August 2026

Image Courtesy: Popular Science X1, the world’s largest fully battery-powered jet has managed to successfully complete its maiden flight in upstate New York. According to a report by Popular Science, built by Los Angeles-based Heart Aerospace, the aircraft consists of 30-seats and it flew for 27 minutes at an altitude of 1,100 feet. The interesting…

The researchers collected mosquitoes from a Burmese python facility in Florida, where the snakes were housed in outdoor cages. And when they examined the blood within the mosquitoes, they found Burmese python DNA in the blood meals of three different species of mosquito. Soon a mosquito may be assigned the job of hunting one of…

Representative Image (AI-generated) For more than three decades, a collection of animal bones from Ireland’s Ferriter’s Cove was considered some of the earliest evidence that farming had reached the island. But new research has now overturned that interpretation. According to University College Dublin (UCD), bones once identified as cattle have instead been identified as belonging…

Justice Prasanna Varale of the Supreme Court expressed alarm over the decline of Marathi-medium schools NASHIK: Justice Prasanna Varale of the Supreme Court on Saturday voiced concern over the deteriorating condition of Marathi-medium schools and inadequate educational infrastructure, saying that many schools could have been saved from closure with timely support and increased funding from…

Cook’s last week as Apple CEO began with a party at Apple Park Apple threw a farewell party for its outgoing chief at Apple Park on Sunday, spilling out of Caffè Macs, the cafeteria tucked into the ring-shaped Cupertino headquarters, and into the courtyard at its centre, where OneRepublic performed in the round. A photo…

Gurgaon experienced significant disruption from recent monsoon rains. Major roads flooded, causing extensive traffic jams GURGAON: Gurgaon’s Monday monsoon disruption exposes a recurring infrastructure failure, with 75mm of rain flooding major roads, stranding schoolchildren and commuters, and causing missed trains. Hundreds of crores spent on drainage and desilting, along with pending road repairs and major…

Supreme Court denies relief to Tarun Tejpal NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed former Tehelka editor Tarun Tejpal to surrender within two weeks in connection with the 2013 Goa sexual assault case.The direction comes after Tejpal challenged the Bombay high court’s August 6 judgment, which overturned his acquittal by a trial court and…