Photo credit: California Department of Fish and Wildlife On a late-August afternoon in the San Gabriel Mountains, a group of hikers near La Verne, California, heard an unsettling sound: what they described as “howling” coming from a large water tank along a trail. When they investigated, they discovered a mother black bear and her two…
A thick green carpet can make a pond or reservoir appear almost solid, but giant salvinia is a floating fern, spreading across the water rather than growing from the bottom. In Texas and Louisiana, the plant had become difficult to manage, forming dense mats that blocked sunlight, reduced oxygen and interfered with waterways. According to…
Ramabai ran 3km with the indomitable spirit of a mother competing for a cash prize PUNE: Ramabai Ranvir had no idea what running a race meant. All she had heard was there was Rs 3,000 to be won if she finished first.So, the 47-year-old widow hopped onto the pickup with a group of police aspirants…
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The Manatee County Commission approved the property as the county’s first locally designated historic landmark (Image Credit: Facebook/ @Manatee County, Florida Government) The walls of this Florida house have witnessed more than a century of history, including 41 years with the same couple who refused to let its past disappear. After moving into the 1908…
PM Modi on Tuesday lauded Indian economy’s resilience during a period of global crises NEW DELHI: Buoyed by the better-than-expected GDP growth, PM Modi on Tuesday lauded Indian economy’s resilience during a period of global crises. He again pushed for swadeshi goods and urged citizens to shun overseas weddings, foreign vacations and avoid unnecessary gold…
Modi said countries that use terrorism as an instrument of state policy must be sent a strong message Framing security as a non-negotiable prerequisite for regional progress, PM Narendra Modi delivered a thinly veiled warning to Pakistan over state-sponsored terrorism at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit. With Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif in attendance, Modi…
Instead of granting the discharge, IAF initiated a court of inquiry NEW DELHI: The principal bench of Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT) has converted the order of dismissal of a non-commissioned IAF officer, who confessed to being gay, into a routine discharge.The bench, headed by Justice Rajendra Menon and Justice Rasika Chaube, ruled that substituting dismissal…
NEW DELHI: Citing huge variations in the pre- and post-SIR voter lists, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi said the draft in Maharashtra and the revised Bengal lists prove his allegation that elections in those states were stolen by BJP.Dubbing Election Commission “vote chori commission”, Rahul said EC and BJP keep changing their tactics but their sole…
SCO member-states, including India, reiterated the bloc’s condemnation of military strikes on Iranian territory Expressing deep concern over developments in “the Middle East and around Iran”, SCO member-states, including India, reiterated the bloc’s condemnation of military strikes on Iranian territory that resulted in numerous civilian casualties and significant damage to Iran’s economy, said the Bishkek…