Thousands of bright yellow rubber ducks floated down a London canal in a cheerful race that drew smiles from spectators while raising money for a serious cause. The annual Cosmic Rubber Duck Race returned to Paddington Basin on the Grand Union Canal, where up to 3,000 numbered rubber ducks were released into the water and…
CM Dhami inaugurates Kalash Bandhan Maha rally in Bhagwanpur on 650th birth anniversary of Sant Guru Ravidas Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami inaugurated the Kalash Bandhan Maha Rally organised at Chudiyala, Bhagwanpur, on the occasion of the 650th birth anniversary of Sant ShiromGuru Ravidas Ji.The Chief Minister offered prayers at the Sant Shiromani Guru…
For weeks, a small sailing boat drifted across a vast stretch of the Pacific with little certainty about where it would end up. Its lone occupant, 39-year-old Kai Sato from California, had set out hoping to complete his first solo voyage to Hawaii, but the journey quickly became something very different. Far from shipping routes…
The razorback sucker was first listed as an endangered species in 1991. US Fish and Wildlife Service has announced that the species will no longer be listed as endangered. Instead, it has been reclassified as threatened under the Endangered Species Act.Government agencies, tribal groups, conservation programmes, researchers and private organisations worked together for years to…
When Shannon Leah Fraser disappeared in Queensland’s tropical rainforest in September 2014, rescuers feared the worst. Search crews spent days combing dense vegetation around the Golden Hole swimming area near Mount Bartle Frere, Australia’s highest mountain on the mainland, before the official operation ended without success. More than two weeks later, however, Fraser emerged from…
Tahir Hussain’s political fall in IB officer Ankit Sharma murder case NEW DELHI: Former AAP councillor Tahir Hussain on Friday said he would challenge his conviction and life sentence in the Delhi High Court after a Delhi court sentenced him and four others to life imprisonment for the murder of Intelligence Bureau (IB) officer Ankit…
Quote of the day by Taylor Swift “My response to anything that happens, good or bad, is to keep making things.” — Taylor SwiftAcross nearly two decades, Taylor Swift has written songs inspired by heartbreak, friendship, criticism, public scrutiny and personal milestones, transforming private experiences into albums that have resonated with millions. Whether celebrating success…
Representative Image of Europa’s hidden ocean beneath its icy surface (AI-generated image) Europa, one of Jupiter’s icy moons, may hold more liquid water than all of Earth’s oceans combined, sealed beneath a thick shell of ice. For years, one of the most promising ideas for studying that hidden ocean was that water rising through cracks…
NEW DELHI: India is continuing to engage with Russia to secure the release of the remaining Indian nationals serving in the Russian military, the ministry of external affairs (MEA) said on Friday, adding that 139 Indians have been brought back so far.Addressing a weekly media briefing, MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said the government has been…
A new warning comes from the State Department for visa holders about reckless driving. The Department of State cited a few recent cases of reckless driving by foreigners in the US that resulted in the revocation of visas and said the Donald Trump administration is not giving second chances to those who put the lives…