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In India, Man Vs Wild with Bear Grylls and Prime Minister Modi would premiere simultaneously on 12 Discovery channels in five languages - English, Bengali, Hindi, Tamil and Telugu. (Photo: FIle)

'Man vs Wild' episode featuring PM Modi to air today at 9 pm

Shot in the Jim Corbett National Park, the special episode will be showcased in 180 countries around the world.

12 Aug 2019 2:51 PM IST

PM Modi was calm in crisis, says Discoverys Man vs Wild host Bear Grylls

'PM Modi was calm in crisis,' says Discovery's 'Man vs Wild' host Bear...

What stood out the most about Modi throughout the journey, Grylls said, was the global leader's humility.

10 Aug 2019 12:37 PM IST

The phenomena -- recently named Dyakonov-Voigt waves -- could have a range of useful applications (Photo: Representational image/ ANI)

Old theories of 19th century scientist aid new light wave discovery

Equations by James Clerk Maxwell have helped to reveal how crystals can be manipulated to produce a distinctive form of...

9 Sept 2019 10:30 AM IST

The planet is believed to orbit Barnards Star every 233 days. (Photo: Pixabay)

Solar system's most distant object is 'Farout' pink dwarf planet

Its discovery was announced on Monday by the International Astronomical Union's Minor Planet Center.

19 Dec 2018 10:20 AM IST

It was named in honor of the Japreria, a disappearing indigenous ethnic group in the Perija in the northwestern Venezuelan state of Zulia. (Photo: AFP)

New frog species found in Venezuela and Colombia

With multi-colored skin and a distinctive song, the Hyloscirtus japreria was discovered during expeditions over the past...

30 March 2018 8:43 AM IST

The report found the splintered wreck was most likely sunk by an explosion. (Photo: AP)

Historians name 2 Indian Ocean 19th century shipwrecks

The museum's examination of the images of the scattered remnants found it was possibly the brig W. Gordon or the barque...

4 May 2018 8:34 AM IST

The new creature dubbed Capinatator praetor missus is so different that scientists said the fossils represent not only a new species but a new genus - a larger grouping of life - as well.

Scientists ID tiny prehistoric sea worm with 50 head spines

Capinatator which means grasping swimmer lived 500 million years ago at a time when creatures started getting bigger...

4 Aug 2017 4:47 PM IST

IS fighters blew up the shrine of the biblical Jonahs tomb in 2014 after taking control of the city.

Ancient palace revealed under destroyed Mosul shrine

The militants may have been looking for artefacts to loot.

14 March 2017 11:25 AM IST

Researchers think up to 300 eggs may be present, some buried under the exposed fossils.

Dazzling egg fossils crack open secrets of ancient flying reptiles

Scientist have unearthed more than 215 fossilised eggs belonging to species that soared during the age of dinosaurs.

4 Dec 2017 1:00 PM IST

researchers used the Synchrotron to create three-dimensional images of the fossil, which showed the creature was indeed a single animal and not a concoction built up from several sources. Photo:AP/Lukas Panzarin

A dinosaur that looks like an odd mix of duck, croc, ostrich and swan...

The tiny creature, only about 18 inches (45 centimeters) tall, roamed 75 million years ago in what is now Mongolia.

7 Dec 2017 9:52 AM IST