Smriti Irani, Piyush Goyal get key roles in BJP office bearer list NEW DELHI: The BJP on Monday announced its new team of national office-bearers, with party leader Smriti Irani and Piyush Goyal among those given key organisational responsibilities.Union minister Goyal has been appointed the BJP’s national treasurer, while Irani has been named national general…
For nearly two decades, there was no sign of beavers along Strawberry Creek in Great Basin National Park. Then, in 2024, park staff discovered evidence that one had returned, several quaking aspen trees had been freshly cut down beside a beaver dam analogue, a human-built structure designed to imitate the ecological effects of a natural…
With a heavy heart, the All Indian Cine Workers Association (AICWA) pays tribute to actress Ananya Raj.(Image Credit: Instagram) On Sunday, August 16, 2026, the entertainment industry was hit with the shocking news of actress Ananya Raj’s demise. The artist, who worked in both Bollywood and regional cinema, was known for her performances in ‘7…
Bedfordshire farm was saved through public donations after a successful £1.5m crowdfunding campaign An English farmer who stopped intensive wheat farming in 1988 has unintentionally helped create one of central England’s largest young woodland nature reserves, reports the Guardian. Strawberry Hill, a 377-acre site near Knotting in Bedfordshire, has now been permanently protected after the…
Mushers and sledge dogs prepare for the start of the Iditarod Trail Sledge Dog Race in Alaska, a demanding long-distance competition that would later be won by Libby Riddles in 1985. Image Credits: Wikimedia Commons. When Libby Riddles left the Midwest for Alaska as a teenager, she was not setting out to make history. She…
Tiritiri Matangi Lighthouse | Wikimedia Commons Ray Walter arrived on New Zealand’s Tiritiri Matangi Island as a lighthouse keeper in 1980, when the job was already approaching its end. The country was automating its lighthouses, and in 1984 Walter’s position disappeared when the Tiritiri Matangi light was automated. He did not leave the island. Instead,…
Small Indian Mongoose Oʻahu, Hawai. Image credits: Wikimedia Commons SSugarcane fields once dominated Puerto Rico’s economy and rats were a major pest in those fields, leading plantation owners to introduce the small Indian mongoose as a biological control measure. In the 1870s, plantation owners across the Caribbean imported the small Indian mongoose (Herpestes javanicus) from…
Connor Hill (Delta High School, State College, PA) By writing a custom computer algorithm that mapped every possible version of a rare class of geometric shapes, 17-year-old Connor Hill from Port Matilda, Pennsylvania, has won the top $250,000 prize at the 2026 Regeneron Science Talent Search.His computational proof classified a complex group of three-dimensional shapes…
Hawaii introduced mosquitofish to control mosquitoes Introduced to Hawaii in 1905 to control disease-carrying mosquitoes, the eastern mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) has caused major declines in native aquatic insects, including several threatened species of Hawaiian damselflies. Conservation reports from the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) show that the small, non-native fish has had a…
Akshay Kumar with his son Aarav. (Instagram/akshaykumar) For parents, it can be difficult to watch their children start small. We often want them to get the best job, earn a good salary and choose a career that looks successful from the beginning. But sometimes, children need the freedom to explore, make their own choices and…
