They are the size of a football with bright orange bills, long legs, yellow-beady eyes and can fly up to 2,000 miles. While they populate American beaches today, once there was a time when American oystercatchers had been wiped out from New England.By the turn of the 20th century, these birds had gone extinct in…
Last month, when Kamal Haasan drove into Anna Arivalayam, the DMK headquarters in Chennai, to accept the Rajya Sabha nomination from CM M K Stalin, it marked the end of the road for the Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) founder’s promise to provide an alternative to the two Dravidian parties in Tamil Nadu.Haasan launched MNM in…
New Delhi: The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has received Meta’s response to the government’s notice over alleged Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) advertisements on Instagram and is examining it, Information Technology secretary S Krishnan said on Monday. He added that the government would decide its next course of action after reviewing the…
PM Modi and Arvind Kejriwal (R) NEW DELHI: Aam Aadmi Party supremo Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday sharply questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “seven appeals” to citizens amid the ongoing West Asia conflict, saying the country was “in shock” over the government’s messaging on the economy.Addressing a press conference, the AAP chief said India had gone…
Tamil Nadu CM Vijay chairs first Secretariat meeting after taking oath. Security scare in Bengaluru after gelatine sticks found near PM Modi event venue. Iran sends response to US proposal via Pakistan as tensions rise in Strait of Hormuz. Vijay’s swearing-in begins with full Vande Mataram, sparking political debate in Tamil Nadu. Passengers evacuated from…
Coast Guard and Gujarat ATS retrieved 115 packets of cocaine from the sea AHMEDABAD: The cargo vessel, MV Europe, from which Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) and the Indian Coast Guard seized 115kg of cocaine worth Rs 1,150 crore near Mundra port, had spent nearly 196 days traversing oceans. It made 40 recorded stops at 23…
Once synonymous with isolation, imprisonment and political persecution, the remote Greek island of Gyaros is today gaining recognition for a dramatically different reason. The uninhabited island in the Cyclades, which was used for decades to exile and imprison political dissidents, has become an important refuge for the endangered Mediterranean monk seal, one of the world’s…
At a wind farm in western Poland, the ground beneath the turbines has quietly turned into unexpected pollinator territory. A wind turbine standing 394 feet tall rises above sprayed grain fields near Gołańcz, and the unmown gravel patch encircling its base has been found to hold as many wild bees as the seminatural grasslands set…
Joe Rogan’s appearance at the White House alongside Donald Trump has raised eyebrows, after the MAGA podcast host joined the president during the signing of an executive order focused on psychedelic drug research for mental health treatment.Rogan was present in the Oval Office right behind the POTUS on Saturday as Trump signed a measure aimed…
NEW DELHI: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday stepped up the Opposition’s attack on the Centre, alleging that the government had gone back on its assurance not to act against students after they withdrew their July 20 ‘Sansad Chalo’ protest.Accusing the government of pursuing a ‘vendetta’ by filing FIRs and detaining students, Kharge demanded that…