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Thursday, April 15, 2010

Leopard


Forest officials carry a 7-year-old female leopard rescued from a water tank at Singmire village near Chandrapur on the outstriks of Guwahati.

Smoke and steam hangs over the volcano


Smoke and steam hangs over the volcano under the Eyjafjallajokull glacier in Iceland, early Thursday April 15, 2010, which has erupted for the second time in less than a month, melting ice, shooting smoke and steam into the air and forcing hundreds of people to flee rising floodwaters.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at Brazil


Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at an official welcome ceremony at Brasilia Airbase in Brazil. Singh is on a two-day visit during which he will attend the Brazil-Russia-India-China (BRIC) and India-Brazil-South Africa (IBSA) Summits and hold bilateral meetings with Chinese President Hu Jintao and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.

Kumbh Mela festival in Haridwar


An elderly devotee collects water from the River Ganga, during the Kumbh Mela festival in Haridwar.

ISRO's GSLV-D3 Mission Failed :(


ISRO's GSLV-D3 takes off from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Shriharikota. GSLV-D3 powered by homegrown cryogenic engine for the first time failed in its mission as the rocket carrying a communication satellite deviated today from its path and went out of control shortly after its lift-off from the spaceport.

"Prime Minister, Keep your word "


Bhopal gas tragedy protestors hold cut-outs of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during a demonstration in New Delhi.