FIFA World Cup 2026 Round of 32 action continues on July 1, 2026 Three matches and three do-or-die moments. Wednesday, July 1, brings another full slate of Round of 32 action at the 2026 FIFA World Cup, and this particular trio of fixtures carries serious weight.England have Harry Kane, a man now holding the record…
Cyanobacteria, a blue-green algae is known to have played an ancient role in establishing Earth’s atmosphere. They love warm temperatures, lots of sunlight and slow-moving water. Florida’s year-round climate provides all of this and more. When rivers, lakes and estuaries are loaded with excess nitrogen and phosphorus, often due to agricultural runoff and improperly treated…
NCW chairperson Vijaya Rahatkar told TOI that the commission has written to Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis and governor Jishnu Dev Varma recommending that parole should not be granted to convicts in heinous sexual offences. PUNE: The National Commission for Women (NCW) has urged the state government to deny parole to convicts involved in heinous crimes…
Sutapa Choudhary, British deputy high commissioner for Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Kerala, and K N Radhakrishnan, director and CEO, TVS Motor Company, at the Norton Atlas rollout in Hosur Chennai: TVS Motor Company has shifted the production of Norton Motorcycles’ Atlas adventure motorcycles to India, with the first unit rolling off its Hosur production line,…
Judge Dharmaprabhu passed the order awarding Rs 97.18 lakh as compensation to the family of Balamuthu Murugan, an assistant professor at Loyola College, who was killed in a road accident at Gummidipoondi in 2017. CHENNAI: A motor accident claims tribunal in Chennai has ordered a two-wheeler dealer, who allowed a new bike to be used…
NEW DELHI: A satellite-based study covering 25 years of data across the Indo-Gangetic Plain, the Himalayan region, and North-East India has found that overall particulate matter (PM) pollution increased by more than 20% in a single decade (during 2010–2019 compared to the 2000–2009 baseline) with Bihar and West Bengal being the worst-affected zones. It also…
A truck got trapped in a recently developed road in Dindoli, which suffered major damage when a portion of it caved in with movement of vehicles. Surat: Just five days after a road was restored following pipeline work, a section of it caved in in city’s Dindoli area on Wednesday, causing a truck to tilt…
19th-century goat tower PC: Wikipedia At Quinta da Aveleda, a historic wine estate in Portugal’s Vinho Verde region near Penafiel, a three-storey stone tower stands among the property’s romantic gardens, built not for people but for goats. Known as the Torre das Cabras, or Tower of the Goats, it was constructed in the late 19th…
Unwritten social rules, not government oversight, help keep forest land sustainable Slash-and-burn farming was blamed for destroying rainforests, but a study of 18,000 forest patches found community rules can limit clearing and allow trees to return.Published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the research shows that unwritten social rules in small communities…
The Material Recycling Association of India seeks removal of import duty on aluminium scrap (AI-generated image used for representational purposes) MUMBAI: The Material Recycling Association of India (MRAI) has urged the Prime Minister’s Office to abolish the 2.5% Basic Customs Duty (BCD) on imported aluminium scrap, arguing that the levy is raising input costs for…
