PM Modi Facebook post row NEW DELHI: The Centre has summoned Meta’s global team to India on August 5 and 6, IT secretary S Krishnan said on Tuesday.The move comes days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Facebook post addressing students’ concerns over paper leaks was removed briefly.The government had earlier summoned Meta India officials and…
Representative Image of a high-altitude balloon designed for a climate-cooling experiment (AI-generated image) In 2011, a team of British researchers prepared to carry out what would have been one of the first outdoor tests of solar geoengineering equipment anywhere in the world, a plan to send a helium balloon roughly 1 kilometre into the sky…
Police detained Udhayanidhi from his Chennai residence on Tuesday morning before taking him to Thanjavur NEW DELHI: Former Tamil Nadu deputy chief minister and leader of the opposition Udhayanidhi Stalin has been booked under multiple provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), the Information Technology Act and the Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Harassment of Women…
A truck carrying 269 bundles of rebar reached California’s Calexico Port of Entry with what looked like a routine commercial load. But when federal officers inspected the trailer, X-rays revealed a much bigger problem: more than 1,000 pounds of cocaine hidden beneath the floorboards of the attached flatbed, as per a press release shared by…
Bangstad has said he intends to challenge the revocation through the available legal process. (Photo: Bangstad and Trump) Kirk Bangstad, the owner of Wisconsin-based Minocqua Brewing Company, has said he will ‘fight tooth and nail’ after the state moved to revoke his brewery’s licence to operate, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported. Bangstad, who promised free beer…
A commercial airline pilot in the UK reported seeing a mysterious disc-shaped object pass alarmingly close to a passenger aircraft while approaching London Gatwick Airport, triggering an official aviation safety investigation. The incident took place on 29 April 2026 but only came to wider public attention after the UK Airprox Board published its report. According…
A river otter dragged a toddler into the water and bit his mother at Bremerton Marina in 2024. The family has now reached a $350,000 settlement with the Port of Bremerton. (representative image) A Washington family has reached a $350,000 settlement after a rare river otter attack at Bremerton Marina left a toddler injured and…
The US plans to auction up to 33 million acres of deep ocean around American Samoa for mineral exploration despite major environmental data gaps The United States has moved a step closer to deep-sea mining after the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) proposed auctioning two massive seabed lease areas near American Samoa for mineral…
Colombia intercepted a boat near the Malpelo sanctuary carrying 1,764 pounds of marine animals; officials are investigating illegal fishing Colombian authorities have intercepted a fishing vessel carrying approximately 1,764 pounds of suspected illegally caught marine animals believed to have been taken from the protected Malpelo Fauna and Flora Sanctuary, bringing renewed attention to illegal fishing…
Man reunited with lost wedding ring after 10 years as 9-year-old niece makes incredible discovery in Minnesota lake A Minnesota man has been reunited with his wedding ring nearly a decade after losing it at the bottom of a lake, thanks to an unexpected discovery by his 9-year-old niece during a family vacation.According to the…