One year after Louisiana restored 1,170 acres of wetlands, shrimp, crabs and red drum are returning to the habitat. Louisiana’s coastline is showing early signs of recovery after a major wetland restoration project created 1,170 acres of new marsh habitat in the Barataria Basin. Just one year after construction, species including white and brown shrimp,…
NEW DELHI: Revenue earned from foreign patients and affluent Indians should help fund treatment for poorer patients, a Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health and Family Welfare has recommended, proposing that corporate hospitals adopt a cross-subsidisation model to make advanced healthcare more affordable.The panel said hospitals that benefit from government concessions such as subsidised land, tax…
Virginia’s Ragged Island restoration is creating new marsh and oyster habitat while reducing sediment entering Chesapeake Bay. Virginia has completed a major shoreline restoration project on Ragged Island, helping rebuild wetlands and oyster habitat while reducing the amount of sediment and nutrients entering the Chesapeake Bay.The project, funded with $8 million from NOAA Fisheries’ Office…
FSSAI warns influencers of legal action over unverified food claims NEW DELHI: From “boosts immunity” to “rich in nutrients”, food claims endorsed by celebrities and social media influencers are now under the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India’s (FSSAI) scanner. In a significant move aimed at curbing misleading promotions, the regulator has warned influencers…
US President Donald Trump waves as he switches planes at US Air Force Base in England, on his way back to Washington from the Nato summit in Turkey US President Donald Trump was secretly moved to a smaller military aircraft after a credible and imminent threat that a shoulder-fired missile could target his plane during…
The comments come as the EU intensifies pressure on Russia’s so-called shadow fleet MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin warned on Wednesday that Moscow would respond “in kind” if European nations confiscate Russian merchant ships, amidst escalating pressure from the European Union targeting the nation’s so-called shadow fleet.According to a report by Russia’s state-run TASS news…
In this image taken from a video people are rescued from an overloaded ferry that capsized on Zimbabwe’s Lake Kariba on Tuesday Search and rescue operations continued Wednesday after a govt passenger ferry capsized on Zimbabwe’s Lake Kariba, claiming at least 44 lives, authorities said. A witness said that after the ferry sank in rough…
The senators said delays could prevent students and exchange visitors from reaching the US in time for the beginning of the academic year With the US fall academic season weeks away, a shortage of timely student-visa appointments has emerged as a growing concern for international students, including Indians, with 30 US senators now pressing the…
The decision to refer the bill to JPC was made by a voice vote. NEW DELHI: The Joint Action Forum on Minorities that had led a delegation of representatives of Churches to meet Home Minister Amit Shah last week described the decision of the govt to refer the FCRA Amendment Bill 2026 to a Joint…
Zhu is credited with supplying the tenacity to push through changes such as China’s WTO membership, which helped transform China into the world’s biggest exporter BEIJING: Former Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji, the impatient, sharp-tongued reformer who helped ignite China’s explosive economic boom by forcing wrenching change on state industry in the 1990s and leading the…