Spread the love Representative Image Facebook-parent Meta has been able to do something that Kevin O’Leary has failed to do: win over the local community around its Utah data center. Meta secured approval and support from residents in Eagle Mountain, while O’Leary’s Project Stratos in Box Elder County, which is just miles away from the Mark Zuckerberg-led social media giant’s...
Three new cascade frog species discovered in northeast India; one named in honour of Kerala social worker Padmini Varkey
Spread the love Scientists have discovered three new species of cascade frogs from the biodiverse-rich forests of Northeast India and documented five other species in the country for the first time. The findings, published in the peer-reviewed Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, are the culmination of over 15 years of extensive field research across the northeastern States. The research, led...
‘Allocate time starting today’: Shah writes to Birla for debate on NEET protests
Spread the love NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah on Wednesday wrote a letter to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and asked him to allocate time for a discussion over the student protest on NEET paper leak.In the letter, Shah said that the Lower House already discussed the Public Examination (prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Bill, 2026, claiming that...
US removed 100 outdated dams, setting a new river restoration record
Spread the love Dam removal on the Middle Fork Nooksack River, Washington (American Rivers photos) The United States removed 100 dams across 30 states in 2025, reconnecting more than 4,893 miles of rivers, according to a report by the organisation American Rivers. The organisation said it was the largest number of upstream river miles reconnected through dam removal in a...
Oracle layoffs: Company’s ‘6 am layoff emails’ may return in next few days
Spread the love Oracle layoffs 2026: Company plans fresh job cuts this month after shedding 21,000 roles in a year, as AI data centre spending mounts. Oracle employees have been told, in effect, to keep an eye on their inboxes. The company has drawn up plans for a fresh round of job cuts this month, Business Insider reported, citing people...
Endocrine-disrupting chemicals: Can everyday plastics affect your blood sugar?
Spread the love 5 min readNew DelhiAug 12, 2026 03:00 PM IST Every day, people come into contact with a wide range of synthetic chemicals through food packaging, plastic containers, non-stick cookware, stain-resistant fabrics and even drinking water. Among the most discussed are endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) such as bisphenol A (BPA), certain phthalates and per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), which...
MP horror: 9-yr-old girl raped in front of brother while returning home from school
Spread the love The incident took place around 1pm when the siblings were returning home from school during recess (AI Image) BHOPAL: A 9-year-old girl was allegedly raped in front of her 11-year-old brother, who was assaulted when he tried to intervene, in Madhya Pradesh’s Bhind district on Tuesday afternoon.The incident took place around 1pm when the siblings were returning...
Why Russia is buying gasoline from India for the first time
Spread the love Global energy markets continue to be affected by the twin impact of two major geopolitical conflicts. Russia has started importing gasoline from India for the first time as repeated Ukrainian attacks on its refineries have deepened fuel shortages in the domestic market. Global energy markets continue to be affected by the twin impact of two major geopolitical...
Before Trump’s Turkey plane swap, how Clinton used decoy to land in Pak 26 years ago
Spread the love More than 25 years later, Trump revives Clinton-era flight switch tactic When then-US President Bill Clinton arrived in Islamabad, Pakistan, in March 2000, a decoy aircraft bearing Air Force One markings landed in view of the media, followed by a Secret Service agent resembling Clinton. An unmarked aircraft then landed, carrying the president, who disembarked from it.Susan...
600g of gold found in 1,300-year-old Byzantine shipwreck off Croatia
Spread the love Representative image A shipwreck beneath the Mediterranean has recently revealed more gold than any other in the region to date. The vessel sank in the Adriatic Sea in the seventh or eighth century C.E. and its cargo included a gold signet ring likely associated with an emperor along with a gold belt encrusted with gems.More than 40...
