A South Florida teen and her brother are using pizza and technology to fight hunger in the country. Aashrita Kaza and her brother Anish have developed Pizza for a Purpose in Florida, an app that connects donors, pizzerias and local organisations. According to a report published by Good News Network, the platform started in 2024…
Anti-national forces harming India’s unity will face consequences: Adityanath NEW DELHI: Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday warned that anti-national and anti-social forces seeking to spread hatred or undermine India’s unity would face consequences, invoking Lord Krishna’s message on the occasion of Janmashtami.Addressing a gathering in Mathura, the birthplace of Lord Krishna, on…
Students rest while receiving treatment for food poisoning at the regional general hospital after eating government-sponsored free school meals in Indonesia. (Photo: Reuters) Around 2,000 students and teachers have reportedly fallen ill after eating government-provided free meals across several Indonesian provinces this week, prompting the country’s top independent human rights body, Komnas HAM, to call…
The rescue of two workers have revived hope for hundreds of others still said to be trapped Rescuers in Nepal pulled two workers alive from a tunnel at the Trishuli 3A hydropower project on Friday, nine days after devastating floods and landslides trapped hundreds of workers inside tunnels across several hydropower sites.The rescue brought a…
Siripong Akkarasriyuk built Hawell’s at a time when ice cream shops were becoming a familiar sight in Thailand’s shopping centres. He knew the trade from the ground up, having worked as an ice cream seller before launching his own brand in 1999. The first Hawell’s outlet opened at Central Pinklao, and the business expanded quickly,…
Hikers and rescuers make their way down Mount Shasta after the group became stranded during their descent. / Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office Three novice hikers from Roseville, California, were rescued from Mount Shasta after an attempted summit climb that they had planned with substantial help from Google’s Gemini AI turned into a dangerous overnight ordeal….
IndiGo flight makes contact with pole at Srinagar airport; no injuries An IndiGo flight from Navi Mumbai to Srinagar came into contact with a pole while being parked at Srinagar airport on Friday morning, as news agency ANI reported quoting airport officials.IndiGo flight 6E 225, operated by aircraft VT-NOG, arrived at Srinagar airport and struck…
Michigan farmer John Boyer bought back his family’s 131 acres and took a major step to ensure the farmland can never be divided for housing. (Photo: Vivian La/IPR News) John Boyer grew up surrounded by the rolling fields of corn, oats and wheat that once belonged to his family in East Jordan, Michigan. Decades later,…
Representative Image of biodegradable plastic made from sugarcane and maize waste (AI-generated image) Onndinadaho Rasilwela, a chemical engineering graduate from South Africa, has won top honours at the 2026 Green Youth Indaba for developing a biodegradable plastic from agricultural waste. A member of the Tshwane University of Technology’s Student Women Economic Empowerment Programme, Rasilwela received…
A meta-analysis of 48 studies involving 1.13 million people found a 55% higher risk of death, while another study of about 130,000 people with diabetes found 48% higher overall mortality and 36% higher cardiovascular mortality among smokers. NEW DELHI: Smoking increased the risk of death from any cause by 55% among people with diabetes, according…