US reinforcements land on Omaha Beach during the Normandy D-Day landings near Vierville-sur-Mer, France, on June 6, 1944 SEOUL: World War II’s D-Day landing beaches in northern France and the iconic Mount Olympus in Greece were among the sites added to the World Heritage List on Sunday at a UN committee meeting in South Korea…
A major conservation effort launched in 2002 has restored New Mexico’s official state fish to more than 120 miles of connected mountain streams, marking one of the largest native fish restoration projects in the United States. For more than two decades, state and federal conservation agencies have worked to remove non-native predators and restore high-altitude…
The military campaign has forced thousands of Lebanese out of their homes and villages as IDF raids continue demolishing buildings in the area Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited the Israeli military-occupied territory in southern Lebanon and declared that Israeli forces would not withdraw as long as Iran-backed Hezbollah continued to threaten Israel, despite a…
Ahmedabad: The state govt on Wednesday appointed Surat police commissioner Anupam Singh Gahlaut as the new Ahmedabad police commissioner. The post was vacant since the elevation of G S Malik as Gujarat’s new DGP on June 6.A notification issued by principal secretary, home department, Sanjeev Kumar, said Gahlaut has been appointed Ahmedabad city police commissioner…
America recently celebrated 250 years of Independence on July 4th, 2026. The country that today stands as the highest and most powerful democracy on the globe, has had its fair share of wars and battles. While historians and museums work to protect and preserve the parts of the past that worked to keep the present…
New Delhi: Discarded X-ray sheets transformed into stylish dresses, bags stitched from retired Army uniforms, decor crafted from textile waste collected in Ladakh and used shoes refurbished for schoolchildren.These are among the innovative ideas on display at Weave the Future 4.0-Upcycling Edition, where waste in its many forms is being given a second life, sometimes…
Margao: A Goa State Infrastructure Development Corporation (GSIDC) inspection of the old Margao bus stand has triggered concern among gadda owners, who on Wednesday met Margao MLA Digambar Kamat seeking assurances that any redevelopment of the site would not jeopardise their livelihoods.Seeking to allay fears, Kamat said no decision affecting vendors would be taken without…
Chanambam Rishikanta Singh Wins Silver (Image: X) India’s Chanambam Rishikanta Singh clinched the silver medal in the men’s 60kg weightlifting event at the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games on Saturday, handing the country its first silver medal and second overall podium finish of the Games. The 28-year-old from Manipur delivered a memorable performance by rewriting the…
Paul Wesley, the charming actor renowned for his role as Stefan Salvatore in ‘The Vampire Diaries,’ walked down the aisle in an intimate outdoor ceremony with German-Brazilian model Natalie Kuckenburg. Amid tranquil palm trees and a serene landscape, the duo exchanged their vows in a civil wedding. Their dog, Greg, was the best boy who…
Goa first adopted the three-tier institutional mechanism in Sep 2021 under the National Adaptation Fund for Climate Change (NAFCC), following decisions taken at the fund’s state-level steering committee meeting earlier that yea Panaji: State govt has reconstituted its three-tier climate governance framework, expanding representation from govt departments, scientific institutions, financial agencies and international organisations to…
