US restricts government travel in Mexican border city over unspecified threat. Travel and official activity for US government employees in Nogales, Mexico, have been restricted following an unspecified security threat reported in the border city.The US Embassy and Consulates in Mexico issued the alert on Saturday. The US Consulate General in Nogales said in a…
Image(s): Harwich Conservation Trust A former cranberry-growing landscape in Harwich, Massachusetts, is showing what can happen when a damaged wetland is given the chance to function naturally again. The Harwich Conservation Trust (HCT) spent years working with public agencies and other partners to restore the Robert F. Smith Cold Brook Preserve, a 66-acre property in…
Beneath the quiet lawns and weathered headstones of a small cemetery in Ithaca, New York, scientists have uncovered one of the most astonishing bee discoveries in recent memory. In a carefully studied 1.5-acre section of the cemetery grounds, researchers estimated that about 5.5 million wild, ground-nesting bees live in a dense network of underground nests….
AIIMS population display (Instagram) A digital clock is going viral in Delhi. Well, it’s not an ordinary clock. It’s a population counter clock which is displayed at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS Delhi). It has recently attracted attention online, with the number on the screen changing continuously and appearing to show India’s population…
Southern California anglers are seeing an unusual number of warm-water fish as rising ocean temperatures linked to El Niño and marine heatwaves bring species typically found farther south into local waters.Fishermen working in Marina del Rey and Santa Monica are catching fish species, in larger sizes, that are rarely seen in the area. Tony Villanueva,…
His experience with social media shaped his views on how technology can open up new opportunities. He now views AI as the next big shift in technology that could lower the barriers to entrepreneurship. Timothy Armoo was thinking like an entrepreneur at 14. By his late 20s he had built and sold a company for…
NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Monday extended the judicial custody of Swatantra Bharadwaj till September 21 in connection with the alleged assault of the father of a minor student activist during a NEET protest at Jantar Mantar.Bharadwaj was produced before the court through video conferencing from Tihar Jail.He was detained in Bulandshahr on Friday,…
Moscow sounds warning over US missiles in Norway, says launch sites could be targeted Russia has criticised the United States for deploying a new missile system in Norway, warning that the move could further damage already strained efforts by Moscow and Washington to discuss nuclear and strategic stability.The Russian Foreign Ministry said the system installed…
File photo: Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh NEW DELHI: Congress on Monday questioned the delay in proroguing Parliament’s Monsoon Session, with party general secretary Jairam Ramesh alleging that the government was keeping the session open while seeking the numbers needed to pass the Delimitation Bills.Parliament’s Monsoon Session began on July 20 and was adjourned sine…
File photo: Prime Minister Narendra Modi NEW DELHI: All seats for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s programme in Vadodara were booked within an hour after public registration opened on BookMyShow, in what the government described as a first-of-its-kind initiative.The Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) used the private digital platform to manage free registrations for the programme scheduled…