Dubai is surrounded by dunes and for a country that has ample desert sand, one would think they would utilise it as a resource. However, the sand underfoot has long been a poor fit for ordinary concrete. Wind makes desert grains unusually fine, smooth, and rounded, so they do not interlock as easily as the…
India’s Gayatri Gopichand Pullela, right, and Treesa Jolly (AP Photo) India’s Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand secured a World Championships medal after producing a superb comeback victory over China’s Jia Yi Fan and Zhang Shu Xian in the women’s doubles quarterfinals on Friday.The unseeded Indian pair fought for 69 minutes before overcoming their Chinese opponents…
An estimated 18 million people of all ages live with cerebral palsy across the globe. Within the United States, this number ranges from 764,000 to 1 million, with about 1 in every 345 children diagnosed, according to the Cerebral Palsy Guide. Most such kids are unable to entertain themselves with the toys and activities that…
Rio Raj’s Tamil romantic comedy ‘Ram And Leela’ has arrived in theatres today, August 21. The film is directed by debutant Ramachandran Kannan and introduces newcomer Vartika as the female lead. The early reactions on social media suggest that the film has a surprise element that was not shown in the trailer. Early reviews praise…
The exotic mute swan has increased its population size in Chesapeake Bay to approximately 4,500 since 1962. In 1962, five mute swans escaped from an estate in Talbot County, Maryland. More than four decades later, their descendants had grown to nearly 4,000 in the Chesapeake Bay region. As their numbers rose across the Chesapeake Bay…
Anupama Parameswaran has opened up about a difficult phase in her personal life and revealed how prolonged stress affected her physical and mental health. The actress spoke about the experience while appearing on the latest interview, where she discussed the impact of what she described as narcissistic abuse during a two-year relationship with an actor….
File photo: Delhi air pollution (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: Construction activities in Delhi will be completely banned from December 10 to January 20 as part of the government’s measures to control air pollution during the winter season, chief minister Rekha Gupta said on Friday.In a post on X, Gupta urged people to report violations, saying…
Joseph Gallo was a former dairy farmer who built a successful cheese business. In 1982, he donated thousands of acres of Central Valley grasslands to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the state of California. For over 70 years, a section of California’s San Joaquin River was cut off from the land it once…
Legendary filmmaker Kamal Amrohi‘s property was under scrutiny when his son Shandar Amrohi who regarded Preity Zinta as his adopted daughter said he would give her Rs 600 crore of his inheritance property. While this never happened as Preity was not adopted by him, there was a bitter fallout when Preity sought to recover Rs…
In a vineyard in Italy’s Puglia region, rows of grapevines grew beneath something more usually associated with power stations than agriculture: photovoltaic panels. The arrangement changed the amount of sunlight reaching the vines, but it also altered what was happening much closer to the ground. Soil stayed wetter, temperatures were less extreme and the air…