More than 25 years later, Trump revives Clinton-era flight switch tactic When then-US President Bill Clinton arrived in Islamabad, Pakistan, in March 2000, a decoy aircraft bearing Air Force One markings landed in view of the media, followed by a Secret Service agent resembling Clinton. An unmarked aircraft then landed, carrying the president, who disembarked…
William (Bill) H. Gates, founder, technology advisor of Microsoft Corporation. Image Credit: Ken Shipp/ Wikimedia commons Bill Gates, the co-founder of Microsoft, has shifted from a global technology leader into the most significant private owner of farmland in the United States. His portfolio now spreads to approximately 242,000 acres of agricultural land, which represents a…
Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge Just 10 miles northeast of Denver, Colorado, the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge is now a vast urban wildlife sanctuary where bison graze, bald eagles fly over lakes and black-footed ferrets live in the grasslands. Covering about 15,000 acres, the refuge is home to more than 330 species…
Representative Image (AI-generated) In 2019, researchers identified Koskarlı Cave near Trabzon, in Türkiye’s eastern Black Sea region. According to a study published in the journal Antiquity, later excavations at the cave revealed a 12,900-year-old hunter-gatherer layer containing a hearth, stone tools and personal ornaments. The findings provide rare archaeological evidence of human activity in the…
New York and New Jersey have issued separate proclamations for August 15 ahead of India’s 80th Independence Day. (Photo: @IndiainNewYork) New York and New Jersey have issued separate proclamations for August 15 ahead of India’s 80th Independence Day, recognising Indian-American contributions and ties between India and the United States.The Consulate General of India in New…
‘Ramayana‘ director Nitesh Tiwari, actor Ranbir Kapoor and producer Namit Malhotra have addressed the criticism surrounding the film’s visual effects, and other computer generated work on the film. The trio, who were recently in the US, promoting their film, got candid about the extensive work that went into bringing the ambitious epic to life. Nitesh…
Lake Erie can look deceptively uniform from the surface. Beneath it, however, temperature, oxygen and nutrients divide the water into shifting layers, creating habitats that can change over surprisingly short distances. During the warmer months, parts of the lake’s deeper water can become depleted of dissolved oxygen, forming seasonal hypoxic zones that restrict where fish…
‘Haiwaan’ teaser out: Akshay Kumar’s dark avatar meets Saif Ali Khan’s blind character as Priyadarshan keeps thriller’s mystery under wraps The teaser of ‘Haiwaan’, starring Akshay Kumar and Saif Ali Khan, has finally been unveiled, offering a glimpse into a dark world filled with mystery, danger and unanswered questions. Directed by Priyadarshan, the thriller appears…
Amal Clooney and George Clooney recently made a rare appearance on Lake Como with their children for a fundraising event (Instagram) George Clooney and his wife, Amal Clooney, tend to keep away from the public eye for the most part. The duo is known to value their privacy and shield their twins, Ella and Alexander,…
Dhruv Jurel and Sarfaraz Khan. (AFP Photo) As Team India sweats it out ahead of the first Test against Sri Lanka at the Galle International Stadium from Saturday, the biggest contest may not be against the Islanders but within the dressing room itself. The arrival of chief selector Ajit Agarkar in Colombo on Tuesday underlines…