NEW DELHI: Shekha Jheel Bird Sanctuary of Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh has got an international tag of Ramsar site, taking India’s total of such protected wetlands to 99 and the state’s tally to 12.Globally, there are nearly 2,594 such designated wetlands under the 1971 Ramsar Convention. India has the highest number of such wetlands in Asia…
Disturbing instances have emerged from economically-poverished Afghanistan with families are selling their young daughters to be able to afford food, medical expenses and debt relief.The United Nations says three in four people in Afghanistan are unable to meet basic needs amid widespread unemployment, a struggling healthcare system and shrinking international aid. It estimates that 4.7…
James Weston Higginbotham (top left, long hair) has been missing since May 29. The Alabama family of four went to Japan on a vacation. A Japan vacation turned into a nightmare for this Alabama family as their 20-year-old son, a student at Auburn University, has been missing since May 29. The family said they won’t…
A Bengaluru tech professional’s career update is getting attention online for one simple reason. It shows how a modest starting salary can gradually grow into a high-paying role over time, though not without setbacks, career breaks, and moments of self-doubt.Shared on Reddit, the professional’s 12-year journey now stands at a ₹45 lakh annual package and…
5 relationship ‘red flags’ that could be green flags Dating advice has made us very good at spotting red flags. They reply too slowly, they want too much space, they do not text all day, they disagree with you on something, and suddenly the internet has a full case against them.But not every uncomfortable trait…
NEW DELHI: While sympathising with women whose live-in partners have walked out of the relationship, Supreme Court on Monday said courts could not do much as ending a consensual relationship was not an offence.Hearing the plea of a woman who was in a live-in relationship for 15 years, but whose partner married someone else despite…
The weaker-than-expected employment report strengthened expectations that the Federal Reserve could have more room before increasing interest rates to curb inflation. US stock market today: Wall Street stocks traded higher on Friday morning, while Treasury yields declined after government data showed US employers unexpectedly eliminated 23,000 jobs last month.The S&P 500 advanced 0.4%, remaining close…
Marvel’s $2 billion Spider-Man hit is facing AI backlash over one artbook image Spider-Man: Brand New Day has crossed $2 billion worldwide. It opened to $360 million in North America, the biggest domestic opening weekend in history, and roughly $932 million globally, second only to Avengers: Endgame. By every commercial measure, this is the most…
For a long time, the last Neanderthals in Europe were pictured as a genetically diverse bunch, scattered across the continent right up until they disappeared. New DNA evidence tells a very different story. Researchers have found that Neanderthals actually went through a severe population crash around 75,000 years ago, one so extreme that only a…
NEW DELHI: Nearly 5 million typhoid cases were estimated in India in 2023, with children bearing much of the burden. Amid rising antibiotic resistance, the World Health Organization (WHO) has updated its guidance on typhoid conjugate vaccine (TCV), recommending the first dose at 9-24 months in settings with high or very high typhoid incidence.A Lancet…