Study of fossil sites in TN may fill under-explored gap in India’s prehistoric record NEW DELHI: A chance discovery of fossil sites exposed by torrential rains in 2023 in Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu has unveiled India’s past fossil record dating back to the Holocene period (8,000–12,000 years). The findings have potential to fill a relatively under-explored…
A service station owner in Sydney has been left angry after a truck driver allegedly filled up multiple tanks and drove off without paying, stealing almost $3,000 worth of fuel in one incident.The theft took place at a petrol station in Cranebrook, near Penrith, where owner Anthony Pincevic says the driver spent around 10 minutes…
Raghav Chadha (File photo) NEW DELHI: In 2022, when Raghav Chadha entered the Rajya Sabha as a newly elected AAP MP from Punjab, he raised concerns about how India’s anti-defection law was functioning in practice and had its an infirmities.Introducing a Private Member Bill, he argued that the law had failed to curb political switching…
The poll found that only around one in five specialist mental health nurses consider their workload manageable Mental health patients in the UK are “routinely coming to harm” due to rising caseloads, chronic understaffing and excessive administrative burden, according to a survey by the Royal College of Nursing (RCN).The poll found that only around one…
VHP flags minority ‘atrocities’ to UNGA chief ahead of India visit NEW DELHI: A day ahead of UN General Assembly president Annalena Baerbock’s visit to India, the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) has written to her flagging what it termed “persistent atrocities” against religious minorities in Pakistan and Bangladesh, seeking urgent intervention from the United Nations.In…
At present, the Indian heatwave continues in a persistent and strong manner, with multiple cities experiencing extremely hot weather all at once. Around ten cities have attained a temperature of 46 degrees Celsius and fall among the hottest in the world right now. The heat wave seems localised to the state of Uttar Pradesh and…
LUCKNOW: Even as the state level coordinator (SLC) of oil marketing companies (OMCs) continues to maintain that the supply of petroleum products in Uttar Pradesh is “completely normal and under control”, a comparison of two official statements issued on April 6 and April 27, points to emerging pressure in the system—particularly in LPG logistics—alongside a…
Iran attacked a chemical tanker with 12 Indian crew members near Oman; all crew are safe. AAP has accused Raghav Chadha of conspiring with the BJP to build a “neutral” image before defecting; Chadha has lost nearly 2 million Instagram followers since his exit. Eight live bombs were found near a primary school in West…
A viral idea to rename a major US immigration agency has suddenly gained attention after Donald Trump threw his support behind it.In a post on Truth Social, Trump endorsed a proposal to rebrand US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, commonly known as ICE, as “National Immigration and Customs Enforcement” or NICE. Sharing a screenshot of a…
Coober Pedy is one of Australia’s strangest and most famous outback towns, a place where much of daily life happens below the surface because the desert heat above ground can be punishing. Located in South Australia, about 950 km north-west of Adelaide, it grew out of opal mining after a discovery in 1915 sparked a…