Everything you need to know about Pincha Dam Site: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
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Quito, June 4 (IANS/EFE) More than a dozen scientists from the Americas and Europe gathered in Ecuador's Galapagos Islands to discuss evolution in the place that inspired 19th-century British naturalist Charles Darwin to develop his theory of the evolution of species.
Shimla, June 3 (IANS) The Great Himalayan National Park (GHNP) in Himachal Pradesh may not get the coveted tag of a World Heritage Natural Site with Unesco's advisory body, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), recommending a deferral.
Bihar's pride and Buddhism's holiest shrine, 1500 year old Mahabodhi temple and famous Hindu temple of Vishnupad in Gaya would soon get CCTVs in their premises, , Bihar's Urban Development Minister Prem Kumar said on Monday.
Rio de Janeiro, May 27 (IANS/EFE) A pre-historic tortoise that lived in the Brazilian Amazon is the most likely ancestor of the tortoises that live in Ecuador's Galapagos archipelago today, paleontologists said.
Moscow, May 11 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Suspected ivory poachers have slaughtered 26 elephants in the Dzanga Bai reserve in the Central African Republic, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) said.
Managua, May 10 (IANS/EFE) UNESCO director-general Irina Bokova inspected two of the three biosphere reserves in Nicaragua to get a firsthand look at their condition, first lady Rosario Murillo said.
New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) For long the tourist attractions of the desert state, six hill forts of Rajasthan have made it to the Unesco World Heritage site list this year.
Manas (Assam), April 24 (IANS) Conservationists are delighted that a rhino which was reared at the Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC) has given birth in the wild, officials said.
Guwahati, April 3 (IANS) A dead female rhino with its horn missing was recovered from the Manas National Park in Assam, officials said Wednesday, taking the total number of rhinos poached in the state to 16 this year.
Asuncion (Paraguay), April 2 (IANS/EFE) Paraguay's old steam locomotives and workshops, relics of what was a state-of-the-art company at the end of the 19th century, are now a draw for tourists in a country that lacks rail service.
London, Mar. 20 (ANI): A UK-based website is offering travellers the chance to visit every World Heritage Site in the world on one two-year itinerary.
Mumbai, March 15 (IANS) Bangladesh's Minister of Information Hasanul Haq Inu Friday said film buffs in India and Bangladesh can now look forward to seeing movies filmed in each other's countries.
Johannesburg, Mar. 11 (ANI): Murder accused South African sprint runner Oscar Pistorius's present situation is reportedly having an adverse effect on his fellow athletes.
Kolkata, March 6 (IANS) A fleet of brand new sea-planes is set to fly travellers to destinations across Kerala starting this summer, an official said Wednesday, who was on a visit here to promote Kerala's tourism potential.
London, Mar 3 (ANI): New archaeological evidence suggest that contrary to previous belief that the Romans far from co-existing peacefully with the locals, ejected them by force in order to build the 73-mile divide of the Hadrian's Wall.
Kolkata, Feb 24 (IANS) Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde, who Sunday reviewed coastal security of West Bengal said the BSF would get six new floating border outposts (BOPs) for enhanced surveillance of the riverine India-Bangladesh border in the state.
Bodh Gaya (Bihar), Feb 8 (IANS) Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa flew into India Friday and prayed here at a temple site where Lord Buddha attained enlightenment.
Bodh Gaya (Bihar), Feb 8 (IANS) Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa arrived here Friday to pray at a temple site where Lord Buddha attained enlightenment, on the first day of a two-day trip to India.
Patna, Jan 26 (IANS) Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa will visit Bodh Gaya in Bihar Feb 8 to pray at the site where Lord Buddha attained enlightenment, an official said Saturday.
Guwahati, Jan 14 (IANS) Suspected poachers killed another one-horned rhino in Assam's Manas National Park and took away its horn. The carcass was spotted by forest officials Monday.
Moscow, Dec 9 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Tehran has condemned the US over a recent sub-critical nuclear test as a threat to peace and stability, the IRNA news agency reported.
Beijing, Dec 2 (IANS) A large palace complex has been discovered inside the tomb of China's first feudal emperor at the site made world-famous by the 1974 discovery of the terracotta warriors in funeral pits.
New Delhi, Nov 30 (IANS) Site-specific art, which can hardly hope to find buyers among private collectors, is largely dependent for survival on its ability to be socially engaging. It helps, of course, if it could also get funds from corporate houses or governments.
Washington, Nov 27 (IANS) Researchers and engineers from the Los Alamos National Lab are reconfiguring nuclear reactors to power space flights.
