Bundelkhand (Madhya Pradesh), June 19 (ANI): Climate change is real. For an emerging economy like India with a large population directly dependent on natural resources for their sustenance, the changing climate is causing severe economic, environmental and social challenges.

New Delhi, June 14 (ANI): The Communist Party of India (CPI) on Friday asked Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dr. M. Veerappa Moily to disclose the names of those import lobbies, who threaten petroleum ministers.

New Delhi, June 14 (ANI): Launching a frontal attack on Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dr. M. Veerappa Moily on Friday said the former is not a challenge for the ruling Congress Party, but a liability for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

London, June 14 (ANI): The US Supreme Court has ruled private businesses cannot patent human genes.

New York, June 13 (ANI): M. Night Shyamalan has confessed that he secretly penned teen-rom-com 'She's All That', before he got famous for his supernatural thrillers.

Washington, June 11 (ANI): Vinegar has always tasted great with french fries and made your glassware sparkle, but the miracle liquid's amazing natural remedies and natural cures were unknown to many.

Melbourne, June 11 (ANI): The average woman applies more than 500 chemicals to her body every day during her beauty routine, a study conducted by Bionsen- natural deodorant company- in the UK has revealed.

Washington, June 10 (ANI): Scientists have completed the genome sequencing and analysis of the duck, which was one principal natural host of influenza A viruses that killed 36 people and caused a loss of 6.5-billion-dollars to China's economy.

New Delhi, June 7 (ANI): India and Germany have signed an umbrella agreement on financial and technical cooperation in the field of energy, environment and management of natural resources.

London, June 6 (ANI): England captain Alastair Cook has hailed young cricketer Jos Buttler, saying that he has special talent and works very hard to ensure that he makes the most of his natural ability.

Washington, June 5 (ANI): A new study has found that certain females consume male ejaculate and sperm as if they were food, using the nutrients to fuel their own bodies as well as their eggs.

Washington, June 4 (ANI): Researchers from the University of Valencia and the Natural History Museum of Berlin have studied the fossilised remains of scales and bones found in Teruel and the south of Zaragoza, concluding that they belong to a new fish species called Machaeracanthus goujeti that lived in that area of the peninsula during the Devonian period.

Tumkur (Bangalore), June 1 (ANI): In line with the government's decision to launch Direct Benefit Transfer for LPG (DBTL) scheme in 20 high Aadhaar coverage districts from June 1, Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dr. M. Veerappa Moily formally launched the scheme on Saturday at Tumkur near Bangalore to mark the occasion.

Ramnagar (Uttarakhand), June 1 (ANI): Scorching heat dried up natural waterholes in one of the biggest parks for tigers, the Jim Corbett national Park, forcing forest authorities to supply water to ponds and water bodies through tankers.

Washington, May 31 (ANI): Small dams can pose a greater threat to ecosystems and natural landscapes than large dams, a new study has revealed.

Washington, May 31 (ANI): How and when turtle shell originated has fascinated and confounded biologists for more than two centuries.

Tokyo, May 29 (ANI): Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh on Wednesday said India and Japan are natural and indispensable partners for advancing prosperity in each country, and for a peaceful, stable, cooperative and prosperous future for the Asia-Pacific and Indian Ocean regions.

Washington, May 29 (ANI): Dolphin-assisted childbirth is an option that some expectant parents are embracing, claiming it is a more natural, relaxing way to deliver a baby.

Washington, May 27 (ANI): High blood pressure can boost the risks of leading killers such as heart attack and stroke, as well as aneurysms, cognitive decline, and kidney failure.

Mumbai, May 25 (ANI): Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) has announced a huge natural gas discovery in the flagging eastern offshore KG-D6 block which would help in arresting falling output.

New Delhi, May 25 (ANI): Strongly refuting allegations of favouring Reliance Industries, Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister M Veerappa Moily has said that the proposed revision in natural gas price will apply to all companies, including state-owned ONGC.

Washington, May 24 (ANI): A known difficulty in fighting influenza (flu) is the ability of the flu viruses to mutate and thus evade various medications that were previously found to be effective.

Badrinath (Uttarakhand), May 23 (ANI): Devotees took holy dip at a natural hot water spring, located near the revered Hindu shrine in Badrinath.

Washington, May 23 (ANI): A team of paleontologists from the University of Toronto, Royal Ontario Museum, Cleveland Museum of Natural History and University of Calgary have identified a new dinosaur, the smallest plant-eating dinosaur species known from Canada.

Washington, May 22 (ANI): Phosphatidylserine - a natural food supplement produced from beef, oysters, and soy - improves the functioning of genes involved in degenerative brain disorders, including Parkinson's disease and Familial Dysautonomia (FD).