Khamzat Chimaev (Image Source: Getty) Khamzat Chimaev could already have his next UFC opponent lined up. The former middleweight champion has appeared open to a fight with Caio Borralho, who recently called for the matchup and offered two possible dates for the showdown. If it happens, the fight would mark Chimaev’s first appearance since losing…
Centuries after people forced a Cumbrian river into a straight, artificial channel, nature has reclaimed its original course in the Lake District, bringing endangered wild fish back to historic spawning grounds almost immediately. In the summer of 2016, conservationists restored a 1.1-kilometre stretch of Swindale Beck near Haweswater by putting its natural bends back into…
Border Security Force troops detained a Pakistani intruder JAMMU: Border Security Force troops detained a Pakistani intruder along the international border in Jammu’s Kanachak sector on Thursday morning. Officials said the suspect was currently being questioned.Around 8am, personnel of BSF’s 44Bn spotted the suspect in a forward area near a border outpost and took him…
All seven districts of Ladakh will now have autonomous hill development councils SRINAGAR: All seven districts of Ladakh will now have autonomous hill development councils, with lieutenant governor Vinai Kumar Saxena approving a notification to this effect Thursday. The move paves the way for local self-governance in all seven districts of the UT through the…
A joint team of the Army’s 58 Rashtriya Rifles and J&K Police’s Special Operations Group launched an anti-terror operation JAMMU: A joint team of security forces discovered a terrorist hideout and seized a cache of arms and ammunition during a search operation in Mahore tehsil in J&K’s Reasi district on Thursday.Based on inputs from the…
US President Donald Trump. The Trump administration has proposed stripping private schools, colleges and other educational institutions of their tax-exempt status if they provide admissions, scholarships or other benefits to students based on race.The proposed rule, announced by the Treasury Department on Thursday, could affect as many as 18,000 institutions and is part of President…
An 18-metre concrete dam on Ohio’s Cuyahoga River once stopped migrating fish from reaching important spawning areas for more than a century. Today, aquatic life is quickly returning to the river. Researchers from the US Geological Survey, working with state biological agencies, have released new long-term monitoring data showing a major ecological recovery. After the…
US resumes diversity visa lottery after months-long pause. In a major relief for thousands of immigrants hoping to move to the US through the Diversity Visa programme, the State Department has resumed issuing Diversity Immigrant Visas after a court order ended a months-long pause. The State Department confirmed that it resumed Diversity Visa issuance on…
Former NASA astronaut Vance Brand spent decades exploring space and commanding shuttle missions, but a 40-acre piece of land along the eastern boundary of Rocky Mountain National Park remains one of his most lasting contributions on Earth. The story began in 1967, when Brand bought 160 acres of land next to the national park for…
Nestled in the Wet Mountains of Colorado, at an elevation of 9000, is the world’s largest one-man project, The Bishop Castle. From 1969 to 2019, the monument was constructed by one man, all by himself, James Roland Bishop, also known as Jim Bishop, the Castle Builder, according to the website. Laying the foundation Jim Bishop…