Patna, Nov 23 (IANS) India's five reputed architectural companies have showed keen interest to develop and beautify the over 1,500?year?old Mahabodhi temple in Bihar's Buddhist holy town of Bodh Gaya, an official said Friday.
Patna, Nov 9 (IANS) Bihar Police are preparing a database of foreign monasteries and their guesthouses in Buddhism's holy town Bodh Gaya to streamline safety and security, an official said Friday.
Lakhs of candidates will appear for SSC FCI Assistant grade 3rd exam and most of them are looking to FCI Assistant Grade III Admit Card 2012 download which is scheduled to be held on November 11, 2012.
Caracas, Nov 6 (IANS/EFE) At least three people died and another went missing after suffering a mishap while practicing an extreme sport over the weekend in Canaima National Park in southern Venezuela, officials said.
Moscow, Nov 2 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A Russian website with a special register of "blacklisted" sites came under attack shortly after it went online Thursday, said the federal agency which runs it.
Gaya, Oct 30 (IANS) The security of Bodh Gaya's 1,500-year-old Mahabodhi Temple, Buddhism's holiest shrine, has been handed over to the special task force (STF) of the Bihar Police in view of threats of a possible terrorist attack, police said Tuesday.
Bodh Gaya (Bihar), Oct. 21 (ANI): With an aim to develop the village and to provide free medical facilities, a trust run by the Buddhist monks from Vietnam and America is financing the construction of school-cum -hospital.
Guwahati, Oct 19 (IANS) Assam's Kaziranga National Park, which is closed for tourists annually from June to October due to the rains, is to be opened from Nov 1, the park director said Friday.
Belemura, Sept. 18 (ANI): The developmental process has gained momentum across the state's rural areas, resulting in access to better education and employment opportunities for the people.
New Delhi, Sep 15 (IANS) A Delhi company, Incentive Destinations, has been declared the 2012 Site Crystal Award winner in the category "Exceptional Motivational Travel Program".
London, Aug 21(ANI): According to a new survey, top Premier League football stars are earning around 20 times more than an average doctor in England.
The Mayor of South Delhi, Mrs. Savita Gupta inspected the Okhla Sanitary Land Fill Site area where the waste to energy plant to generate energy disposing solid waste of the city is functioning.
Damascus, July 25 (ANI): Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has ordered air strikes for the first time in a bid to crush rebels in the city of Aleppo.
Washington, July 14 (ANI): As the search for noted American aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart's plane probes the deep waters off a tiny desert island between Australia and Hawaii where she may have landed 75 years ago, new clues have surfaced in the artefacts unearthed on the coral isle.
Washington, July 14 (ANI): A US-based tech firm, which makes parts used in Apple and Google products, has said as many as 400,000 of its users' passwords have been stolen by hackers.
Washington, July 13 (ANI): A discovery of a large rock containing significant parts of a skeleton of an early human ancestor will be announced on Friday, 13 July 2012.
St. Petersburg (Russia), July 3 (IANS/EFE) The landscapes of Rio de Janeiro have been entered onto the World Heritage List, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization said.
Mumbai, July 2 (IANS) The eco-sensitive Western Ghats along the west coast of India have been included on the coveted list of the World Heritage Sites, at a meeting of the World Heritage Committee held in Russia Sunday evening, an official said here Monday.
Shimla, June 20 (ANI): In a first of its kind, engineers of Indian Railways have pioneered solar lighting system in the heritage toy train that runs on the narrow gauge from Kalka to Shimla in Himachal Pradesh.
London, June 14 (ANI): The church, which has been built where Jesus Christ is believed to have been born, could become the Palestinian Territory's first World Heritage site, it was revealed on Wednesday.
Melbourne, June 2 (ANI): The United Nations has expressed grave concern over the future of the Great Barrier Reef and has demanded an immediate halt of development activities on it.
Guwahati, May 12 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi Saturday appealed for coordinated efforts to ensure that the state's river island Majuli is included in the Unesco's World Heritage Site list.
London, Apr 16 (ANI): Princess Diana's niece, Celia McCorquodale, has posted a wide range of pictures on Facebook including a snap in which a man can be seen drinking a cocktail from her cleavage.
Washington, Mar 16 (ANI): Even a mild retinopathy in women who are 65 or older could be a marker of cognitive decline and related vascular changes in the brain, according to a research.
Washington, Mar 16 (ANI): Even a mild retinopathy in women who are 65 or older could be a marker of cognitive decline and related vascular changes in the brain, according to a research.
Washington, Mar 13 (ANI): In a new study, scientists have named two new horned dinosaur species based on fossils collected from Alberta, Canada.
Washington, Mar 13 (ANI): In a new study, scientists have named two new horned dinosaur species based on fossils collected from Alberta, Canada.
