India is set to host the two-day BRICS summit in New Delhi, bringing together global leaders while showcasing the country’s cultural heritage. NEW DELHI: The 18th Brics Leaders’ Summit will be held in New Delhi on September 12-13, bringing together leaders of the expanded grouping for discussions on economic cooperation, technology, energy and food security,…
Feral buffaloes. Image Credit: Natasha Ramsey Hong Kong’s feral cattle are more than animals that escaped human care. Their genomes preserve a detailed record of how cattle can change after becoming separated from managed herds and exposed to natural pressures. A study titled ‘The genome landscape of Hong Kong feral cattle as a unique genetic…
US built nearly 2,000 km of Mississippi River levees to control floods Nearly 2,000 kilometres of levees built along the Mississippi River over the past century helped protect cities and farmland from major floods. But the barriers also caused one of North America’s most serious ecological losses. By cutting coastal estuaries off from vital river…
New Delhi will play host to the 18th Brics Summit The 18th Brics Summit is set to take place in New Delhi on September 12-13, bringing together leaders of the expanded grouping at a time when wars, trade tensions and a shifting global order are testing its ability to act as a united bloc.India is…
New Jersey built a massive seawall A massive concrete seawall constructed along the northern New Jersey coastline to shield a public highway and beachfront properties achieved its goal of protecting landward structures, but caused the complete loss of the sandy shoreline it sat upon. According to a coastal hazard report published by the United States…
An IndiGo Lucknow-Dammam flight made an emergency landing in Ahmedabad after a bomb threat, but security checks found nothing suspicious. NEW DELHI: An IndiGo flight from Lucknow to Dammam made an emergency landing at Ahmedabad airport on Thursday after a bomb threat was reported onboard, news agency ANI reported quoting Ahmedabad Police .The threat was…
US had just two 500-foot smokestacks An effort by American power companies to reduce local air pollution in the 1970s ended up creating a much wider environmental crisis, turning a local health problem into a continent-wide acid rain emergency. By building huge smokestacks to send coal emissions away from nearby towns, power companies pushed sulfur…
Leader of the opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu minister and Congress leader P Viswanathan on Thursday reiterated that Rahul Gandhi will be the party’s Prime Ministerial candidate for the 2029 Lok Sabha elections, saying he would also be projected as the INDIA bloc’s candidate.Viswanathan made the remarks while speaking to…
Wild bison have not been seen in Britain for around 6,000 years. European bison are now roaming West Blean and Thornden Woods near Canterbury as part of an ambitious conservation project to restore natural woodland processes. As per BBC, it once roamed widely across the continent, from Scotland to Siberia, before disappearing from the wild…
A New York cop has been arrested and charged over unauthorized searches of ex-girlfriend’s vehicle on Flock cameras. A senior investigator with a New York sheriff’s office has been accused of repeatedly using a law enforcement license plate camera system to track an ex-girlfriend, with authorities alleging she searched for the woman’s vehicle around 3,000…