The monsoon in India brings its usual mix of relief and chaos, cooler evenings, flooded streets, and for a lot of households, an uninvited visitor slithering in from the rising water and waterlogged burrows outside. Snakes are pushed out of their natural hiding spots during heavy rain and often end up seeking shelter exactly where…
Kanav Jain, a student from Broxburn, Scotland has been crowned UK Young Engineer of the Year for building a low-cost autonomous aircraft to deliver medicines to remote communities. His project titled ‘AeroAid: autonomous VTOL quadplane’ won at The Big Bang UK Young Scientists & Engineers Competition held at The Big Bang Fair.According to a report…
Jain links his arrest to upcoming Punjab polls NEW DELHI: AAP leader and former Delhi minister Satyendar Jain on Wednesday linked his arrest by the Delhi government’s anti-corruption branch (ACB) to the upcoming Punjab assembly elections.The arrest of the Kejriwal loyalist came a day earlier in connection with alleged irregularities in the Delhi Jal Board‘s…
Rhinocyllus conicus (Image Credit: Canva) A biological control programme launched in the United States more than five decades ago has become a cautionary example of how attempts to manage invasive species can produce unexpected ecological consequences. According to a USDA Forest Service assessment of invasive species in the Southwest, the thistle seedhead weevil (Rhinocyllus conicus)…
UP moving strongly towards USD 1 trillion economy; state has edge in infrastructure, logistics: CM Yogi Adityanath (Photo: ANI) NEW DELHI: Uttar Pradesh is moving strongly towards becoming a $1 trillion economy, chief minister Yogi Adityanath said on Wednesday, highlighting the state’s advantages in infrastructure, logistics, industrial growth and good governance as key drivers of…
King Charles and Queen Camilla arrive for a visit to the RHS Sandringham Flower Show. (Photo: Reuters) Queen Camilla has shared for the first time her struggle to keep King Charles III’s cancer diagnosis private.This revelation came during a visit to a cancer support center just five days before Buckingham Palace officially announced the diagnosis….
Female polar bear near Kaktovik, Barter Island, Alaska. Image Credit: Alan Wilson/Wikipedia A single polar bear destroyed 89% of an entire ‘eider bird colony’ on an Alaskan barrier island in less than a day, giving scientists a striking example of how a changing Arctic is altering relationships between predators and seabirds. The incident, recorded on…
Dheeraj Dhoopar, who was recently seen on Lock Upp 2, has found himself in the spotlight after his Rabb Se Hai Dua co-star Amrapalli Gupta spoke about her experience of working with him. In a recent conversation with Telly Masala, the actress alleged that Dheeraj’s reported delays on set affected the shooting schedule and left…
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, front. (File photo) Indian men’s doubles pair Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty moved into the pre-quarterfinals of the BWF World Championships in New Delhi on Wednesday without playing a match after their Scottish opponents withdrew.The fifth-seeded Indian pair, who have won two bronze medals at the World Championships, had received…
Image: The Daily Telegraph An Australian couple who bought a former cattle property in New South Wales are working to bring back the forest that once covered the land, planting more than 34,000 trees and restoring habitat for koalas and other wildlife. Brett and Lisa Vercoe purchased their 30-hectare property, Narlu, near Upper Orara, inland…