According to the joint statement, both sides agreed that any situation on the ground would be addressed promptly. NEW DELHI: India and China jointly announced Wednesday that the special representatives dialogue on the boundary question — co-chaired by Ajit Doval and Wang Yi this week — had led to an eight-point consensus, signalling positive progress...
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SC judge complains against Raj acting CJ; CJI Surya Kant seeks response
CJI Surya Kant Wednesday said he has sought the ACJ’s response (File photo) NEW DELHI: Responding to letters written by SC judge Sandeep Mehta complaining against Rajasthan high court acting chief justice (ACJ) Sanjeev Prakash Sharma and seeking his transfer outside the state, CJI Surya Kant Wednesday said he has sought the ACJ’s response.Justice Mehta...
Wireless communication picked up; search operation launched in J&K’s Samba
The hilly area of Sumb is considered strategically important from a security perspective. (PTI photo) JAMMU: Security forces launched a joint search operation in the remote, hilly hamlet of Sumb in J&K’s Samba district after receiving information that a wireless set had been briefly activated in the area and satellite communication was detected around 1pm...
Yale researchers find a new way to make PFAS easier to remove and destroy
forever checmicals(Representative image) Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are often called “forever chemicals” because their ultra-strong carbon–fluorine bonds make them stubbornly resistant to breakdown in the environment. They’re prized in industry for repelling water, oil and heat, but that same durability means they persist in soil, water and living tissue long after use. Now, a...
Stephen and Ayesha Curry’s foundation helps over 7,500 Oakland students
Stephen Curry’s foundation.(Image via Getty Images) Stephen Curry, the Golden State Warriors’ star player and the four tie NBA champion, could be a force to be reckoned with on the court but both and his wife, Ayesha Curry, have remained devoted to their foundation, Eat. Learn & Play. The high profile couple recently celebrated their...
Throat slit, dying woman writes ‘husband is my killer’ in chilling death note
Police found the bloodstained page where victim Rajinder Kaur, 42, named her husband as her murderer. Panchkula: ‘My husband is my killer’ — her throat slit, a woman wrote this chilling message with her dying breaths in her boutique in Pinjore near Chandigarh on Wednesday.Police found the bloodstained page where victim Rajinder Kaur, 42, named...
Lok Sabha Secretariat issues notices to 20 rebel TMC MPs
TMC rebel MPs after attending the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) Parliamentary Party Meeting (ANI photo) NEW DELHI: The Lok Sabha Secretariat has issued notices to 20 rebel Trinamool Congress (TMC) MPs who have aligned with NCPI and sought their responses within seven days on petitions filed by TMC national general secretary and MP Abhishek Banerjee...
Turkish firm ordered to tear down holiday homes built in 500-year-old woodland
Turkish firm ordered to remove unauthorised holiday homes from ancient English woodland. (Photo: SWNS) A mysterious Turkish firm has been ordered to undo major changes made to an ancient woodland in West Yorkshire after a planning inspector found that much of the development could not remain on the site.According to SWNS, Azara Gid San, an...
Invasive beetle wipes out black ash; scientists save species with 22,000 seeds
An invasive beetle wiped out black ash trees across parts of North America Researchers have created a living seed bank to protect North America’s endangered black ash trees from extinction after decades of damage from an invasive insect. Led by scientists at Pennsylvania State University, the conservation project has successfully germinated 22,000 black ash seeds...
California town loses decade-long fight to seize private water utility in 7-0 ruling
For nearly a decade, a California town fought to seize its privately owned water utility California’s highest court has rejected a key legal argument in a decade-long effort by a Southern California town to take control of its local water system. The California Supreme Court ruled 7-0, August 24, against the Town of Apple Valley,...
