Not just humans, even raccoons are being trained for survival in boot camps now. In a wildlife centre in Mississippi, a dedicated staff is braving mud, sweat and at times, blood, all to train their raccoon soldiers. But unlike what it seems, this boot camp is truly for their own benefit. It runs with the...
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FBI adds Goldy Brar to its 10 most wanted list, offers $1 million reward
Goldy Brar enters FBI’s Ten Most Wanted list as manhunt goes global NEW DELHI: Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has officially placed notorious gangster Satinderjeet Singh aka Goldy Brar, on its famed Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list, offering a reward of up to $1 million for information leading to his arrest.The announcement, made early Tuesday,...
Omar Abdullah: If guns decide statehood, Pakistan will decide
Jammu & Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah SRINAGAR: CM Omar Abdullah said Monday that making J&K statehood conditional on the end of militancy would effectively give Pakistan a say in its restoration, as the assembly passed a resolution for full statehood and set off a BJP walkout over its reference to a 2000 autonomy demand.Omar...
Maryland couple turns 116-acre hunting land into protected wildlife habitat
Photo Credit: ESLC via easternshoreundercover.com When Louise and John Durocher bought 116 acres in Kent County, Maryland, the property was intended primarily as a hunting retreat. Over the next two decades, however, the couple gradually changed its purpose. They stopped growing crops and began restoring the fields with native grasses, wildflowers, shrubs and trees. They...
12,000 fossils in 1.7B-year-old Australian rocks reveal clues to complex life
Fossils reveal complex features in single-celled eukaryotes 1.7 billion years ago Photo credit: Leigh Anne Riedman via Science Daily More than 12,000 microscopic fossils recovered from 1.7-billion-year-old rocks in northern Australia are offering scientists a rare glimpse into the early history of complex life. The fossils belonged to ancient eukaryotes, the broad group that includes...
Gautam Adani, 4 group firms settle with Sebi in minimum public shareholding violation case
The settle included total payment of Rs 1.48 crore NEW DELHI: Adani Group chairman Gautam Adani, four group companies and 13 others have settled proceedings with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) over alleged non-compliance with minimum public shareholding (MPS) requirements by paying a combined Rs 1.48 crore, according to a settlement order...
Seattle shipbuilder’s 2,700-acre gift created Moran State Park in 1921
In 1905, doctors told Seattle shipbuilder and former mayor Robert Moran that he had only six months to live because of severe exhaustion. The next year, he sold his shipbuilding company for a reported $3.5 million, moved to Orcas Island, and lived for another 37 years. That major change not only gave Moran a quieter...
‘Broke our knees’: Suriya draws parallels between his and Fahadh Faasil’s career struggles
3 min readKochiSep 28, 2026 10:12 PM IST Widely regarded as one of the finest actors of his generation in the country, Fahadh Faasil has transcended his home turf of Malayalam cinema, leaving a lasting impact on the Tamil and Telugu film industries too. Recently, Tamil star Suriya heaped significant praise on him while also...
SpaceX puts Starship megarocket in orbit for first time
Elon Musk’s Starship megarocket reached orbit for the first time on Monday (September 28, 2026) after blasting off from Texas, in a major milestone for SpaceX’s plans, including trips to the Moon and Mars. The black-and-silver behemoth, standing more than 120 meters (131 yards) tall, rose through a thick cloud of smoke on an ambitious...
From containment to commerce? Trump is said to make arms sales pitch to Xi
Trump-Xi meeting puts US-China ties, Taiwan and Washington’s arms policy in focus TOI correspondent from Washington: MAGA supremo Donald Trump has spent much of his presidency telling allies and partners, including India, to buy more American weapons. At his meeting with Xi Jinping, America’s top arms salesman apparently decided to extend the same customer-service offer...

