PC: Richart Sowa / Facebook British artist Richart Sowa spent years collecting plastic bottles for a project most people would never attempt: building an entire island to live on. The result, called Joyxee Island, floated roughly 30 yards off the coast of Isla Mujeres, a small island off Mexico’s Caribbean coast, with its base built…
Shubman Gill, left, and Prasidh Krishna on day three of the second Test cricket match between India and Sri Lanka, in Colombo, Sri Lanka. (PTI Photo) MUMBAI: Another impressive outing by Prasidh Krishna, who returned figures of 3-47 in 14 overs on a day when Sri Lanka’s batters showed plenty of resolve before rain halted…
School holidays today, August 26, 2026: State-wise status across India Schools in several parts of India are closed today, Wednesday, August 26, 2026, for Eid-e-Milad, also known as Milad-un-Nabi. However, the holiday is not a blanket school closure across the country. School schedules are determined by state holiday calendars, education departments, district orders and individual…
Aerial view of the orange peel-treated area (right) and untreated pasture (left), surveyed by Princeton researchers. In the late 1990s, an unusual conservation experiment began in Costa Rica when ecologists proposed using orange peels and pulp to help restore a badly degraded piece of land inside a national park.For this, orange juice company Del Oro…
PSEB Senior Secondary July 2026 supplementary result declared; check scores online PSEB Senior Secondary supplementary result 2026: The Punjab School Education Board (PSEB) has declared the Senior Secondary July 2026 supplementary examination result for candidates who appeared under the Additional Subject, Compartment and Performance Improvement categories. The result was announced on August 25, 2026, according…
Indian stock markets will remain in focus on Wednesday as investors assess whether falling crude oil prices can provide further support to equities after benchmark indices closed higher in the previous session. The Nifty 50 ended Tuesday at 24,334.55, gaining 115.50 points, or 0.48%, while the BSE Sensex rose 286.98 points, or 0.37%, to 77,656.09….
With support from the Trust for Public Land, the Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department plans to secure the timber rights covering 949 acres of the Snake Mountain Wildlife Management Area (WMA). A conservation story that began nearly seven decades ago is entering a new chapter in Vermont. What was once a complicated split between land…
India’s Dilpreet Singh in action during the World Cup Field Hockey pool D match between India and Pakistan in Amstelveen, Netherlands. BENGALURU: If the eighth place in the FIH Pro League sounded the warning bells, the Indian men’s hockey team has done little to show they heard it.On Friday, India will play Belgium in the…
A 7,000-acre cattle ranch in Kansas has found an unusual way to generate a steady income alongside traditional ranching. Pete Ferrell, a fourth-generation rancher, hosts 50 industrial wind turbines on his property as part of the 100-turbine Elk River Wind Project, a 150-megawatt facility that began operating in 2005. The turbines do not replace the…
The Maharashtra Public Service Commission (MPSC) on late Tuesday evening announced the cancellation of the recruitment process for the post of Drug Inspector (Group‑B) under the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) department. The Maharashtra Public Service Commission (MPSC) has cancelled the recruitment process for Drug Inspector, Group-B posts in the Food and Drug Administration Department…
