Torrential rains bring India’s financial hub to a halt

Torrential monsoon rains paralyzed India’s financial capital Mumbai for a second day Wednesday as the streets turned into rivers and people waded through waist-deep waters.

On Tuesday, the city received about 5 inches (127 millimeters) of rain and it’s already hamstrung infrastructure collapsed. Public transport stopped and thousands of commuters were stranded in their offices overnight.

Train derails in India’s third rail accident in 10 days

A passenger train derailed Tuesday in western India, the third rail accident in the country in 10 days.

Rescuers were working to pull out people who were trapped in the toppled train engine and seven coaches lying on their sides. No casualties or injuries were reported, railway spokesman A.K. Jain said.

The train had 18 coaches and was headed from the central Indian city of Nagpur to Mumbai, capital of Maharashtra state.

For the Kermit Sutra? New mating position reported for frogs

This just in from the Department of Amphibian Philandering:

For years, scientists have thought frogs and toads used only six positions to mate. It turns out they may be wrong. In a forest in India, researchers say, they've documented a seventh.

This latest entry in the Kermit Sutra is called the dorsal straddle. Like other positions — but unlike mammal sex — it's aimed at letting the male fertilize eggs outside the female's body.