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IMD forecasts hotter than normal summer season for Telangana from March to May
4+ hour, 6+ min ago (265+ words) Published - March 01, 2026 07:26 pm IST - HYDERABAD Telangana is likely to experience above-normal temperatures during the March to May summer season, according to the seasonal outlook issued by the India Meteorological Department (IMD). The forecast forms part of the IMD's national assessment of…...
India braces for hotter-than-normal summer, more heatwave days expected
21+ hour, 24+ min ago (207+ words) Published - March 01, 2026 07:09 am IST - MUMBAI India is "set to experience a hotter-than-normal summer "this year, with heatwave days "during March and May expected "to exceed the seasonal average, the weather office said on Saturday (February 28, 2026). In March, "the first month…...
How district cooling can ease India’s climate and urban planning troubles
1+ week, 5+ day ago (555+ words) Inside each building, this water passes through heat exchangers, cools the indoor air by absorbing heat, then returns slightly warmer to the central plant, where it's cooled again and sent back into the network. Buildings therefore don't need to install…...
Basic infrastructure works for swimming pool begin at V.O.C. Park in Coimbatore city
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (196+ words) Published - January 31, 2026 07:22 pm IST - Coimbatore District Collector Pavankumar G. Giriyappanavar and Coimbatore MP Ganapathi P. Rajkumar launched works for the construction of basic infrastructure for a proposed swimming pool on the V.O.C. Park premises in Coimbatore city on Saturday. The works include toilets…...
Avoid hot showers to deal with cracking of skin in winter, say dermatologists
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (256+ words) Published - November 19, 2025 06:25 pm IST - VISAKHAPATNAM The drop in temperatures during winter, and the use of hot water for bathing, results in the cracking of skin and skin irritation. The skin's outermost layer " stratum corneum " maintains a moisture balance between 10% and…...
Shangumughom Beach to get a facelift ahead of Navy Day celebrations
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (154+ words) Published - October 18, 2025 08:04 pm IST - THIRUVANANTHAPURAM The Shangumugham Beach here is set to get a major facelift with this year's Navy Day celebrations reportedly planned in Thiruvananthapuram. The State government has issued orders for carrying out emergency works at the Shangumugham…...
Dragonflies - expert fliers, ‘biopesticides’ rekindle and shape new memories in Hyderabad
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (154+ words) Updated - October 16, 2025 06:11 pm IST - HYDERABAD Ms. Chitra Shanker said that dragonflies spend most of their lives underwater as nymphs, breathing dissolved oxygen and feeding on other aquatic creatures. Because they cannot survive in polluted or oxygen-poor water, their presence is…...
Two new non-luminous species of fireflies described from the Nilgiris
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (333+ words) Updated - October 09, 2025 04:28 pm IST - UDHAGAMANDALAM Two new species of non-luminous fireflies have been described from the Nilgiris, with one of them being named after the indigenous Kurumba tribe. The two species'Lamellipalpodes kurumba'and'Lamellipalpodes debprasama' were'found in the Nilgiris district in Tamil…...
Mysuru Dasara: ‘Display of tiger using 2,983 drones has set Guinness record’
5+ mon, 2+ day ago (460+ words) Published - September 29, 2025 12:31 pm IST - MYSURU The drone show held at Torchlight Parade Ground in Bannimantap in Mysuru on September 28 evening not only enthralled the crowd, but also earned an entry in the Guinness World Records for creating an artwork of…...
Trial demonstrations of Drone show scheduled for Sept. 28 and 29; Main show on Oct. 1 and 2
5+ mon, 4+ day ago (249+ words) Published - September 27, 2025 07:26 pm IST - MYSURU The drone show, which caught the imagination of Dasara tourists in Mysuru last year, is all set to excite the visitors this year with the Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Corporation (CESC) hosting trial demonstrations of the…...