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Bigger than Manhattan: Historic 88,000-acre Texas ranch sells for $127.7 million (Image/X) One of the largest cattle ranch properties in the United States has been sold for nearly its full asking price after spending less than a month on the market.The Freeman Family Ranches, an 87,953-acre property spread across the North Texas and Oklahoma panhandles,…

Ishan Kishan (Video grabs) NEW DELHI: Ishan Kishan was the undisputed star with the bat as India sealed the T20I series against Zimbabwe on Saturday, but it was a comical run-out miss behind the stumps that had social media buzzing long after the final ball.The wicketkeeper-batter, who smashed a brilliant 81 off 44 deliveries to…

NEW DELHI: Cockroach Janata Party leaders on Saturday met Delhi Police commissioner Anurag Kumar after the protest against the NEET paper leak at Jantar Mantar was called off following education minister Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation and the fulfilment of the remaining demands.While speaking to reporters after the meeting, CJP spokesperson Saurav Das said they had made…

Shreyas Iyer (Pic credit: BCCI) NEW DELHI: Shreyas Iyer’s first series triumph as India’s T20I captain was built on a fearless brand of cricket, and the skipper believes the young side’s ability to stay positive and attack every opportunity has been the biggest takeaway from their dominant campaign against Zimbabwe.India sealed an unassailable 2-0 lead…

zebra mussels (Representative image by Canva) In the late 1980s, an aquatic invader quietly entered North America through an unlikely route: a ship’s ballast water. That species was the zebra mussel, and within a decade it had spread across all five Great Lakes, triggering one of the most notorious invasive-species stories on the continent. More…

Sharad Pawar and PM Modi (File photo) NEW DELHI: Nationalist Congress Party (SP) chief Sharad Pawar on Saturday said he had personally met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and urged him to initiate a dialogue over the NEET-UG paper leak controversy. He said he had appealed to PM Modi to either accept Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation or…

Pralhad Joshi named new education minister after Prez Murmu accepts Pradhan’s resignation NEW DELHI: BJP leader Pralhad Joshi was on Saturday appointed as the new Union education minister, hours after Dharmendra Pradhan resigned.Pradhan resigned taking moral responsibility for the NEET-UG paper leak controversy that triggered weeks of nationwide student protests. His resignation was accepted by…

CJP protestors and students celebrate after Pradhan’s resignation NEW DELHI: Saturday witnessed a series of major developments in the NEET paper leak controversy, beginning with Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation after weeks of nationwide protests. Hours later, the Centre and the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) held a third round of talks, after which the…

A research project that quite literally involves studying stink may help protect livestock, pets and wildlife from one of the most destructive parasites in the Americas. At Colorado State University, professor Jessica Metcalf is investigating the foul-smelling chemical signals that attract the New World screwworm, a flesh-eating blowfly whose return to the United States has…

NEW DELHI: Leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Saturday hailed Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation as the “victory of the future of India.”During a press conference, the Congress leader said the country’s education system had been under attack for years and that the government would have to take concrete steps…