Adam Telle named acting US Army secretary by Trump US president Donald Trump said Thursday that he was appointing a new acting secretary of the US Army.“I am pleased to announce that Adam Telle, the current Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, will become Acting Secretary of the Army, effective immediately,” Trump said...
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Can Ratan Tata’s inherited shares go to his charities?
Ratan bequeathed his holding to two charitable vehicles he set up MUMBAI: The Maharashtra charity commissioner validated the 1989 transfer of 833 Tata Sons shares from the Navajbai Ratan Tata Trust (NRTT) to Naval Tata—and in doing so, surfaced a little-known condition that’s attached to the deal: the shares could be transferred or bequeathed only...
‘Didn’t benefit country’: Kenya ousts Tata Chemicals
Kenya’s President William Ruto said on Thursday he had ordered Tata Chemicals to stop its operations NAIROBI: Kenya’s President William Ruto said on Thursday he had ordered Tata Chemicals to stop its operations as its presence had failed to benefit the country.Fresh investors would take over its mining rights for minerals that are processed into...
Reclaimed water revived Tucson river; 37 dragonfly species appeared in 4 months
damselflyRepresenative image from Canva For much of the 20th century, the Santa Cruz River that winds through Tucson, Arizona, existed more as a memory than a living waterway. Groundwater pumping, drought and urban growth drained the riverbed, leaving long stretches of dry sand and scattered pools. Then, in a quiet but transformative experiment, treated wastewater,...
Michigan farmer protects 131 acres from housing after buying family land back
Michigan farmer John Boyer bought back his family’s 131 acres and took a major step to ensure the farmland can never be divided for housing. (Photo: Vivian La/IPR News) John Boyer grew up surrounded by the rolling fields of corn, oats and wheat that once belonged to his family in East Jordan, Michigan. Decades later,...
Tougher than Everest rescues: Inside Nepal’s biggest airlift
With roads and bridges severed, helicopters became the main rescue lifeline Trishuli Bazaar: With roads and bridges severed across Rasuwa and Nuwakot after the Aug 26 Bhote Koshi-Trishuli flood, helicopters became the main rescue lifeline, airlifting more than 4,000 people in hundreds of sorties through a narrow gorge in what officials described as possibly Nepal’s...
Isro’s GSLV-F17 successfully places EOS-05 Earth observation satellite in geosynchronous orbit
ISRO’s GSLV-F17/EOS-05 mission successfully accomplished SRIHARIKOTA: The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) successfully launched EOS-05, India’s first imaging satellite designed to operate from a geosynchronous orbit, aboard GSLV-F17 in the early hours of Friday.The 51.7-metre-tall, 420.5-tonne, three-stage rocket lifted off from the second launch pad at Sriharikota at 2.55am and placed the around 2,367kg Earth...
Deadly flood damages Grand Canyon water pipeline serving 6m annual visitors
Grand CanyonRepresentative image from Canva For decades, a single 12.5-mile pipeline has carried water across the arid landscape of northern Arizona to the South Rim of the Grand Canyon, sustaining lodges, campgrounds, restaurants and restrooms for one of the world’s most visited national parks. In late August 2026, a sudden, deadly flash flood tore through...
Don’t share any sensitive tech with Pak, Rajnath asks Belgian minister
Defence minister Rajnath Singh and Belgian defence minister, trade minister Theo Francken NEW DELHI: Defence minister Rajnath Singh Thursday made it clear to visiting Belgian defence minister and trade minister Theo Francken that for Indo-Belgian defence relations to flourish, his country should not have any defence pact on sensitive technology with Pakistan. The Belgian defence...
SC: BCI writ runs only over lawyers, not law students
Supreme Court Thursday ruled that Bar Council of India has no jurisdiction to discipline or regulate law students NEW DELHI: Supreme Court Thursday ruled that Bar Council of India has no jurisdiction to discipline or regulate law students and quashed its letters threatening to debar Nalsar University law graduates from registering as advocates for opposing...
