Eurasian beaver and kit by the River Tay in Scotland. Image Credit: Wikipedia In 2019, two Eurasian beavers were released into a 10-hectare woodland in North Yorkshire, where their activity gradually reshaped the way water moved through the site. Over the next five years, the animals built dams and created new areas of standing water,…
Petition filed in Supreme Court over UPI tax NEW DELHI: A petition challenging the Centre’s newly notified charges on certain high-value commercial UPI transactions has been filed in the Supreme Court, with the petitioner arguing that the move could eventually affect the common citizens.Advocate Anjan Datta has sought the scrapping of two Gazette notifications issued…
The estate had already enjoyed a notable pedigree. Klein and Rector acquired it from the family of Juan Trippe, the former president of Pan American World Airways, and later brought in renowned architect Thierry Despont for an extensive renovation. For a property that has already changed hands for tens of millions of dollars, this East…
In a major bid to deepen ties with Ottawa amid growing trade tensions with Washington, European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen on Wednesday invited Canada to become the European Union’s first associate member.She proposed a new partnership spanning trade, defence, technology, energy and critical minerals.“I invite Canada to be the first associate member of…
An Indian-origin dentist and mother of two died after collapsing at her home in Sharjah on Monday morning, Gulf News reported.The woman, identified as 32-year-old Dr Afeena Raheem, was living with her husband Yasar T, and their two young children in the Al Qasimia area.Afeena had stepped away from her dentistry career to look after…
Sometimes, the smallest things lead to the biggest changes.In Sampson James’ case, it was a backpack.The former Indiana football star had been homeless for eight months. He lived on the streets of Austin and had little reason to be hopeful.Then, one afternoon, Jasper Steinmetz, a recent Indiana University graduate, walked past him and stopped. The…
Meta admits mistake, to alert authorities on child sexual abuse material NEW DELHI: Meta has admitted to a mistake and will immediately inform authorities about material related to child sexual abuse.Sources said that Meta will have to remove content related to the sexual abuse of children and material that could lead people to suicide.The government…
(Representative image: Google Earth) The mine is located to the north-west of Al-Nuhud town in Sudan’s West Kordofan. At least 67 people have been killed since a gold mine collapsed at Al-Nuhud town in Sudan’s West Kordofan on Sunday, with many more still missing and feared dead beneath the rubble.According to locals cited by the…
For most working professionals, a bigger salary has long been treated as the ultimate marker of doing well in life. Every hike, promotion, or job change tends to feel like proof that things are moving in the right direction. But a recent social media post pushes back on that idea, asking whether the endless pursuit…
PNS Hunain (F-273) is a Yarmook-class corvette operated by the Pakistan Navy The Pakistani naval vessel involved in a collision with an Indian Navy ship in the North Arabian Sea on Tuesday evening was PNS Hunain, a Yarmook-class corvette of the Pakistan Navy, sources were quoted as saying by news agency ANI.According to sources, the…