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India navigating multipolar 'age of flux', says Jaishankar; talks on with Russia, Ukraine for safe Black Sea passageExternal Affairs Minister S Jaishankar affirmed the importance of the US as a primary strategic partner for India. He emphasized India's nu...
India's sunflower oil imports hit four-year low on Black Sea disruption; palm oil risesIndia’s sunflower oil imports fell 36% in September to their lowest level in more than four years as the Ukraine war disrupted Black Sea sh...
CEO of OpenAI, Sam Altman recommends 4 books that can change how you think about AI, startups and successOpenAI CEO Sam Altman has recommended four books spanning artificial intelligence, startups, history and resilience. His picks include Nick...
Antarctica’s ice briefly increased after heavy snowfall: Why scientists remain concernedAntarctica gained a significant amount of ice between 2021 and 2023 as unusually heavy snowfall added more mass than glaciers were losing i...
Vicky Kaushal and Katrina Kaif live in Juhu home that has Rs 9 lakh monthly rent and Rs 1.75 crore security deposit featuring beach views, spacious living room, floor-to-ceiling plant shelf, orange dining chairs, rooftop pool, modern gym and children’s play areaVicky Kaushal and Katrina Kaif house tour: The Bollywood power couple live in a luxurious sea-facing apartment located in Juhu, Mumbai. The...
Why are world bond markets selling off again?As inflation fears and mounting debt pressure rise, government borrowing costs have soared to unprecedented levels. The US Treasury yield, ...
In 2018, South Carolina pumped 40,000 cubic yards of river sand onto an eroding bird island; enough to fill about 4,000 dump trucks and restore lost nesting groundThe restoration of Bird Key Stono, a vital nesting habitat for endangered bird species, involved utilizing dredged sand from Folly River. T...
India steps up palm oil buying as tax cut spurs restockingIndia is increasing its palm oil imports after reducing import duties, prompting refiners to restock. More than 200,000 tons of crude palm ...
Oil prices barely changed as investors assess US-Iran peace talks and Gulf exportsOil prices exhibited notable stability during the early trading hours in Asia as traders closely monitored the US-Iran peace discussions fo...
Since 2014, 49,520 registered volunteers have classified penguins, chicks, and eggs in Antarctic photos; more than 6 million classifications helped build a colony datasetThe Penguin Watch initiative witnessed enthusiastic participation from citizen scientists who contributed to penguin counting efforts in An...
Look-alike, but not the same: Scientists name first new penguin species in over 100 yearsA new species of penguin, named Pygoscelis kerguelensis, has been identified in the southern Indian Ocean. Genetic studies revealed that ge...
The island that is disappearing: India's race to build a reef before the sea winsKariyachalli island is implementing restoration efforts to counteract severe coastal erosion and rising sea levels. This includes the insta...
California’s beaches are disappearing — San Clemente could need 300,000 truckloads of sand as El Niño threatens an already eroding coastSan Clemente is experiencing significant coastal erosion that is diminishing beach space and threatening infrastructure. The city estimates...
India, WFP discuss challenges to global humanitarian efforts on UNGA sidelinesIndia's Secretary (West) Sibi George held separate meetings with WFP Acting Executive Director Carl Skau and EU Commissioner Apostolos Tzit...
India bats for stable maritime zones, continuity of statehood for island and coastal StatesSecretary (West) Sibi George welcomed the UN Declaration on Sea Level Rise during the 81st UN General Assembly session. He emphasized India...
In 2019, researchers used Sentinel-2 satellite images to find eight unreported emperor-penguin breeding colonies, lifting the known total to 61Eight new emperor penguin colonies have been identified in Antarctica, increasing the total to 61 active populations. The British Antarctic...
In 2018, NASA satellite images of penguin guano sent researchers to Antarctica's Danger Islands, where they found more than 1.5 million Adélie penguinsIn December 2015, scientists found a massive colony of over 1.5 million Adélie penguins on the Danger Islands. This discovery was made poss...
DNA reveals four gentoo penguin species instead of one after more than 100 years. Scientists now fear some island populations could lose their homes to global warmingNew genomic research has resolved a century-old debate over gentoo penguins, revealing four distinct species rather than one with several s...
'Earth has lost over 12 trillion tonnes of ice in 47 years'About 12.5 trillion tonnes of ice have melted from polar regions since 1979. Warmer ocean waters are causing five-sixths of this significan...
In 2009, NASA started conducting the largest airborne survey of Earth's polar ice under Operation IceBridge to bridge the observational gap between ICESat and ICESat-2In 2009, NASA started conducting the largest airborne survey of Earth's polar ice under Operation IceBridge to bridge the observational gap...