Far out in the western Pacific, in a chain of islands that form part of United States territory, sits Pagan, one of the most active volcanoes in the entire Mariana Islands arc. The island was completely evacuated in 1981 after a major eruption forced its small community to flee, and it has remained largely uninhabited…
Kharge said ‘democracy is not safe’, to which Nadda replied ‘it’s a normal situation’ NEW DELHI: The Rajya Sabha on Wednesday witnessed a sharp exchange between Leader of Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge and Leader of the House J.P. Nadda over the police action against students during the July 20 ‘Sansad Chalo’ march, with the Congress alleging…
‘Year without summer’: In 1816, the US had a summer-less year when a volcano in Indonesia drove much of the world into a climate crisis. Try to picture it: waking up to snow in June, watching crops die when there should’ve been sunshine, and feeling like the sun itself had taken a day off.Sounds absolutely…
There are no limits to a human’s materialistic wants and emotional feelings. Attachment is the quickest development to happen and the slowest to recede. This is possibly why archaeologists in El Salvador found a 2,800-year-old burial of a person clutching a sea turtle vessel.The Mesoamerican burial found a face-down human skeleton that may be from…
PC: Kay Behrensmeyer, Smithsonian Long before stone tools or bones tell their part of the story, footprints can preserve something far more immediate. They capture movement rather than anatomy, recording where an individual walked, how they placed their feet, and sometimes who was travelling beside them. A newly described set of fossil footprints from northern…
Andrew McDonald (Photo by Quinn Rooney/Getty Images) NEW DELHI: Australia head coach Andrew McDonald has called on the International Cricket Council (ICC) to increase World Cup squad sizes from 15 to 17 players for the 2027 ODI World Cup. His comments come after the ICC introduced a new format that could see finalists play up…
With IT services stocks having borne the brunt of concerns surrounding artificial intelligence, Jefferies believes the cooling of the AI trade could open the door for a tactical rebound in the sector. Indian IT sector stocks after declining for the most part of this year have been rallying strongly over the last few sessions. They…
The July Buck Moon 2026, falling in the sign of Capricorn, will be visible on Thursday, July 29. This full moon has the power to bring forth a deep spiritual and emotional state. Traditionally, the Buck Moon is associated with natural power, renewal, strength and growth.In the field of numerology, the number 29 is associated…
Lucky bamboo shows up everywhere from office desks to housewarming gift baskets, prized for how little it seems to ask in return for its tidy, architectural good looks. But before getting into care, it’s worth clearing up what this plant actually is, because the popular understanding gets it wrong on nearly every count. Despite the…
The CBSE is likely to declare the Class 12 supplementary examination result 2026 in August, offering compartment candidates a chance to secure their higher secondary qualification. More than 1.63 lakh students appeared for the July 28 examination. Once announced, results will be available online through the official CBSE portals using candidates’ login credentials. (AI generated…
AI generated image used for representational purpose NEW DELHI: A district consumer commission in Chhattisgarh, in its July 8 order, directed Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) to revise a customer’s mobile bill and pay compensation after finding that he was wrongly charged for international roaming data while he was on a flight from Thailand to…
Millions of years before roads connected modern cities, dinosaurs were already following well-worn routes across ancient landscapes. A remarkable fossil site in central Bolivia has preserved this prehistoric movement in extraordinary detail. Scientists have documented more than 16,000 dinosaur footprints at the Carreras Pampa tracksite in Torotoro National Park, making it the world’s largest known…
