Two hundred years ago, you wouldn’t have been able to find them outside of South America. But since then, Nutria, one of the world’s largest rodents, has taken over US. These rodents were initially brought to North America in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, primarily for fur farming, since their soft underfur was…
The Madras high court court also observed that the exercise of executive power must remain within constitutional limits. CHENNAI: In a setback to the C Joseph Vijay-led TVK government, the Madras high court‘s Madurai Bench on Monday set aside the state government’s order providing government jobs to relatives of those who died in the Karur…
Debate on anti-paper leak Bill delayed amid oppn uproar; CJP gives ultimatum to Centre NEW DELHI: The Monsoon Session of Parliament on Monday witnessed repeated disruptions as the government introduced the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Bill, while opposition parties demanded a statement from Union home minister Amit Shah on the alleged police…
Thousands march to Muzaffarabad after failed talks; polls delayed in two districts Protests in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) intensified on Monday as thousands of demonstrators began marching towards Muzaffarabad after negotiations between the Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC) and the authorities broke down, while election officials postponed legislative assembly polls in two districts amid the unrest.The…
Gyaneshwari Yadav during the women’s weightlifting 53kg Snatch during day four of the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, Monday, July 27, 2026. (AP) India’s weightlifting contingent added another Commonwealth Games medal on Sunday as Gyaneshwari Yadav clinched silver in the women’s 53kg final.It was India’s fourth weightlifting medal at the ongoing Commonwealth Games in…
Image Credit: By Morhaf Kamal Aljanee For decades, pop-culture like Hollywood blockbusters and classical history books, has painted a harsh picture of the Great Pyramid’s construction. We often imagine thousands of slaves, oppressed by cruel supervisors, pulling massive stones in the cruel heat to build eternal monuments for their kings. However, modern archaeology has challenged…
Terrorists killed 31 people and burned homes in Naridon, part of the Kamaru village cluster, Kaduna State, Nigeria in the early hours of Monday. Residents said was the first attack of its kind on the community and also accused the army of refusing to respond, according to reporting by the Foundation for Investigative Journalism.Residents told…
Police taking the first suspect into custody after mass shooting at Seattle food festival. About 14 hours after a mass shooting at a food festival near the Space Needle in Seattle, the police are now looking for the second shooter, confirming that they believe that another person was involved. A chaotic scene erupted around 6…
Accused Shiv Sena corporator Ramesh Mhatre NEW DELHI: The Bombay high court on Monday remarked that the local police had shown “favourable treatment” to Shiv Sena corporator Ramesh Mhatre, who is accused of assaulting doctors at a hospital, and directed the deputy commissioner of police (DCP) of the concerned zone to investigate the alleged assault…
Scientists have identified the earliest known evidence of spider fangs in a 518 million-year-old fossil recovered from southern China, tracing the origin of one of the animal kingdom’s most feared biological tools back to a small marine creature that lived long before spiders existed. The fossil belongs to a species called Urokodia aequalis, examined by…