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Must-Visit Pandals During Durga Puja 2026 in Kolkata And Know Why Durga Puja Is More Than a Festival That Make West Bengal's Heart BeatDurga Puja 2026 will transform Kolkata into a celebration of faith, art, culture and community. From Mahalaya and Bodhon to Sandhi Puja, Dh...
More than just football: How scandal-tainted City led Manchester's rebirthBefore City -- now embroiled in the biggest financial scandal to hit football's cash-rich Premier League -- moved to the area it was "very ...
Centre seeks fishers’ views to shape national action plan for sustainable small-scale fisheriesThe Union Department of Fisheries is leading the consultation process, with the Bay of Bengal Programme Inter-Governmental Organisation (BO...
Want to watch Below on Netflix? Here’s a guide to Josh Hartnett’s new sea-creature thrillerBelow is a new thriller series released on Netflix on October 8, 2026, featuring Josh Hartnett. The plot follows Calvin Penney, a fisherman...
Isaias strengthens into Category 2 hurricane; halts 63% of Gulf oil output, 1.3 mln barrels a day off marketHurricane Isaias is predicted to become a dangerous storm as it approaches the Gulf Coast. Preparations are underway, including evacuations...
California cleared invasive plants from three Camp Pendleton breeding areas; willow flycatchers resettled at those sites within 5–7 yearsIn 2023, a lone Southwestern Willow Flycatcher was spotted at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, a notable event after an absence since 2012...
Gujarat to turn ocean into next big industry: Rs 100 crore marine biotech corridor planned in Porbandar; seaweed, algae & microbes could soon fuel new business boomAn initiative of the Gujarat State Biotechnology Mission (GSBTM), Department of Science and Technology, the proposed corridor is envisioned...
Indian fishermen participate in Rosatom’s unique International Fishing TournamentRosatom organised an International Fishing Tournament near Russia’s Kalinin Nuclear Power Plant in the Tver region, bringing together 22 am...
Congress seeks to rebuild UP base with Brahmin-Muslim-Dalit-EBC social coalitionAhead of the 2027 Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls, Congress is restructuring its leadership to create a diverse coalition. Aradhana Mishra has...
Sri Lanka Navy apprehends nine Rameswaram fishermen, seizes boat near NeduntheevuNine fishermen from Rameswaram were apprehended by the Sri Lankan Navy after allegedly crossing maritime boundaries. The incident has cause...
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...
'Hold those you love close': Chad Lowe's words after he completely lost his home to LA fire are resonating again after death of his daughter FionaActor Chad Lowe and wife Kim Painter are mourning their 13-year-old daughter Fiona Hepler Lowe, whom they remembered as loving, creative an...
In 2016, New Jersey sank 5,000 tons of concrete from a demolished Brooklyn pier off Sandy Hook; the rubble was designed to become habitat for fish and musselsIn a 2016 initiative, rubble from a demolished pier in Brooklyn was repurposed to form a new reef, enhancing habitats for marine life. Whil...
Nilekani-backed Apurva.ai turns AI tool Lens into knowledge-sharing platform for development sectorApurva Lens was built to help the development sector make sense of knowledge that typically stays siloed across research, evaluations, prog...
Mandaadi OTT release update: When and where to watch Tamil sports drama which has crossed Rs 100 crore at box office?Mandaadi has emerged as one of the biggest blockbusters in India this year. It has established itself as the fourth most profitable Tamil l...
In 1976, American animator Bob Boyle helped launch a campaign against Hudson River pollution. 39 years later, EPA's cleanup had removed more than 3 million cubic yards of PCB-contaminated sedimentIn 1976, American animator Bob Boyle helped launch a campaign against Hudson River pollution. The record shows that Robert H. “Bob” Boyle w...
In just decades, the world's fourth-largest lake vanished and became a 23,000-sq-mile desert. Now millions of shrubs are bringing hope backThe Aral Sea, once the world’s fourth-largest lake, dramatically shrank after Soviet irrigation diverted its rivers. Today, Kazakhstan is r...
Coral reef thought to be dead for 60 years found alive off Africa's Benin coast. Scientists spot fish and coral deep underwaterScientists have rediscovered a coral reef off Benin that was first reported in the 1960s but was believed to be dead. Using modern sonar an...
A British zoologist was denied an entomology job because she was a woman; in 1945, at just 24, she went alone to a landlocked African nation and helped transform the study of tropical tilapia, one of the world’s most consumed fishRosemary Lowe-McConnell's journey into ichthyology began when she was rejected for an entomology job, leading her to study Malawi's freshwa...
In 1985, Broward County sank a DC-4 off Fort Lauderdale in 71 feet of water; the wreck later became a monitored artificial reefIn Florida, officials purposefully submerge items like airplanes to establish artificial reefs. These underwater structures not only form n...