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‘Legal Cockroaches are coming’: After NALSAR row, AIYAA to protest against BCI chairman Manan Kumar Mishra tomorrow | Delhi News
The protest comes days after Manan Kumar Mishra apologised to law students over a controversial BCI order concerning graduating students of NALSAR. NEW DELHI: A protest has been called against Bar Council of India (BCI) chairman Manan Kumar Mishra over the controversy surrounding the council’s now-withdrawn directive linked to students of NALSAR University of Law,…
At least 100 killed after illegal gold mine collapses in Central African Republic
The latest collapse comes after a series of deadly mining accidents along the Central African Republic-Cameroon border. At least 100 people have been killed after a landslide struck an illegal gold mine in the Central African Republic near the border with Cameroon on Tuesday, with rescue teams continuing to search for survivors and victims at…
Mississippi landowners restored woodland for gopher tortoises; two decades later the same habitat became a release site for nearly 500 endangered frogs
The gopher tortoise is a land-dwelling reptile native to the southeastern United States that digs deep burrows used by hundreds of other animals. More than two decades after two Mississippi landowners began restoring their land to help an endangered tortoise, their work has now created a new home for one of North America’s rarest amphibians….
From Taco Tuesday to Fitting Friday: Trump puts Canada tariffs on ice for 72 hours
Trump has suggested three conditions for the deal, including greater Canadian market access for American products, commitments on economic security and cooperation on digital trade (File Photo). TOI correspondent from Washington: Canada has survived another Trump tariff deadline. Hours before a 50% tariff on roughly $20 billion of Canadian goods was supposed to take effect,…
Red-faced Pakistan summons top diplomat over US envoy Gor’s J&K remark in Srinagar
US Ambassador Sergio Gor visits Srinagar with J&K CM Omar Pakistan on Wednesday summoned the US Charge d’Affaires in Islamabad and lodged a protest after US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor described Jammu and Kashmir as an “important part of India” during his visit to Srinagar on Wednesday.The remarks came as Gor made his first…
Trouble brewing for Zelenskyy? Ex-defence minister calls for wartime polls
Ukraine has been under martial law since Russia launched its full-scale invasion in February 2022 Ukraine’s recently dismissed former defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov has called for presidential elections to be held despite the ongoing war with Russia, delivering one of the most direct political challenges to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy since the full-scale invasion began in…
Pentagon weighs reducing Gulf troop presence as Iran war cost hits $37.5 bn : Report
Pentagon weighs reducing Gulf troop presence after Iran war damage to bases, report The Pentagon is weighing whether the United States should maintain a smaller military presence in the Persian Gulf after the Iran war, as per a Washington Post report. The scale of damage to American bases has forced Washington to reconsider a decades-old…
In 1966, a 71-year-old woman donated nearly 100 acres of her Virginia farm and money for an amphitheatre; the land became America’s only national park dedicated to the performing arts
Wolf Trap remains the only national park in the United States devoted to the performing arts, advancing the concept Shouse first put forth more than six decades ago Before it became a stage beneath the stars, Wolf Trap was simply a Virginia farm. But in the 1960s, one woman had a very different dream for…
Vande Mataram, Chhatron ki Goonj & chanda chori: What Congress discussed in key strategy meet | India News
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge has asked the party’s chief ministers to work with education experts and prepare a roadmap for overhauling the education and examination system. NEW DELHI: The Congress on Wednesday mapped out its political strategy on a range of issues, including the Vande Mataram centenary celebrations, its ‘Chhatron ki Goonj’ campaign against paper…
Photography To Protect Endangered Species: In 2006, Joel Sartore began photographing one animal at a time; 18,000 species later, his Photo Ark has become a global conservation movement fighting to save wildlife from extinction
Joel Sartore started the project with a simple but powerful idea: to photograph animals one species at a time, creating a visual record before they are gone. (Image: Instagram/joelsartore) In a world where species can disappear before most people even know they exist, photographer Joel Sartore has spent two decades making sure wildlife is seen….
