Meet the 400-year-old shark that might be older than America. Image credit – Wikimedia A shark that may be older than the United States generated massive interest in one of the most unique animals inhabiting our oceans. Shockingly, this theory has been backed by various experts who claim it may be accurate.As it turns out,…
Chandigarh’s attempts to convert leasehold properties to freehold Chandigarh: In a city where concrete ambitions often collide with a carefully preserved legacy, the Chandigarh administration has made its position unambiguous: No development will come at the cost of its architectural soul. As sweeping amendments to the Chandigarh Master Plan (CMP-2031) are pushed forward, officials have…
Kolkata: The engineers who drew up a river-training scheme for the lower Hooghly in 1981 — to keep the approach to Haldia port navigable for large cargo vessels — knew that part of their plan would intensify erosion along the shores of three islands downstream — two of them inhabited. So they included a protective…
At first glance, Mio looks like countless other small towns scattered across rural America. Fewer than 2,000 people live here and the surrounding landscape is dominated by forests and quiet roads. Yet this unassuming community in northern Michigan became the centre of one of the greatest conservation successes in modern history. Fifty years ago, the…
The incident exposed the continued operation of the facility despite the Kavlem panchayat ordering its closure for being illegal Ponda: Just hours after concerns over the safety of scrapyards were raised at the Kavlem gram sabha, a fire gutted an allegedly illegal scrap yard in Dhavali on Sunday evening, reigniting questions about the enforcement of…
Hyderabad: Former MP and daughter of BRS supremo K Chandrasekhar Rao, Kalvakuntla Kavitha, on Saturday announced the launch of her party — Telangana Rashtra Sena (TRS). By reclaiming the acronym once synonymous with her father’s Telangana Rashtra Samithi, Kavitha has signalled not just defiance but a direct challenge to KCR’s legacy, setting the stage for…
Mumbai: The Bombay high court on Friday dismissed petitions filed by Mumbai’s leading land owners, Godrej & Boyce Manufacturing Company Limited, which challenged two orders of state authority for land acquisition Mumbai in a tussle for commensurate compensation over a 10-acre plot of the company acquired for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project. The company said…
US President Donald Trump on Thursday doubled down on his claim that prescription drug prices had been cut by more than 100 per cent, a mathematically impossible assertion, while defending what he described as a “different way” of calculating reductions.Speaking at an event announcing a deal with drugmaker Regeneron, Trump said his administration had reduced…
The exhibition sought to reveal how the complexity of opposites ultimately resolves into Advaita (अद्वैत)—a state of oneness. The Lexicon Art presented Dvaita (द्वैत): Dualities, an exhibition that explored the philosophical concept of dualism through a dynamic curation of opposites, opening on April 18, 2026, at its Connaught Place gallery. Conceived and curated by Ankon…
Chennai: Safety of women and children remains the top priority for the state govt, and a comprehensive action plan is being implemented to ensure speedy justice in crimes against them, Tamil Nadu govt told Madras high court on Wednesday.The submissions were made by advocate-general Vijay Narayan before a vacation bench comprising Justice G R Swaminathan…
