Meet Parveen Shaikh and Barkha Subba: The Indian conservationists who won the ‘Green Oscars’ for saving endangered species |

Indian conservationists Parveen Shaikh and Barkha Subba have won the prestigious Whitley Awards 2026, widely known as the ‘Green Oscars’, for their efforts to protect endangered species and fragile ecosystems in India. The award, presented by the UK-based Whitley Fund for Nature, honours grassroots conservation leaders from the Global South. Shaikh was recognised for saving…

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Cancer survivor US climber smashes Everest speed record with sub-10-hour summit

Though the record still requires formal verification from Nepal’s mountain authorities, Tyler Andrews’ team broadcast live GPS tracking of the climb through his social media account. American endurance athlete and mountaineer Tyler Andrews, a 36-year-old cancer survivor, became the first non-Sherpa climber to hold Mount Everest’s South Base Camp speed record after climbing from Nepal’s…

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Chicago White Sox baseball star Munetaka Murakami net worth 2026: Southside Samurai earnings, endorsements, investments and lifestyle details | MLB News

Chicago White Sox’s Munetaka Murakami watches his solo home run during the third inning of a baseball game against the Chicago Cubs in Chicago, Saturday, May 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty) International star Munetaka Murakami has been touted as a top MLB prospect ever since he was drafted by the Chicago White Sox. His MLB…

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Oldest evidence of human cremation discovered: Burned 100,000-year-old Homo sapiens bones found in Ethiopia’s Afar Rift |

In a remote stretch of Ethiopia’s Afar Rift, something quietly unsettling has begun to emerge from the ground. Fragments of bone, scattered within ancient sediments, are being studied for what they might represent rather than what they obviously are. Among them are remains attributed to early Homo sapiens, dated to around 100,000 years ago, and…

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Indians fill out every form without blinking: CEO says Americans are not lazy, they have low tolerance for meaningless paperwork

US CEO says Indians are good at unnecessary paperwork which Americans hate. Former US Merchant Marine captain John Konrad, the CEO of gCaptain, shared his experience of working in India and with Indians and said hardworking Indians or visa holders are not the problem. He said there is no doubt that Indians are hardworking but…

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Adivasis demand halt to tiger safari push, evictions in south India forests | India News

TOI correspondent from London: Save tiger. Sell forest. Scrap people. Stop. Adivasi communities from forests stretching across Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu have mounted a pushback against wildlife tourism and tiger reserve expansion, accusing forest authorities and conservation groups of turning ancestral homelands into a commercial safari “spectacle” while evicting indigenous families and forcing them…

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Quote of the day by Canadian-American psychologist Albert Bandura: “Where everyone is responsible, no one is really responsible” |

Albert Bandura (Image: Wikipedia) Some quotes remain relevant because human nature rarely changes as much as people think it does. Societies evolve. Technology changes rapidly. Entire industries disappear and new ones emerge. Yet human behaviour often repeats the same patterns generation after generation, especially when responsibility becomes shared among large groups of people. That is…

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