supreme Court Friday dismissed the CBI’s appeal against the Delhi High Court’s 2005 verdict discharging all the accused, including Hinduja brothers, in the politically-sensitive Rs 64 crore Bofors pay-off case. A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi rejected the CBI plea seeking condonation of […]
New Delhi Justices Hemant Gupta, R Subhash Reddy, M R Shah and Ajay Rastogi were Friday sworn in as judges of the Supreme Court, taking its strength to 28. The swearing-in ceremony started at 10:30 am in court number 1 of the apex court and Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi […]
Srinagar : An unidentified terrorist was killed in an encounter with security forces in Handwara area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district, police said Friday. Security forces launched an operation based on credible inputs about the presence of terrorists in Pohrupeth in Handwara area Thursday evening, a police official […]
New Delhi : The minimum temperature here was Friday recorded at 16 degrees Celsius, a notch above the season’s average, even as weather turned very humid in the morning. Relative humidity was recorded at 92 per cent at 8:30 am, according to the MeT Department. The minimum temperature was […]
Raipur : One naxal was gunned down in an exchange of fire with security forces in Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh on Friday, police said. The gunbattle was still on, they said. “The exchange of fire broke out in the forest of Kamkanar village under Gangaloor police station limits when […]
New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed CBI’s appeal against the Delhi High Court verdict discharging all the accused including Hinduja brothers in Rs 64 crore Bofors pay-off case. A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi said it was not convinced with the grounds of the […]
Mumbai : Actor Rana Daggubati has joined the cast of Akshay Kumar-starrer “Housefull 4”. The “Baahubali” star shared the news on Twitter and said he will be starting shoot for the project soon. “Heading to the sets of Housefull 4. Shooting in Mumbai after a very long time!!” Daggubati […]
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