It has been found in a recent report that the World Bank is on its go to offer a loan of $255 million to India. The National AIDS Control Project (NACP-IV) would use the same for promoting safe behaviour in groups at high risks.

According to experts, the rare species of soft-shell N nigricans turtles are facing the threats of extinction. The species is only found in the tank of the Tripureswari Temple in Gomati district of Tripura, India.

The International Union for Conservation of Nature had declared the specimen, Bostami turtle, as extinct in the wild.

The World Environment day was celebrated on 5th June and this year's theme stands out as "THINK, EAT, SAVE". The World Environment day was started in 1972 by the United Nations Environment Programme to create global awareness of the environment and encourage politicians to take actions.

It has been revealed that the Cauvery Supervisory Committee is going to have meeting in New Delhi on Wednesday. Some of the many topics that will get discussed during the meeting are water position, storage and allocation.

Jiah Khan's suicide came as a complete shock for the film industry and as the story unfurled as to why she took the extreme step. The story keeps getting bizarre. After her suicide it was speculated that because of her career she took the step as she wasn't getting any roles in film while there was the angle of it being a love feud that threw her over the edge.

In the 2002 hit and run case involving actor Salman Khan the Sessions Court on Monday deferred its order on the actors appeal against the ruling of the magistrate citing charges of liable homicide not amounting to murder.