India reaffirmed its role as Bhutan’s largest development partner NEW DELHI: India and Bhutan on Thursday reviewed the progress of New Delhi-backed development projects in the Himalayan nation and signed a Rs 4,000-crore concessional line of credit agreement, while also expanding cooperation in the health sector.The decisions were taken during the fifth India-Bhutan Development Cooperation…
An Indian national from Punjab has been added to the US Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) Most Wanted list over his alleged involvement in an international organised crime network accused of drug trafficking, firearms offences and racketeering.According to the FBI, Gurpreet Singh is wanted for his alleged role in the Jaggu Bhagwanpuria Organised Crime Group,…
NEW DELHI: Petrol was projected to cost around Rs 125 per litre in Delhi when global crude prices touched $135 a barrel if India had not blended ethanol with petrol, the petroleum ministry said on Friday, defending the ethanol-blending programme against what it described as “misleading” claims about its costs, impact on food security and…
Representative Image of large herbivores grazing in a rewilded wetland reserve (AI-generated image) In the early 1980s, Dutch ecologist Frans Vera introduced Heck cattle, Konik horses and red deer together into the Oostvaardersplassen, a stretch of reclaimed wetland in Flevoland province that had been left undeveloped after failed plans to use it for industry. Vera’s…
Image(s): Left/Nine/Right/Canva Most people who suffer cardiac arrest after prolonged submersion in icy water have little chance of survival. Yet in one of the most remarkable medical recoveries ever recorded, Anna Bågenholm, a Swedish radiologist, survived after becoming trapped beneath a frozen river in Norway for 80 minutes, during which her heart stopped beating for…
Representative Image of a river restored after a landmark clean water campaign (AI-generated image) In 1962, Marion Stoddart moved with her husband and three young children to Groton, Massachusetts, settling less than a mile from the Nashua River. At the time, the Nashua ranked among the ten most polluted rivers in the United States, running…
The spotted lanternfly has become one of the most destructive invasive insects in the United States, threatening vineyards, orchards and forests by feeding on the sap of hundreds of plant species. Finding its egg masses before they hatch is one of the most effective ways to slow its spread, but the eggs are well camouflaged…
Purnia MP Pappu Yadav staged a protest on the Parliament premises Saffron-clad Pappu Yadav, opposition stage Ram Temple donation theft skit in Parliament Purnia MP Pappu Yadav staged a protest on the Parliament premises Saffron-clad Pappu Yadav, opposition stage Ram Temple donation theft skit in Parliament Purnia MP Pappu Yadav staged a protest on the…
PC: Antonio López García – University of Granada Archaeologists have identified a room within the Roman villa of Fuente Álamo, near Puente Genil in Córdoba, as the oldest confirmed library on the Iberian Peninsula. A team from the University of Granada overturned an earlier theory that the space had been a shrine to the god…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday granted interim protection from arrest to DMK leader and former Tamil Nadu minister V Senthil Balaji in the alleged TASMAC corruption case. The court directed Balaji to deposit his passport, cooperate with the investigation and refrain from influencing witnesses while granting him relief.A Bench of Chief Justice of…