Russian oligarch’s wedding gift for Trump Jr puts family dealings under scrutiny A Russian oligarch’s role in Donald Trump Jr’s wedding celebrations has now sparked a call for a Senate investigation from the GOP. Republican senator John Curtis of Utah has asked the Judiciary Committee to examine whether US president Donald Trump’s son benefited financially…
In 1859, a single pig turned a quiet island dispute into a tense confrontation between two powerful nations. What began as a farmer’s frustration over a wandering animal on San Juan Island quickly escalated into a military standoff involving British warships, American soldiers and competing territorial claims. The disagreement was rooted in a much older…
A remarkable discovery in Alberta’s Dinosaur Provincial Park has unearthed a near-complete juvenile hadrosaur, complete with mummified skin. This rare find, believed to be 75 million years old, offers unprecedented insights into dinosaur growth. Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons It is said that the Alberta Badlands can be considered an extremely dusty and silent place wherein…
Long before Clyde Tombaugh was searching the skies from an observatory in Arizona, he was a farm boy trying to make sense of the night above his family’s home. The first telescope he owned was bought from Sears, but it soon failed to satisfy him. By 1925, he was building his own instruments, with help…
They are the size of a football with bright orange bills, long legs, yellow-beady eyes and can fly up to 2,000 miles. While they populate American beaches today, once there was a time when American oystercatchers had been wiped out from New England.By the turn of the 20th century, these birds had gone extinct in…
A lake often appears permanent, as though it has always occupied the same stretch of landscape. Yet some lakes are surprisingly young. A river changes course, a mountainside collapses, lava blocks a valley, or a dam reshapes an entire region. When water arrives where woodland once stood, the trees do not always disappear immediately. In…
India’s electricity system faced a sharp rise in peak demand during the April-June period, with demand increasing around 12% from the same period last year and reaching a record 270.8 GW in May, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Monday.The pressure was particularly visible during non-solar hours in June, when peak electricity demand stood at…
During the Saturn return, typically happening between ages 27 to 30, individuals often feel compelled to initiate significant life transformations. This period might signify shifts in careers, the end of relationships, or even moves to new locations, all mirroring personal development. It prompts profound self-reflection and tests the durability of one’s existing routines and structures….
Alia explained why she chose emails instead of a traditional memory book. For many parents, a child’s early years pass in a blur of photographs, videos and small moments that are easy to forget. Alia Bhatt has found her own way of keeping those memories together. The actor has been sending emails to her daughter…
Wondering how vultures can eat a carcass and not get sick? Well vultures may have one of the toughest diets in the animal kingdom but their bodies are built to cope. These birds can feed off carcasses that would make most animals dangerously sick, because their digestive systems are specially adapted to destroy harmful bacteria,…
File Pic: Mona Agarwal (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: Indian para-shooter Mona Agarwal secured a quota place for the 2028 Paralympic Games in Los Angeles after winning silver in the women’s 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1 event at the WSPS World Championships in Changwon, South Korea, on Thursday.The 38-year-old finished with a score of 250.0, just…
I first saw the Royal Enfield Flying Flea C6 towards the latter half of 2024, and I’ll be honest: I was curious, but also slightly skeptical. A Royal Enfield without the thump? That felt odd. Fast forward to now, and I finally got some proper seat time on it. We recently got the opportunity to…
