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For 10 years, farmers across 13,500 hectares of southern England coordinated habitat work; one cluster recorded a 346% rise in corn buntings and a 183% rise in butterfly abundance over the decade
Since 1967, corn buntings have declined by 83% in the UK. But over the decade, the bird population around Martin Down, on the Hampshire-Dorset border, has risen by 346%.The red-listed bird is not the only one to benefit. Grey partridges in the same cluster are up 147%. Butterfly abundance has climbed 183%. Turtle doves, barn…
‘Re-deployed to their home stations’: US withdraws all bombers from UK’s Fairford base after suspected terror plot
File photo: B‑1B Lancer bomber at the RAF Fairford airbase (Picture credit: Reuters) The United States has withdrawn all its bombers from RAF Fairford in England, a US-run military base that had been used to launch strikes on Iran, following an investigation into a suspected terror plot targeting the facility.The bombers have been redeployed to…
Kusum Group Pharmaceutical Plant: 1 dead as Russian drones hit desi pharma plant in Ukraine | India News
Smoke comes out from a pharma plant struck in Ukraine’s Sumy on Sunday Six Russian drones struck an Indian pharma plant in Ukraine’s Sumy Sunday in what Kusum Group cofounder Sanjeev Gupta described as a “targeted attack”, killing an engineer and injuring some others. The main structure of the facility was largely destroyed.Speaking to TOI,…
Wheat Msp Hike: 25 paisa/kg wheat MSP hike an ‘insult’: Samyukta Kisan Morcha | India News
NEW DELHI: Farmer organisations under the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) umbrella have rejected govt’s minimum support prices for Rabi crops for 2027-28, announced on Sept 30, calling the Rs 25-per-quintal – equivalent to just 25 paise per kg – increase for wheat an “insult”.SKM sought immediate revision of MSPs for all Rabi crops and freedom…
Gst Reforms: Faster registration, easier refunds: Reform rollout with GST 2.0
The biggest proposed change is in doing away with the power to arrest, which rests with the court instead of officials, as is the case for some offences (representative image) NEW DELHI: GST Council looks set to unveil a series of ambitious reforms that will cover the whole field of processes: from faster registration to…
Jammu and Kashmir: Pakistani prisoner dies by suicide in jail | India News
JAMMU: A 36-year-old Pakistani undertrial prisoner allegedly died by suicide at the high-security central jail in Jammu Sunday.“The deceased has been identified as Shahid Imran (36), a resident of Sargooda district in Pakistan‘s Punjab. The prisoner was found unconscious in his cell around 5.15am. He was rushed to GMCH, where doctors declared him as brought…
Meet Ankith Burki, the Indian-origin San Jose seventh-grader who used low-frequency sound to boost an atmospheric water generator’s output by 117% and reached a national STEM final
Ankith BurkiPhoto: Society for Science For Ankith Burki, the global water crisis was not an abstract classroom topic but a challenge worth trying to solve. The seventh-grader from BASIS Independent Silicon Valley in San Jose designed an atmospheric water generator that pulls moisture from humid air, then tested whether sound could make it more effective….
Uk Teenagers Jailed For Arson: UK: 2 teenagers jailed for 10 years for arson at Indian restaurant in London
LONDON: Two 17-year-old teenagers have been jailed for 10 years in the UK for an arson attack at an Indian restaurant in London in August last year, leaving multiple diners seriously injured.On August 22, 2025, the two, along with a third accomplice, all masked, had stormed the eatery, Indian Aroma, ordering customers to remain in…
Meet Bailey Quinn Frank, the Fort Lauderdale eighth-grader who built a low-cost air sampler from small fans and filter paper to capture bacterial DNA and explore rural health surveillance
Bailey Quinn FrankPhoto credit: Society for science When Bailey Quinn Frank learned that scientists can identify species from genetic material left behind in the environment, she saw an opportunity to apply the same idea to public health. The eighth-grader from Pine Crest School in Fort Lauderdale designed a simple air sampler using small fans and…
Trump-linked drone firm’s Pakistan deal raises questions over US arms thaw
US-Pakistan drone deal sparks concern in Indian defence circles TOI correspondent from Washington: An obscure American defence start-up has suddenly acquired an outsized geopolitical significance after signing a memorandum of understanding with the Pakistan army and securing an initial order for unmanned aerial systems, raising questions in Indian strategic circles over whether the deal could…
