Headlines

Flyer’s pistol ‘accidentally’ goes off at Varanasi airport; Netanyahu’s litmus test in Israel election & more

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seeks another term; Flyer’s pistol ‘accidentally’ goes off at Varanasi airport Two airport cargo screening employees were injured after a passenger’s licensed pistol accidentally discharged during a mandatory weapons check at Varanasi airport. Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud is trailing former IDF chief Gadi Eisenkot’s Yashar party ahead of Israel’s October 27…

Read More

The Yashwant Varma saga explained

Yashwant Varma is likely to impeachment proceedings after a Parliamentary panel found all charges against him proved. NEW DELHI: It began with a fire.On the intervening night of March 14-15, 2025, firefighters responding to a blaze at the official residence of Delhi high court judge Yashwant Varma stumbled upon something far more consequential than the…

Read More

British student George Smyth, 18, found dead in Romania months after going missing during hike

A body believed to be that of 18-year-old British student George Smyth, who disappeared while hiking in Romania last year, has been found, UK police said, The Guardian reported.Smyth, a geology student at the University of Bristol, went missing in November after setting out from Poiana Brașov towards Bran.Avon and Somerset Police said on Saturday…

Read More

Rolex sues Canadian jewellery store Bijoux Medusa over customized watches, claims trademark infringement

Rolex sues Canadian jeweller Bijoux Medusa over customized watches/Image: Getty Images Rolex has sued a Canadian jewellery store and its owner over the sale and modification of watches bearing Rolex trademarks, alleging the customized products could be mistaken for watches made or authorised by the company.The lawsuit names Quebec based Bijoux Medusa and owner Julien…

Read More

China launches 24th batch of low-orbit internet satellites from Hainan site

The launch took place from the southern island province of Hainan. (Photo: Xinhua) China launched another batch of low-orbit internet satellites into space on Sunday, adding to its growing satellite network.The 24th group of the low-orbit internet satellites was carried aboard a Long March-12 rocket from a commercial spacecraft launch site in Hainan province.The rocket…

Read More

Virginia installed 46 water-control structures across 150 miles of old drainage ditches to re-wet a swamp; restored peat now traps 200,000 metric tons of carbon a year

The Fish and Wildlife Service restored peat wetlands at Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge North Carolina’s coastal peatlands are being restored to protect wetlands, reduce wildfire risks and keep carbon stored in the soil. The work is focused on bringing water back to areas that were once drained and altered for farming, timber harvesting…

Read More

Bangladesh PM’s proposed India visit conditional on Hasina extradition, officials say

Bangladesh has said PM’s proposed visit to India will depend on the extradition of Sheikh Hasina, urging New Delhi to expedite the process. Bangladesh has said Prime Minister Tarique Rahman’s proposed visit to India will depend on the extradition of former premier Sheikh Hasina.Bangladesh’s foreign ministry said on Sunday that Dhaka had urged New Delhi…

Read More

Hawaii’s 34,000 acres of managed eucalyptus plantations could become a local source of lumber for homes and infrastructure

Hawaii imports much of the lumber used to build its homes, schools and infrastructure, but a new University of Hawaii at Mānoa research project is asking whether some of that material could instead come from trees already growing on the islands. More than 34,000 acres of managed eucalyptus plantations exist across Hawaii, yet much of…

Read More

In 1905, a 13-year-old crawled through a tiny Tennessee cave passage and found a hidden underground lake

In 1905, a 13-year-old boy exploring Tennessee’s Craighead Caverns squeezed through a narrow, muddy passage and stumbled upon something far larger than he could have imagined: a vast chamber containing an underground lake. His name was Ben Sands, and his discovery would eventually become known as the Lost Sea, today recognised as the largest underground…

Read More