One year after beavers were released into the wild at Studland in Dorset, their activity has dramatically reshaped part of the local landscape A pair of wild beavers released in Dorset have transformed a dense woodland into a bright, wetland habitat within just 12 months of arriving in their new home. Data shared by the…
Meta ordered to pay $567 million in New Mexico over teen safety, social media harms A New Mexico court has ordered Meta to pay $567 million and make sweeping changes to how Facebook and Instagram operate for teenagers, after ruling that the platforms contributed to harms affecting children and young people in the state. The…
An Idaho family that has farmed 1,000 acres near the Snake River for three generations has sued the state after an emergency water order forced them to shut off their irrigation pumps. The order dried their fields and destroyed their crops. Jerry Bingham and his family have grown wheat, alfalfa, and potatoes near Blackfoot since…
To begin with, bullet trains will be capable of operating at speeds exceeding 250 kmph and will have a design speed of 280 kmph. India’s first bullet train project is likely to see the launch of its first high-speed train in 2027. India and Japan have jointly decided to operate indigenous bullet trains equipped with…
“The image matches classical descriptions of Gayatri in the Silpasastras,” said archaeologist Ramesh Yadav BHOPAL: Wrong goddess. Wrong identity. Wrong for over 900 years. But a missing veena and a digital deep dive supplied the mantra as a silent stone goddess spoke her true name.A striking 12th-century sculpture from Dhar in southwestern Madhya Pradesh, long…
FM Sitharaman at Global Fintech Fest 2026 in Mumbai MUMBAI: Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman called upon tech companies to promote a federated industry platform to give India’s technology sector a stronger collective voice in global markets and regulatory discussions.“There may be merit in considering a federated industry platform that brings together the broader Indian technology…
The Directorate of Higher Secondary Education (DHSE), Kerala, is likely to announce the Plus Two SAY Result 2026 shortly. Students who appeared for the supplementary examination will be able to download their provisional scorecards from the official websites using their roll number and date of birth. Kerala Plus Two SAY results 2026: The Directorate of…
Mumbai batter Sarfaraz Khan finally got the news he had been waiting for. After being called up to India’s Test squad for the Sri Lanka series, Sarfaraz shared his first post on social media. The 28-year-old posted a couple of pictures in the Team India travelling jersey. In one of the pictures, his father was…
The latest wholesale inflation figures, coming a day after softer consumer inflation data, have reduced expectations of an imminent rate hike. US stock market today: Wall Street benchmarks moved closer to record territory on Thursday after fresh data suggested inflationary pressures continued to ease. Markets also found support from another decline in oil prices, extending…
NEW DELHI: Drawing a distinction between using abuse language and the offence of obscenity, Supreme Court has said that use of mere swear words, profanities and vulgar expletives, however distasteful or uncivil they may be, cannot be equated with obscenity and is not an offence. It set aside conviction under Section 294 for a person…
