SOP released to conserve sea turtles across 36 islands of Lakshadweep NEW DELHI: The Union environment ministry on Saturday released a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP), providing a unified and scientifically robust framework for the conservation, monitoring and management of sea turtles across Lakshadweep.All four major species of sea turtles – Green turtles, Hawksbills, Leatherbacks and…
Bollywood actor Shilpa Shirodkar recently looked back on a frightening incident from the early 1990s when she nearly drowned while shooting the song ‘Sanam Mere Sanam’ with Govinda for the film ‘Hum’. She revealed that film sets at the time lacked even basic safety measures, with no life jackets or rescue arrangements in place.During the…
For centuries, the arrival of thousands of cliff swallows transformed the skies above a small California town into one of America’s most celebrated wildlife spectacles. Every spring, the agile birds returned almost like clockwork after migrating from South America, filling the air with their distinctive chatter as they rebuilt their mud nests around the historic…
Losing his 33-year-old daughter Allison to brain cancer changed Wayne Dunn’s life in ways he never imagined. What began as a family’s heartbreaking loss gradually became a mission to help others facing the same disease. The London, Ontario, philanthropist launched the Dunn with Cancer Run in Allison’s memory, transforming personal grief into a fundraising campaign…
Lionel Messi and Novak Djokovic (AP Photos) Novak Djokovic produced one of the greatest escapes of his Wimbledon career before delivering a light-hearted quip about Lionel Messi, joking that he would happily swap more than five hours on a tennis court for the Argentine captain’s 90-minute football matches.The 39-year-old Serbian outlasted Felix Auger-Aliassime in a…
The FIFA World Cup 2026 is currently going on and the fan craze around football’s biggest tournament is insane. From travelling across the globe to giving up their life savings, people have pulled up all kinds of tricks to be able to attend the matches in person and check off a bucket list event from…
NTA releases Joint CSIR-UGC NET June 2026 exam city intimation slip ahead of CBT examination schedule CSIR-UGC NET 2026: The National Testing Agency (NTA) has released the advance examination city intimation slip for candidates appearing in the Joint CSIR-UGC NET June 2026 examination. The city intimation slip is available on the official CSIR-UGC NET website…
Bot calls, AI chat generated Rs 5520 cr loans in FY26: Sanjiv Bajaj MUMBAI: An avalanche of automated calls, often dismissed as an irritant, is being recast as a powerful lending engine at Bajaj Finance. In his letter to shareholders, Sanjiv Bajaj, chairman and managing director of Bajaj Finserv, has laid out how conversational data…
Ecologists concerned about the Great Nicobar Project India’s proposed Great Nicobar Project, one of the country’s largest infrastructure initiatives, has triggered an intense debate over development and environmental protection.The project aims to transform Great Nicobar Island, a largely forested island in the Andaman and Nicobar archipelago, through the construction of a transhipment port, an international…
Boney Kapoor‘s daughter and Arjun Kapoor‘s Anshula Kapoor tied the knot with Rohan Thakkar on July 6. Rohan and Anshula were dating each other for a film before he proposed to her and they decided to tie the knot. The wedding took place at Taj Lands End in the presence of close friends and family….
