Akriti Chaudhary, a 24-year-old Delhi University history graduate and student activist, was arrested in connection with cases arising from a workers’ protest in Noida in April 2026 NEW DELHI: The Allahabad High Court has ordered recovery of Rs 5 lakh from the salaries of the Gautam Buddha Nagar district magistrate and other officials after quashing…
Across Uruguay, large areas of traditional grassland have been converted into managed forests, particularly plantations of fast-growing trees such as eucalyptus and pine. The change can bring economic benefits through timber production, but it also alters how water moves through the landscape. A 20-year paired-watershed study in northern Uruguay provides one of the clearest long-term…
Punjab Congress workers protest against the Haldwani “purification” ritual, demanding action against its organisers Punjab Congress staged a protest on Monday against the BJP and RSS over a “purification” ritual allegedly conducted at Uttarakhand’s Haldwani Ramlila Ground after a Congress rally attended by party president Mallikarjun Kharge. The protesters also demanded that the FIR registered…
Mooney M20F small plane crashes in Titusville/Image: FOX35 A pilot was killed after a small aircraft crashed near Space Coast Regional Airport in Titusville, Florida, on Monday morning, Florida Today reported.The plane was identified by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) as a Mooney M20F, a four-seat propeller aircraft. The agency is investigating the crash.The…
Actor Rajesh Sharma has clarified the circumstances surrounding his hospitalisation earlier this year, dismissing reports that he fell seriously ill after an insect bite on the sets of Prabhas’ film in Hyderabad. The actor revealed that he had been dealing with a skin condition on his right leg for a long time, which eventually worsened…
Allahabad HC has sought police reports after conflicting accounts emerged over the accused’s arrest in Jaipur and subsequent encounter in Firozabad The Allahabad high court has sought reports from senior officers of the Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan Police after conflicting accounts emerged over the arrest of a theft accused from Jaipur and his subsequent involvement…
A sheep wool-covered snow protection test site is pictured during a press conference presenting the results of the “Keep It Wool” glacier protection experiment in Les Diablerets, Switzerland A natural wool covering placed over 200 square metres of high-altitude Alpine ice has proved as effective at slowing summer melting as conventional synthetic tarpaulins, offering a…
Nora Fatehi has landed in a legal dispute with an aviation company over her comments about a chartered aircraft. Dunes Aviation has filed a Rs 3 crore civil defamation suit against the Bollywood actor, accusing her of making “derogatory and reckless” remarks about one of its planes on social media. The matter will come up…
For generations, the Ward family knew a stretch of the Texas coast as “Down Below,” a working ranch where cattle grazing, hunting and family traditions unfolded across prairie, wetlands and marshes. Now, 2,500 acres of that land have entered a very different chapter. The property has been permanently protected and added to the Justin Hurst…
Lucknow tops Swachh Vayu Survekshan 2026; Indore, Jabalpur follow NEW DELHI: Lucknow is ranked at the top followed by Indore and Jabalpur as second and third, respectively, in the list of million-plus population cities in the ‘Swachh Vayu Survekshan’ (clean air survey) 2026 for implementing air pollution mitigation measures under the National Clean Air Programme…