NEW DELHI: Congress MP Jairam Ramesh on Sunday criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his “Dimagi Naxals” remarks, accusing him of using the occasion of Diwali to target political rivals and alleging that his comments reflected a pattern of branding those who disagreed with his govt.In a post on X, the Rajya Sabha MP said…
In 1990, Richard Phillip Eckert and Virginia Eckert Garrett donated a cave in Mason County, Texas, to The Nature Conservancy in honour of their father and grandfather. The gift ensured the bats would be permanently protected. According to the Conservancy, about four million female Mexican free-tailed bats now use the Eckert James River Bat Cave…
Image Credits: Mac Stone taken via South Carolina Forestry Commission In fantastic news for climate activists, South Carolina has permanently protected more than 62,000 acres of forestland in one of the state’s biggest conservation efforts. The project, which spans three river basins, is a major win for wildlife, local communities and the environment. More importantly,…
RAIPUR: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday warned that the end of armed Maoist insurgency did not mean the threat had disappeared, alleging that what he called ‘Dimagi Naxals’ had infiltrated political parties and organisations and were inciting people against the Constitution and democracyContinuing his long-standing tradition of celebrating Diwali with security forces, this time…
Meet Jacob, Founder of The Tomato Cart. Image Credit: The Shropshire Seaweed Jacob Mann, 14, from Norwich, England, has turned his love of gardening into a growing business selling tomato plants, growing kits and tomato merchandise. It all started from humble beginnings with a few seedlings and a home-made bicycle trailer, and has grown into…
Image Courtesy: Institute of Science and Technology of Austria Light is something we rarely think twice about. It enters our homes through windows, illuminates the streets at night and helps us capture everything from a beautiful sunset to the tiniest details under a microscope. But what if the light reaching our eyes isn’t as simple…
A former Manhattan fire station that has found a second life as a luxury townhouse, complete with an underground jazz club, has sold for $19 million. Located at 78 Morton Street in New York’s West Village, the historic property dates back to 1864 and once served as a base for a volunteer firefighting company. The…
Vedant ThakkerPhoto credit: https://oaklandfiresafecouncil.org/ Vedant Thakker was 16 years old when a brush fire in the hills above his Fremont neighborhood made wildfire risk feel personal. The California high school student later built Red Flag Check, a free website and app that lets people enter an address and see whether they are inside a National…
A son of businessman Richard Norman Scott lost his High Court challenge over promises he said his father made about the family farm. Adam Scott, Richard’s second oldest son, argued that he was entitled to land after spending much of his life working on the farm. He also disputed the validity of two wills made…
A Brooklyn Heights mansion once described as a “derelict eyesore” is back on the market after a decade-long reconstruction, alongside its neighbouring carriage house, with the two properties seeking a combined $20.99 million, the New York Post reported. The adjoining but legally and physically separate properties are being marketed together as Monroe Place Estates, with…
