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Navneet, Deepika strike as India hold Olympic silver medallists China to 2-2 draw
Indian players celebrate after scoring a goal against China in the FIH World Cup. (Pic credit: Hockey India) NEW DELHI: India began their Women’s FIH Hockey World Cup campaign with a hard-fought 2-2 draw against Paris Olympics silver medallists China on Sunday, twice taking the lead before being forced to settle for a point at…
Bankim descendant seeks Sonia apology over ‘Vande Mataram’ row
BJP MLA Sumitro Chatterjee, a descendant of Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, demanded an apology from Sonia Gandhi over ‘Vande Matram’ row NEW DELHI: The row over the full rendition of Vande Mataram at the Congress headquarters on Independence Day acquired a Bankim Chandra connection on, with BJP’s Naihati MLA Sumitro Chatterjee, a direct descendant of the…
San Diego’s Leanne Fan, 18, built a device to simulate microgravity and tested red light on injured flatworms; tissue regeneration sped up by 95.2%, helping her win $80,000
Fan built her own $200 device instead of using NASA’s $50,000 clinostat. (Society for science photo) Leanne Fan, an 18-year-old student from San Diego, has been named a finalist in the 2026 Regeneron Science Talent Search for her research into wound healing in space. Her project looks at whether red light therapy can help wounds…
Mamata Banerjee on TMC leader’s suicide
“The passing of Asish Banerjee has left me deeply disturbed,” Mamata Banerjee wrote on X. NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday condoled the death of her party leader Asish Banerjee, saying the “harassment and mental pressure” he faced should “make all of us pause and reflect on the human cost of…
The Yashwant Varma saga explained
Yashwant Varma is likely to impeachment proceedings after a Parliamentary panel found all charges against him proved. NEW DELHI: It began with a fire.On the intervening night of March 14-15, 2025, firefighters responding to a blaze at the official residence of Delhi high court judge Yashwant Varma stumbled upon something far more consequential than the…
UP officers invoke Bhagat Singh, Buddha to explain duty, justice and use of force
Avinash Pandey (38) and Rinkoo Singh Rahee (44). LUCKNOW: Two senior Uttar Pradesh officers used their Independence Day addresses to reflect on public service and accountability, with one invoking revolutionary Bhagat Singh to highlight delays in justice and another citing an episode from Gautama Buddha‘s life to explain the police’s use of force for maintaining…
Virginia installed 46 water-control structures across 150 miles of old drainage ditches to re-wet a swamp; restored peat now traps 200,000 metric tons of carbon a year
The Fish and Wildlife Service restored peat wetlands at Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge North Carolina’s coastal peatlands are being restored to protect wetlands, reduce wildfire risks and keep carbon stored in the soil. The work is focused on bringing water back to areas that were once drained and altered for farming, timber harvesting…
Rijiju on PM Modi’s I-Day remarks
Rijiju said that Prime Minister’s remarks were not meant for opposition leaders. NEW DELHI: Union parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju on Sunday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi‘s remarks on “dimagi naxals” were not meant for the opposition leaders.Amid opposition’s criticism over PM’s remarks during his Independence Day speech, Rijiju said that the “dimagi naxals”…
Over 100 arrested in Morocco over fresh Ceuta migrant crossing attempt
Around 111 people arrested in Morocco for attempting another border crossing into Ceuta Moroccan authorities arrested at least 111 people on Saturday after a group attempted to reach Spain’s North African enclave of Ceuta, following calls on social media for another mass border crossing.The arrests came about two weeks after a large influx of migrants…
Fur traders introduced Arctic foxes across Alaska’s Aleutian Islands to produce pelts; by killing seabirds, the foxes helped turn lush grasslands into tundra
The foxes reduced seabird populations, which meant less nutrient-rich guano reached the islands. Arctic foxes introduced to more than 400 Alaskan islands for fur changed far more than the local wildlife. According to a study published in journal Science, by preying on seabirds, they disrupted the flow of nutrients from the ocean to land and…
