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China announces export curbs on key machinery used in India's infrastructure developmentBeijing has announced new export controls on essential machinery, which will impact India's infrastructure development. These restrictions ...
Veeramani trend: Madurai influencer seeks Diwali gifts on Insta, gets non-stop COD parcels of JCB, Rs 1.6 lakh TV, fridge, phone and Rs 70 crore army tankA request for a box of Deepavali sweets on X reportedly turned into a harassment ordeal for Madurai influencer Veeramani after followers be...
3 dead, 8 injured after four-storey building collapses in Delhi's SeemapuriThree people, including a child and a pregnant woman, were killed and eight injured after a building collapsed in Delhi’s Seemapuri on Wedn...
Defence stocks: Time to change strategy in a bearish market? An ecosystem with down and upside potential of -39% to plus 37%The current fall is both at the level of the indices and the broader market. And when the selling is this broad, almost every sector is aff...
How do you repair damaged peatland? An 18-year effort restoring over 800 hectares on England’s Dartmoor offers a lessonEighteen years after the Duchy began supporting restoration, work continues to protect Dartmoor’s ancient carbon stores. Updates published ...
Between 1997 and 2005, officials removed 282 buildings from California’s Giant Forest; the project gave 231 acres back to giant sequoiasGiant Forest sequoia grove underwent extensive restoration efforts. Commercial activity and 282 buildings were removed from the grove. Ecol...
Billionaire Brewers owner Mark Attanasio ordered to give up $2million property after Malibu ‘stolen’ sand dispute. Here's what happenedMilwaukee Brewers owner Mark Attanasio is facing a major setback in his Malibu beach dispute after California officials approved a settleme...
Meet Soren Plante, the 5-year-old Utah inventor who became the world’s youngest active patent holder with a commercially useful gardening robotAt just five, Soren Plante had already done something most inventors spend years trying to achieve. The Utah youngster became the world’s y...
India ramps up Nepal flood relief with 8th aid flight, specialised tunnel team and forensic expertsIndia has intensified its humanitarian assistance to Nepal in the wake of devastating flash floods, delivering over 130 tons of relief mate...
In 1944, a German aerospace engineer along with his team invented first long-range ballistic missile for Nazi Germany but it was built by concentration camp prisoners under brutal conditions, laying the foundation for both the American and Soviet space programsIn 1944, a German aerospace engineer along with his research team invented the first long-range ballistic missile secretly for Nazi Germany...
Nepal flood rescue: WhatsApp group of engineers guides search for survivors in buried hydropower tunnelsExperts use a WhatsApp group to guide rescue workers searching devastated hydropower plant tunnels. They seek survivors trapped inside tunn...
Nepal: How are search operations progressing a week after deadly flash flood?Nepal floods: Rescue operations are in full swing for thousands still unaccounted for following the disaster that occurred on August 26. Th...
In 1892, engineers began the Chicago Canal to divert sewage using 42 million cubic yards of earth; more than a century later, it may help Asian carp reach the Great LakesIn 1885, Chicago undertook the monumental task of reversing its river flow to safeguard drinking water by rerouting sewage from Lake Michig...
Modi, Putin to visit Delhi Industrial Trade Fair ahead of BRICS SummitIndia and Russia will host the INNOPROM.India trade fair from September 9-11. Prime Ministers Narendra Modi and Vladimir Putin are expected...
First drones, now missiles. The spending is certain, who gets the maximum is not: 14 stocks from the defence ecosystemThe defence sector’s positives are well known. But there are some unknowns. For “security reasons” we will never know how or why orders are...
In 2021, Pat McElhenny led removal of a dam that had held back water for 100 years. 1 year later, the original Sterry Creek channel resurfaced intact, restoring a natural floodplain on Moosic MountainA 100-year-old dam came down on Moosic Mountain in Pennsylvania, but the real surprise appeared afterward. Sterry Creek’s original channel ...
Earlier in 2026, United Utilities sent 44-ton tunnel borer Lily beneath Knutsford to build a 1.1-mile stormwater tunnel. Now, the finished system will hold 5.5 million liters of rainwater without closing the high streetKnutsford tunnel boring machine Lily has just completed the first major drive beneath the English town, digging deep underground without te...
Latin America used a 30-year mine closure as an unexpected environmental reset; the result transformed the abandoned mining area, allowing vegetation and wildlife to reclaim areas once dominated by extractionSerra Pelada is back in the gold mining conversation, more than three decades after Brazil shut down its legendary open-pit operation. The ...
In 1957, the US launched a bizarre plan to use nuclear bombs to dig canals and build harbours. It ended in 1977 after 27 testsProject Plowshare aimed to revolutionize construction by utilizing nuclear explosions for large-scale projects such as canals and harbors. ...
Afghanistan’s gold rush leaves a trail of dust, damage and lost farmlandGold mining operations in Afghanistan's Badakhshan province are causing significant environmental degradation. Villagers report polluted ri...