CM Vijay rejects all-party meet NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay on Friday ruled out an all-party meeting on Karnataka’s proposed Mekedatu Dam and the Cauvery water dispute, rejecting leader of opposition Udhayanidhi Stalin‘s demand and urging the opposition not to “play politics” over the issue.Speaking in the assembly, Vijay asserted that…
Sravanth Gajula with his first employee. (Credit: LinkedIn/Sravanth Gajula) A LinkedIn post by Hyderabad-based founder Sravanth Gajula, recounting a hiring decision he made a decade ago, has drawn wide attention online after he revealed that the taxi driver he once hired as his first employee now leads procurement at his company.Gajula shared that ten years…
5 interesting facts about the total solar eclipse on August 12, 2026 A rare and intriguing astronomical event is set to occur on August 12, 2026, when a total solar eclipse will be visible from some places in the Northern Hemisphere. According to information shared by NASA Science, during this event, an unusual path will…
OpenAI has asked a federal judge to dismiss Apple’s trade secret lawsuit, calling it baseless and pretextual. OpenAI has asked a federal judge to throw out Apple’s trade secrets lawsuit, and it has not been polite about it. In a motion filed Wednesday in the US District Court for the Northern District of California, the…
In 1900, three seasoned lighthouse keepers mysteriously disappeared from Eilean Mor. When a supply vessel arrived, they found the lighthouse abandoned with signs indicating a hurried exit. Investigations uncovered no indications of violence or outside interference. The prevailing theory suggests a rogue wave may have taken the men by surprise. This enigmatic maritime case continues…
Lab monkeys now cost $26,294 each in China, and biotech firms say sourcing them is as hard as securing Nvidia chips. In June, a Chinese state laboratory paid 178,000 yuan—about $26,294—for each of 40 cynomolgus macaques. Twelve months earlier, the same animal would have cost roughly half that. Similar spikes have rippled through the industry,…
Monkey group. Image Credit: Augustus Binu Interactions between primates and animals outside their families have been documented for a long time, from predator-prey relationships to friendly behaviours. While many of these interactions were earlier dismissed, a systematic review of the scientific literature, media reports and surveys has analysed 427 unique cases of inter-species social interactions….
George crafted a special box for the kneecap and floor tile to make the journey back to Somerset. (Picture: Facebook/Glastonbury Abbey) A kneecap believed to have belonged to a medieval abbot has been returned to Glastonbury Abbey in Somerset, England, more than 70 years after it was taken by an 11-year-old schoolboy during an archaeological…
German biologist and recreational fisherman Roland Lorkowsky released thousands of juvenile Wels catfish into Spain’s Ebro River in 1974. His goal was simple and positive: to create a world-class sport fishery by introducing one of Europe’s biggest freshwater fish. But today, the Wels catfish has become one of the dominant predators in many Spanish waterways….
Houthi attacks kill 30 Yemen troops; government vows response ‘at appropriate place and time’ (AP file photo) At least 30 troops from Yemen’s internationally recognised government were killed and around 50 others wounded after Iran-backed Houthi rebels launched coordinated attacks on military camps in the provinces of Marib and Hadramout, marking one of the deadliest…