China considers pandas a national treasure, but has also loaned them to other countries as diplomatic tools.

Some good new for north west india, The southwest monsoon is likely to reach northwest India in the next few days.

Swami Vivekananda played an important role in introducing the philosophies of yoga and Vedanta to the West.

 High temperatures in Antarctica are a result of a large high-pressure system creating "fohn conditions",resulted in local warming.

 There is still a high probability of normal monsoon over the country during July, said M Mohapatra, direct general, IMD.

Nine of the 11 finalists for this year's US Spelling Bee contest are Indian-Americans, reflecting the dominance young kids.