The umarells: Retired elderly men in Italy quietly supervise construction sites and give orders without being asked | World News

In cities across Italy, a peculiar yet amusing sight has become part of everyday urban life: elderly men standing near construction sites, hands clasped behind their backs, quietly observing the work. Known as “umarells,” these retired individuals often spend hours watching labourers, occasionally offering advice or pointing out what they believe could be done better….

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EasyJet flight halted before takeoff as weight limits trigger last-minute chaos

EasyJet flight halted before takeoff as weight limits trigger last-minute chaos Safety concern halts flight from Southend to Malaga An EasyJet flight from London Southend Airport to Malaga delayed its departure on Saturday morning after crew determined that the aircraft exceeded safe operating weight under prevailing conditions. Because of this, safety margins dipped below acceptable…

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‘Had to record the last sound’: Musician who played in Tehran ruins to global audience | India News

The ruins of Honiak Music Academy after the strike. NEW DELHI: In the shattered remains of his 15-year-old music school, Iranian musician Hamidreza Afarideh sat on a debris-laden floor, drew his bow and played with a kamancheh, what he called “the last sound” of a life’s work reduced to dust.Weeks after a strike destroyed Honiak…

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‘1-room colleges’: Whistleblower tells YouTuber how Indians abuse visa system in Canada

YouTuber Gavin Barry claimed he interviewed a former visa officer in Punjab whose role was to forge documents for Canada visa. YouTuber Gavin Barry interviewed a Punjabi visa officer whom he introduced as a whistleblower in his latest video on ‘Inside the country destroyed by mass immigration’. The whistleblower, whose face was blurred throughout the…

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Isro, ATREE partner to map grasslands, improve land use planning | India News

BENGALURU: Isro’s Space Applications Centre (SAC) has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE) to combine satellite data with ecological field research.“The collaboration will focus on mapping India’s grasslands and other open natural ecosystems, which have often remained under-represented in policy and planning. It will…

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‘Wrong place at the wrong time’: Indian man in US reveals what cops told his father after YouTuber Vitaly called him a pedophile

Akash Singhania released the phone conversation between the cop and his father after he was cleared of the false accusations made by Vitaly on livestream. Indian man Akash Singhania has now revealed the telephone conversation between a police officer and his father after Singhania was accused by Russian YouTuber Vitaly as being a pedophile on…

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The South after delimitation: What the maths shows from Tamil Nadu to Andhra | India News

Union home minister Amit Shah NEW DELHI: The hum of anticipation and unease around the mammoth exercise of delimitation set the tone in the Lok Sabha during Parliament’s special session, as the debate over India’s representational future took centre stage. Leading the charge, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Union home minister brought the issue…

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Colorado River mystery solved: Why billions of litres of water are vanishing before reaching reservoirs | World News

The mystery of the Colorado River’s missing water has finally been solved by scientists from the University of Washington, revealing a critical shift in the American West’s hydrological cycle. For the past several decades, hydrologic managers have used winter snowpack measurements to predict how much water will be available in reservoirs during the summer months,…

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‘Political demonetisation’: Tharoor slams Centre for linking women’s reservation with delimitation | India News

NEW DELHI: Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Thursday criticised the government for linking women’s reservation with delimitation, saying the law should be implemented immediately instead of being tied to the delimitation process. He also called for a detailed and wider discussion rather than rushing it through in a short time.Speaking to reporters outside the Parliament…

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