A dragonfly skimming across a pond may appear to be little more than a fleeting movement in the landscape. Delhi’s seven biodiversity parks host a surprisingly varied cast of dragonflies and damselflies, with 11,154 insects recorded in a recent survey. They are predators of mosquitoes and other insects and can contribute to natural biological controlBy…
Ahmedabad: Cybercrooks sent a WhatsApp wedding invitation from a number familiar to a 71-year-old retired businessman, prompting him to download a malicious APK file and leaving him poorer by Rs 6.4 lakh. According to a complaint filed on Tuesday with Cybercrime police, the senior citizen, a resident of Meghaninagar, received the digital wedding card on…
A water pipeline laid to improve water supply in Baner, Pashan and Sus burst near Pancard subway recently Pune: A pipeline fault, the second incident under PMC limits in a week, at Warje Water Treatment Plant on late Tuesday night led to disruptions in water supply to Bhusari Colony, areas along the Paud Road, and…
Panaji: Responding to criticism over land-use conversions, TCP minister Vishwajit Rane said roughly 14 lakh sqm or less than 1% of land under Goa’s Regional Plan 2021 has been converted under Section 39A over the last four-and-a-half years, while about 20 crore sqm have instead been designated No Development Area (NDA).He suggested that objections raised…
The selloff was not limited to large-cap stocks. The Nifty Midcap 100 and Nifty Smallcap 100 indices each fell. Stock market crash today: Nifty50 and BSE Sensex, the Indian equity benchmark indices, tanked in trade on Thursday on weak global cues and a sharp rise in US yields.The stock market came under heavy selling pressure,…
Mairaj Ahmad Khan (Image credit: Agencies) NEW DELHI: Indian skeet shooter Mairaj Ahmad Khan believes India’s historic run of three medals in skeet at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games has created a strong platform for the Los Angeles Olympics. Mairaj, who was part of the men’s skeet team that won bronze, felt India could have done…
CMC Rocks QLD 20th anniversary lineup: From Eric Church to Brooks & Dunn and more The next CMC Rocks QLD festival is just a few months away, and fans who have been waiting for the lineup do not have to wait any longer! The festival organisers recently confirmed that some major music industry artists will…
The new setup can pump groundwater seven days a week, without relying on electricity from the grid or a generator. That has allowed the cleanup operation to run more consistently while increasing the volume of water that can be removed from the affected area. A small shift in how groundwater is collected is making a…
For years, sand dredged from the Mississippi River was removed to keep one of America’s most important waterways navigable. At one restoration site, engineers found another use for that material, building islands. The US Army Corps of Engineers has completed a $25 million habitat restoration project at McGregor Lake in Wisconsin, where about 500,000 cubic…
Charles Spencer has hit back at Buckingham Palace after the Palace issued a rare response to a claim in his new memoir about the days following Princess Diana’s death. And Spencer didn’t hold back. In an interview with ABC News’ Maggie Rulli, Diana’s younger brother said he was “really upset” by the Palace’s response and…
