A new, or a 325 million-year-old, creature has just taken the subcontinent by storm. It was a “misinterpreted” comparison of cockroaches to humans that gave birth to a satirical online outfit – the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) . But what perhaps started as a simple joke or at best a political satire meant for a…
The Burmese python is one of the most well-known snakes moving in a straight line. Rather than pushing its body from side to side, it glides forward, lifting and pulling sections of its belly scales in turn. As Burmese pythons are among the biggest snakes worldwide, this method of movement helps them move quietly and…
NEW DELHI: Congress MP and former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Digvijaya Singh on Sunday questioned the high court’s Bhojshala verdict, claiming that a monument protected by Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) cannot be a “place of worship”. He further called the court’s verdict “vague”. “ASI’s protected monument is not a place for worship…in a report…
A 28-year-old man died after falling ill at an overnight music concert in Mumbai’s Worli. MUMBAI: A 28-year-old man died after allegedly falling ill during an overnight music concert at the NSCI Dome in Mumbai’s Worli area, triggering a police probe into the circumstances surrounding the incident. The deceased has been identified as Vrishabh Mahendra…
US President Donald Trump has announced that Apple has agreed to work with Intel to design and manufacture chips in the US. This will mark what he described as a step toward rebuilding the country’s semiconductor industry. In a post on Truth Social, Trump said the partnership would help bring chip production back to America…
Anthropic, Microsoft, OpenAI and Amazon have joined forces as anchor partners in Raise US, a new non-profit aiming to help Americans adapt to the workplace disruptions brought by artificial intelligence. The organization plans to raise $1 billion to build a national platform advising governors on workforce strategies, with $500 million already raised, according to Business…
NEW DELHI: Holding that liberty of an individual is not a trivial matter which could be sacrificed at the altar of bureaucratic lethargy even in case of a prisoner, Supreme Court has awarded Rs 11 lakh compensation to a convict who had to spend 24 days in custody even after the court granted him parole,…
Monthly penalties of Rs 75,000-Rs 80,000 were collected for such violations but the problem persisted GUWAHATI: After fines failed to check public urination in parts of Tinsukia town, the Tinsukia Municipal Board (TMB) has started displaying footage of offenders on a public LED screen as part of a behaviour-change campaign.The initiative, being carried out with…
The home orchard has never been more within reach. Image Credits: Google Gemini Imagine walking outside and picking your own figs, Meyer lemons or peaches. For a growing number of Americans, it’s not a fantasy tied to a farmhouse; it’s just Tuesday in a modest backyard. Dwarf fruit trees have quietly brought home harvests to…
External affairs minister S Jaishankar and US secretary of state Marco Rubio addressed issues ranging from visa reforms and anti-India racism to defence cooperation during a joint press conference in New Delhi. At least 24 Pakistani personnel were killed and over 100 injured after the banned Baloch Liberation Army claimed responsibility for a suicide train…