For more than two decades, residents of the small Canadian town of St. Mary’s in Newfoundland and Labrador have lived with an overwhelming smell caused by an abandoned fish sauce factory. The site, once operated by the Atlantic Seafood Sauce Company, was left with more than 330,000 gallons (1.25 million litres) of fermenting fish sauce…
Bill tabled in Lok Sabha (PTI image) The Central government on Tuesday introduced the Taxation and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2026 in the Lok Sabha, proposing a series of tax reforms aimed at boosting investment, supporting manufacturing, providing greater tax certainty and replacing the Income-tax (Amendment) Ordinance, 2026.The Bill aims to simplify the framework under…
Influencer brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate Andrew Tate’s attorney has warned US President Donald Trump that failing to support the jailed influencer could cost Republicans support among young male voters, as Andrew and his brother Tristan Tate continue to fight extradition to the United Kingdom over multiple criminal charges.In an interview with Vanity Fair, the…
Congress MP Deepender Hooda proposed Haryana as host for the 2030 Commonwealth Games. NEW DELHI: Congress MP Deepender Hooda on Tuesday urged the Centre to consider Haryana as the host or co-host of the 2030 Commonwealth Games, arguing that the state deserves the opportunity in view of its athletes’ consistent contribution to India’s medal tally.Welcoming…
England’s captain Ben Stokes with head coach Brendon McCullum (PTI Photo) Former England Test captain Ben Stokes has revealed that coaching the national side is his long-term ambition, while making it clear that his international playing career is over despite speculation about a possible return for the 2027 Ashes. Stokes called time on his England…
Quote of the Day by Princess Diana History tends to remember extraordinary people through grand titles, icons, legends, symbols of change. Plenty of those same people saw themselves very differently. Princess Diana put that gap plainly. “Don’t call me an icon,” she said. “I’m just a mother trying to help.” Known across the world as…
Could India get its own fire cloud? (Image: AP) In July 2026, firefighters in southwest France watched something the country had never recorded before: a burning forest near Bordeaux, which manifested as a churning, anvil-shaped cloud, dark with smoke and crackling with its own lightning. It was a pyrocumulonimbus, a “fire cloud”, born when a…
There was a time when I thought ethanol might define the next phase of my professional life.I accepted a role as the Managing Director at a company which operated sugar mills in Andhra Pradesh. I accepted the role with one private understanding. I would give the industry two years. If I concluded that ethanol represented…
India is currently defending nine trade disputes at the World Trade Organization (WTO), with countries including Japan, China, the European Union (EU), Brazil and Australia challenging a range of its trade measures. The government has so far spent about Rs 2.43 crore on empanelled law firms to fight these cases, Parliament was informed on Tuesday.In…
For decades, the rise in Earth’s average temperature has appeared to follow a fairly consistent upward path. Individual years have stood out because of events such as strong El Niño episodes or volcanic eruptions, but the broader trend seemed relatively stable. That picture is beginning to change.According to the study published in Geophysical Research Letters,…