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In Mumbai on the path noticed a huge Python

Locals in Mumbai was frightened by the appearance of a three meter Python on a pedestrian footpath, reports NDTV.

The snake was spotted in Maharashtra nature Park is an oasis in the middle of the slums and skyscrapers of the largest city of the country. Local residents during a walk saw on a path of greenery crawled three-meter Python. It is not poisonous, but because of its considerable size still caused consternation among the witnesses.

Disclosed details of the failed landing crashed in India plane

The Minister of civil aviation of India Hardeep Singh Puri told about details of a hard landing Boeing 737 in Kozhikode, Kerala, in which people died.

According to the latest data, the accident killed 17 people, more than a hundred were injured.

The death toll during hard landing the aircraft in India has reached 20

The number of victims of a hard landing of Boeing 737 of the airline Air India Express Calicut in Western India has reached 20 people, more than 140 were injured, the newspaper reports Hindustan Times.

We mentioned earlier the 17 dead and over 120 injured.

In India, took video of the fight a giant snake

The lens came two male gray tree-climbing snakes, or rat snakes that fought for territory and females, reported NDTV.

Officer of the Indian forest service Susanta Nanda shared on social networks this video. The footage shows that the struggle of males starts in the water.

Crocodile mauled the Indian, performed the ritual for "good health"

A young man 18 years old died in a crocodile attack in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, when, on the advice of the priest, crossed the river after a Hindu ritual "Homa", according to the administration of the reserve Sanjay Pathak.

The ritual "Homa" known as "yajña" is a sacrifice to the fire of grains, ghee, milk, spices or seeds to protect from the bad effect, achieve good health and success in any business. Often this ritual is performed at weddings in India.

The plastic recycling and sequestration of carbon dioxide

Indian chemists in collaboration with British colleagues have created a nanoporous material, named as amorphous zeolite, which converts carbon dioxide into fuel and plastic from waste chemicals. The study is published in the journal Nature Communications.

Global warming, caused by greenhouse gas emissions, and pollution of non-biodegradable waste — the most important anthropogenic problems the solution of which I think scientists from different countries.

Polish media estimated the power of the Russian "Octopus"

Self-propelled antitank gun "octopus-СДМ1" that India can buy from Russia, will allow to effectively deal with military equipment of the probable enemy. This opinion was expressed by the Polish edition Defence24.

Earlier, the Indian edition of the Economic Times, citing military sources reported that the government allowed purchases of foreign light tanks on the background of a military confrontation with China in Eastern Ladakh. Among the possible options the Economic Times mentioned "octopus SDM-1," which in its technical characteristics similar to tanks T-72 and T-90, operated by the Indian army.

Not all countries have confirmed participation in the forum "Army 2020" because COVID-19

Pandemic coronavirus was reflected in the number of countries participating in the forum "Army 2020", is confirmed by the participation of only 35 of the 133 invited countries, said the head of Department of exhibition activity of the main Department of the research activities and technological support of advanced technologies of the Ministry of defense of the Russian Federation Oleg Kulakovsky.

"The current epidemiological situation has certainly complicated the preparations for the forum, particularly the involvement of foreign States. Official invitations were sent to heads of defense agencies of 133 countries", - he told in interview to the newspaper "Red star".

India shifted to a third phase of easing restrictions

The government of India in the third phase of easing of restrictions in connection with the pandemic coronavirus has allowed the movement of people at night and resumed work yoga schools and gyms, reported the Ministry of internal Affairs of the country.

"Features of the new guidelines: restrictions on the movement of people at night (night curfew) has been removed. Companies yoga and the gym will be open from 5 August 2020. In this regard, the Ministry of health and family welfare will issue instructions to ensure social distancing and containment COVID-19... After consultation with the States and the government of India, it was decided that schools, colleges and other educational institutions will be closed until August 31, 2020", - stated in the message of Ministry of internal Affairs.

In India, the number of people infected with coronavirus has exceeded a million and a half

More than 12 thousand new cases of coronavirus detected in India per day, the total number of infected is 1 531 669, according to the data of the Ministry of health and family welfare.

India is in third place in the world in the number of cases of coronavirus. According to recent reports, the treatment in the country are 447 people 509 (12 459 new patients per day), recovered 988 029 people (35 286 per day) died 34 193 (768 per day).

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