Melbourne, Feb 19 (ANI): Shane Warne has become embroiled in yet another controversy after advertisements for his 888 online poker business appeared on a hardcore porn site.
Melbourne, Feb 19 (ANI): Shane Warne has become embroiled in yet another controversy after advertisements for his 888 online poker business appeared on a hardcore porn site.
London, Dec 25 (ANI): A brothel owner in Nevada is going to open a Sci-Fi themed hooker house for men who want to bed women from out of this world.
New Delhi, Oct 18 (ANI): Domestication of chickens began about 8,000 years ago in China, far earlier than in the rest of the world, according to a recent study on fossils uncovered in north China's Hebei Province.
Washington, August 18 (ANI): American talk show host David Letterman has been threatened by a jihadist website contributor for making a 'rude' joke on his show.
Washington, Aug 16 (ANI): A study has found a compound in green tea that shows great promise for the development of drugs to treat two types of tumours and a deadly congenital disease.
London, August 8 (ANI): Nepal's Halji village, best known for its 1000-year-old monastery, a potential World Heritage Site, is facing a huge threat from frequent glacial lake outpour floods, which mysteriously occur annually on the same day every summer since 2006.
Washington, July 9 (ANI): An analysis of the front pages of the Internet's 10,000 largest sites has showed that Facebook still enjoys a dominant position on the adoption of social sharing plug-ins and links to social sites.
London, May 19 (ANI): Chinese archaeologists have launched the largest protective excavation since the Zhoukoudian Peking Man Site was first excavated in 1921.
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Phnom Penh, April 30 (ANI): The exchange of firing between Cambodian and Thai soldiers started again on early Saturday in the disputed border area near the 13th century Ta Krabei temple in Oddar Meanchey province, marking the ninth straight day of border clash.
Washington, Mar 4 (ANI): A new study has suggested that our earliest ancestors preferred to settle in locations that have something in common with cities like San Francisco, Naples and Istanbul-they are often on active tectonic faults in areas that have an earthquake risk or volcanoes, or both.
Washington, Feb 18 (ANI): A University of Pennsylvania research is trying to crack the code of which strain of flu will be prevalent in a given year, with major implications for global public health preparedness.
Nevada (US), Feb 8 (ANI): Hindus have asked ASEAN to urgently play an effective role in protection and preservation of Preah Vihear Hindu Shiva temple complex which has reportedly suffered considerable damage due of Thai-Cambodian crossfire.
Nevada (US), Feb 7 (ANI): Hindus are shocked and upset at the reported damage to 11th century Preah Vihear Hindu Shiva temple complex because of Thai-Cambodian crossfire at their border.
Nevada (US), Feb 06 (ANI): Hindus have asked that landmark Preah Vihear Hindu temple complex, cause of border dispute between Thailand and Cambodia, should be turned over to United Nations (UN) control.
Washington, Feb 2 (ANI): Archaeologists have discovered a major ceremonial monument less than one km away from the iconic Stonehenge.
New Delhi, Jan 26 (ANI): Archaeologists have discovered the remains of the largest Stone Age building, thought to be a prehistoric 'town hall', in Northwest China's Shaanxi province.
Bodhgaya, Jan 19 (ANI): Concerned at the looming Maoist threat in the region, authorities beefed up security around a revered Buddhist temple in Bihar's Bodhgaya town.
Washington, Dec 23 (ANI): Scientists have pinpointed a tiny site in the brain where the hormone leptin may help trigger the onset of puberty.
London, Dec 15 (ANI): The best Internet opening line for men to use is: "You have beautiful lips", a new survey on online flirting has revealed.
London, Dec 14 (ANI): The Leaning Tower of Pisa finally got its beauty back after it was cleaned and partially straightened in an eight-year restoration project.
Nevada (US), Nov 29 (ANI): Hindus have applauded China for reportedly financing the restoration of deteriorating Ta Keo Hindu temple in Cambodia's UNESCO World Heritage Site Angkor temple complex, which began on November 27.
London, Nov 29 (ANI): A Buddhist temple in Kyoto is set to display its historic sculptures on iPads - but in 3D.
Nevada (US), Nov 24 (ANI): Is there is an 'Angelina Jolie Temple' in Cambodia's UNESCO World Heritage Site Angkor temple complex after the name of the Hollywood star?
New Delhi, Nov.7 (ANI): The United States President, Barack Obama, accompanied by his wife Michelle Obama today visited the world heritage site Humayun Tomb, after attending a reception hosted at the U.S. Embassy on arriving in the national capital today afternoon.
