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Researchers clipped a few wing and tail feathers of wild Alaskan kittiwakes (AI enhanced image. Credit: Nature Counts) Researchers who clipped a few wing and tail feathers of wild black-legged kittiwakes in Alaska to make flying harder, have found that the effects lasted well beyond a single breeding season. The birds struggled to raise chicks…

Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay handed over appointment orders to family members of the Karur stampede victims on July 10 MADURAI: Madras high court on Monday struck down a GO issued by the Tamil Nadu govt granting govt jobs to the family members of the Karur stampede victims.A division bench of Justice C…

How Fossilised wood shows the history of Europe Imagine you are holding a piece of fossilized wood. It might, at first sight, seem to be nothing more than a well-preserved relic of some ancient forest. But within its crystalline framework is a geological diary, quietly recording the rise and fall of continents, extreme underground temperatures…

As Tokyo strengthens its defences and Beijing expands its military might, mutual suspicion—not trust—has become the defining feature of Japan-China relations. For eight decades Japan’s security posture was defined by three near-sacred rules: no meaningful use of military power, no arms exports, and minimal spending on defence.The constraints were not just policy. They were the…

Kansas City Chiefs star Patrick Mahomes and Brittany Mahomes partnered with Boys & Girls Clubs of America to invest $1.625 million in scholarships, facility upgrades and youth programs.(Image via Brittany Mahomes/Instagram) Patrick Mahomes has built a legacy on the football field, but one of his biggest wins came away from it. In Oct. 2023, the…

Representative image of Asian tiger mosquito When conservationists cleared tens of thousands of invasive rats from Palmyra Atoll, they expected native birds, crabs and plants to recover. What they did not expect was that one of the island’s disease-linked mosquitoes would disappear as well.That unexpected outcome has turned a small Pacific atoll into a big…

An IAF Jaguar fighter dropping bombs during a live fire exercise. (Image credit: IAF) As the conflict in West Asia nears the five-month mark, US President Donald Trump has once again threatened to target the now-famous Pickaxe Mountain, a location at the heart of the current conflict.It is deep within the man-made tunnels of this…

E20 fuel (AI-generated image) NEW DELHI: Delhi-based transport bodies are likely to hold a protest march to Parliament, demanding the withdrawal of ethanol-blended petrol.The planned protest would be led by the Delhi Taxi and Tourist Transporters and Tour Operators Association along with other groups.“We are planning to hold a protest march to Parliament on August…

Rupee has spent months reacting to every twist in the Middle East conflict and every jump in global crude oil prices. But analysts now believe that the currency could be entering a more stable phase, with no sharp depreciation expected ahead of the Reserve Bank of India‘s (RBI) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting in August….

A United States Air Force C-130 drops the Rapid Dragon palletised cruise missile container. (Image credit: USAF) Weapons of war are becoming smarter, more autonomous and increasingly lethal. In a high-intensity conflict, one of the first objectives is often to degrade the adversary’s ability to retaliate by targeting airbases, missile launchers, radar stations, air-defence systems…