Light pollution in Rio beach at night. Image Credit: P.bajelan/Wikipedia The artificial glow of the night sky is commonly known as skyglow, and it represents a growing form of light pollution that is changing the way humans view the natural world. Researchers have been tracking this phenomenon for a long time using satellite technology, but…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Amit Shah attended Revati Sule’s wedding reception NEW DELHI: Political rivals set aside their differences on Monday night as Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi, and several other prominent political figures shared the same frame at the Delhi wedding reception of NCP (SP) MP Supriya…
Pothole-related deaths in India rose by over 53% in five years, from 1,555 in 2020 to 2,385 in 2024. Do you also have a “work in progress” sign permanently living outside your house?One day, someone digs up the road to lay a water pipe. A few days later, another team arrives to fix a cable….
Image Credit: Allison Carter via Georgia Tech Research News Center A retired wind turbine blade that once generated electricity at a Colorado wind farm has found an unexpected second life in Atlanta, as a pedestrian bridge. According to the Georgia Tech Research News Center, a 15-metre (about 50-foot) blade weighing roughly 7,000 pounds was transported…
The airline’s outgoing CEO Wilson Campbell is set to have met govt officials over the incident NEW DELHI: Air India’s outgoing CEO reportedly met government officials on Tuesday amid the ongoing row after the Delhi-Phuket flight turbulence incident.The airlines’ outgoing CEO Campbell Wilson met senior officials of MoCA and DGCA regarding the flight that suddenly…
Carolyn Carter had spent 50 years living in her modest home in Burbank, California, when a major residential development began transforming the neighbourhood around her. Properties along Hollywood Way were being acquired by the Chandler Group, and more than two dozen of Carter’s neighbours agreed to sell their homes. Carter, however, refused several lucrative offers…
For centuries, owning land has meant having a place that can be measured, divided and legally transferred. Dennis Hope thought he had found an exception. In the late 20th century, while considering how to make money from property, the unemployed American turned his attention away from land on Earth and towards the moon. He had…
(Representative image) Gor said the partnership between India and the United States was important for tackling global security challenges (Photo: ANI). US ambassador to India Sergio Gor met National Security Advisor Ajit Doval on Tuesday and held talks focused on strengthening strategic cooperation between Washington and New Delhi.Describing the discussions as “fruitful”, Gor said the…
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney A 51-year-old Montreal man has been arrested and charged with allegedly making death threats against Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) said.Marc-Andre Porlier was charged with uttering threats to cause death or bodily harm to a person under Section 264.1 of Canada’s Criminal Code, the…
Actor Prakash Raj’s name was unexpectedly removed from the electoral roll in Bengaluru BENGALURU: Actor Prakash Raj has claimed that his name has been deleted from the voter list in Bengaluru following the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), and took a swipe at the process in a video posted on X.Calling it a “nice joke”, Raj…