New Delhi, Nov.7 (ANI): The United States President, Barack Obama, accompanied by his wife Michelle Obama is visiting the world heritage site Humayun Tomb, after attending a reception hosted at the U.S. Embassy on arriving in the national capital today afternoon.
New York, Oct 29 (ANI): Christine O'Donnell has had to face many sticky situations, over her dabbling in witchcraft and falsifying her educational resume, but this time the Delaware Republican Senate may be in a real soup.
Luang Prabang (Laos), Sept. 11 (ANI): Visiting Indian President Pratibha Devisingh Patil today visited Luang Prabang, the ancient capital of Laos and one of the important historical sites since ancient times, showcasing the deep cultural bond between the two countries.
Beijing, Aug.24 (ANI): Archaeological excavations have been launched at the Damagou Tuopulukedun Buddhist Temple Site in China's Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region.
Jaipur, Aug 4 (ANI): The Jantar Mantar astronomical observatory in Japiur has been listed by United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as a World Heritage Site at the body's recent meeting at Brasilia.
Aurangabad, July 28 (ANI): The paintings of the Ellora caves in Aurangabad, Maharashtra, are losing their gleam due to rainwater seepage in the caves.part from seepage and rock falls, even the lights installed inside the Ellora caves are damaging the sculptures. The paintings are being affected by moisture, and with the immediate effect that the paintings are turning black.
Aurangabad, July 28 (ANI): The paintings of the Ellora caves in Aurangabad, Maharashtra, are losing their gleam due to rainwater seepage in the caves.part from seepage and rock falls, even the lights installed inside the Ellora caves are damaging the sculptures. The paintings are being affected by moisture, and with the immediate effect that the paintings are turning black.
New Delhi, June 28 (ANI): The ibibo in collaboration with Maruti Suzuki is organising a talent hunt show called Maruti Suzuki ibibo i-serial star.
London, March 23 (ANI): The faces of Rebus creator Ian Rankin and singer Shirley Manson could now adorn the new Edinburgh trams, designed to highlight the culture of the Scottish city.
New Delhi, Feb 22 (ANI): Archaeologists have unearthed bricks dating back 5,000 to 7,000 years in northwest China's Shaanxi Province, adding between 1,000 to 2,000 years onto Chinese brick-making history.
Chennai, Jan 8 (ANI): The Tourism Department of Tamil Nadu has put up an exhibition of life-sized replicas of monuments of the Mahabalipuram temple complex.
New York, Sep.23 (ANI): Al-Qaida marked the eighth anniversary of the September 11 attacks on New York and Washington with a video message in which it predicted that Barack Obama would be brought down by the Muslims.
London, September 16 (ANI): Archaeologists from Newcastle University, in collaboration with English Heritage, have begin the first systematic excavation of a cemetery on Hadrian's Wall in England, in order to preserve it effectively.
Washington, September 9 (ANI): Italian archaeologists have unearthed a 1st century A.D. colossal statue of Apollo, the Greek god of the sun, light, music and poetry, from white calcified cliffs in southwestern Turkey.
New York, Aug.27 (ANI): Families of those killed in the World Trade Center terror attacks got a closeup look Wednesday at the memorial and museum that will forever remember their loved ones - and that tragic day.
Siliguri, Aug 26 (ANI): To create awareness regarding the history and evolution of the heritage railway especially amongst schoolchildren, the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway (DHR) in collaboration with the Siliguri Science Centre has organised a week-long photo exhibition showcasing its glorious past of 128 years, in Siliguri.
Ankara (Turkey), August 13 (ANI): Archaeologists have uncovered a centuries-old Jewish temple in Antalya, Turkey, which may date back to the 3rd century AD.
Washington, August 7 (ANI): Experts have restored a 500-year-old Chicomecoatl monolith, found recently in Zempoala municipality, Hidalgo, which represents the goddess of maize.
Washington, August 3 (ANI): Twenty complete human skeletons with their offerings have been rescued and registered by a team of archaeologists in Cholula, in Puebla, Mexico.
Washington, July 30 (ANI): A new study has found that a bizarre New Zealand bat that is as much at home walking four-legged on the ground as winging through the air had an Australian ancestor 20 million years ago with the same rare ability.
New Delhi, July 20 (ANI): Archaeologists have recently discovered the site of a Five Dynasties palace in Guangzhou, capital of south China's Guangdong Province.
Caracas (Venezuela), July 16 (ANI): Archaeologists have found evidence that a woman from the Chimu culture was buried alive in the 15th century at the Chan Chan archaeological complex in Peru to ameliorate the various effects of what we today call the El Nino weather phenomenon.
Beijing, July 2 (ANI): All non-Chinese people will get free access to 12 major tourist sites in Anyang city, Henan province, under a new policy.
