Spread the love       A historic ranch in Texas, once home to a celebrated regional artist, is continuing its legacy through a conservation effort led by his descendants. Four Winns Ranch, located near Wimberley in Hays County, has 165 acres protected permanently through a conservation easement, safeguarding its wildlife habitats, historic features and important water resources. According to a recent story...

Spread the love       PM Narendra Modi cites World Bank data showing India’s extreme poverty rate fell 90% to 2.6% between 2011 and 2023, with nearly 50 crore people lifted out of extreme poverty. NEW DELHI: India has recorded one of the fastest poverty declines in the world, with the extreme poverty rate in the country “collapsing” by 90% between 2011...

Spread the love       Image sourced from Christies From every curve to every carving, such is the intricacy of this 12th-century Manjushri sculpture from Nepal. Standing nearly a metre tall, this gilded copper figure of Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Transcendent Wisdom, is a remarkable example of the artistic excellence of the Kathmandu Valley. Created by Newar artisans at a time when...

Spread the love       Sikh riot survivors and BJP leaders protest Congress’s decision to hold the INDIA bloc rally on the 42nd anniversary of the 1984 anti-Sikh killings NEW DELHI: Survivors of the 1984 anti-Sikh killings and Sikh organisations Sunday questioned Congress’s decision to hold the INDIA bloc rally on Nov 1, the 42nd anniversary of the massacre. With Punjab assembly...

Spread the love       Around 50,000 people turned up for INDIA bloc’s rally in Delhi on Sunday, according to Delhi Police estimates NEW DELHI: In a Ramlila Maidan packed with protesters and ringing with anti-BJP and anti-CEC slogans Sunday, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi said the opposition will confront the top BJP duo of Narendra Modi and Amit Shah after Gyanesh Kumar’s...

Spread the love       Leo received the BCyA Medal of Honour at Westminster, celebrating his remarkable contribution to wildlife conservation. Most young children are still trying to figure out what they like. Not Leo Sordello-Savala. He’s already started his own conservation movement with his love of animals. The 12-year-old from Camberwell, south London has spent much of his childhood trying to...

Spread the love       IT professional and wife face Rs 5.3 crore taxevasion allegations over fabricated donation and loan claims, including forged documents and receipts. (Representative image) NEW DELHI: In a stern message to those making false income tax claims, authorities have carried out a rare search action on an IT professional and his wife, estimating alleged bogus claims and tax...

Spread the love       Cash doesn’t cross Myanmar border, payments made in kind: ED NEW DELHI: International illicit drug syndicates operating out of the Golden Triangle of Myanmar, Thailand and Laos have turned to age-old barter trade, under which drugs like heroin and methamphetamine are smuggled into India through the porous borders of Northeastern states and payments are made in kind...

Spread the love       Scaglione’s collection documents defining American moments, from the moon landing to Kennedy’s assassination and 9/11 Others preserve old photos because they are sentimental. Others save a magazine because it reminds them of a certain time. But for Rudy Scaglione, collecting is a lifelong pursuit, a personal archive of seven decades of pop culture, Hollywood history and major...