Gates Foundation makes one of its biggest investments in health research The Gates Foundation has announced a $540 million grant to the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington, marking one of its biggest investments in health research. As reported by Fortune, the 10-year funding will help expand global health…
File photo of SP leader Akhilesh Yadav and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. Congress and SP are the two largest parties in the opposition alliance NEW DELHI: INDIA bloc parties, including the three largest constituents of the opposition alliance — the Congress, Samajwadi Party and Trinamool Congress — on Thursday boycotted the Lok Sabha Speaker’s customary…
Resurrection Creek, near the small town of Hope in Southcentral Alaska, has a long history of gold mining. Image: U.S. Forest Service For decades, gold mining has done more than alter the scenery around Resurrection Creek in Alaska, it has changed the creek itself. Degradation of riverbanks, alteration of stream channels and loss of wetlands…
The fresh clashes on Thursday have raised concerns over renewed tensions in the disputed border area (file photo) GUWAHATI: A fresh clash broke out between protesters from Assam and Arunachal Pradesh in Dhemaji district on Thursday, prompting police from the neighbouring state to fire in the air to disperse the mob.The incident occurred as an…
Lillie Vehling (Image Credit: YouTube/ KOMO News) College student Lillie Vehling was sitting near Lake Washington in Seattle, reading and waiting for the U.S. Navy Blue Angels air show during Seafair weekend when she noticed something alarming in the water. Three young girls were struggling to stay afloat beyond the buoy line. Vehling, who had…
Robinson PreservePhoto credit: Lindsay Rosegger/NOAA Fisheries On the edge of Tampa Bay, where mangrove forests meet open water and birds call from the treetops, lies a place that was never meant to exist. Robinson Preserve, a 700-acre coastal refuge in Manatee County, Florida, was once degraded farmland slated for development. Today, it is a thriving…
If you’ve been waiting for a good excuse to stay up late and look at the sky, tonight could be worth it. The Perseid meteor shower is reaching its peak around August 12-13, and 2026 is shaping up to be a particularly good year for watching it because the Moon is essentially new. That means…
Ex-TMC MLA Nirmal Ghosh arrested in RG Kar case (File Photo). KOLKATA: Former Trinamool Congress MLA Nirmal Ghosh was arrested on Thursday in connection with the alleged hurried cremation of the body of a doctor who was raped and murdered at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in August 2024.Ghosh and two others were…
Times of India’s UP Creators Summit & Awards As India’s creator economy continues to redefine entertainment, entrepreneurship and storytelling, Uttar Pradesh is emerging as one of the country’s fastest-growing hubs for digital innovation. With increasing internet penetration, a thriving startup ecosystem and the rapid rise of creators from Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities, the…
In 1908, a railway worker clearing sand beside a track in what is now Namibia noticed something unusual: stones that caught the sunlight. His German supervisor, August Stauch, recognised the discovery as diamonds, setting off a rush that would transform one of southern Africa’s harshest landscapes. Within months, prospectors and mining companies were moving into…