PUNE: IMD indicated on Thursday a potential revival of southwest monsoon between June 12 and 18, following a stall since May 29. An IMD official said a system may form over Bay of Bengal on June 12-13, though uncertainties persist due to conflicting model outputs. “Some models suggest a system formation, others do not. We…
On World Environment Day, Cauvery Calling—a movement aimed at reviving the Cauvery River—marked a major milestone: 1.36 crore saplings planted in just the last year. This brings the total count since its launch to over 12 crore trees across the river basin, a region that supports more than 8 crore people. Started by spiritual leader…
Scientists in the UK have revived living cells from a southern white rhino that died in 2021, offering new hope for conservation efforts. This breakthrough, reported by the BBC, was achieved by Nature’s SAFE, a Shropshire-based charity. They successfully cultured millions of cells from a preserved skin sample taken before the rhino’s death. This pioneering…
On a wet Wednesday morning in April, Ashley Holroyd had a steady but slow stream of customers into his coffee shop in Barrow-in-Furness, an industrial town in northwest England. The cafe, Coffee D’Ash, had been open for only about six months, and it barely filled the cavernous space. Despite the empty storefronts on the same…
For more than a decade, scientists have chased the idea of reviving extinct species, a process sometimes called de-extinction. Now, a company called Colossal Biosciences appears to have done it, or something close, with the dire wolf, a giant, extinct species made famous by the television series “Game of Thrones.” In 2021, a separate team…
Sunrisers Hyderabad players. (PTI Photo) HYDERABAD: The philosophy of the Sunrisers Hyderabad batters has been to go hard, no matter what. It took them to the final last season but with their batters struggling to put up similar displays this season, they may have to rethink their strategy.The 2016 champions have suffered three straight defeats…
The geography behind a plan to ship natural gas from the North Slope of Alaska to Asia makes good sense. Alaska has vast stores of gas and is just a little over a week at sea from Asia, which has some of the world’s biggest importers of liquefied natural gas. But those countries have long…
Marshall Rose, a real estate developer who was instrumental in reviving the New York Public Library on Fifth Avenue and transforming the adjacent Bryant Park from a mecca for drug dealers into a verdant Midtown oasis, died on Saturday at his home in Manhattan. He was 88. The cause was complications of Parkinson’s disease, his…
KULLU: The higher reaches of Himachal Pradesh received fresh snowfall, while mid and low hills of the state received light to moderate rain on Thursday, breaking a prolonged dry spell and reviving farmers’ hopes of a better crop this year.Lahaul-Spiti, Kinnaur, and the higher reaches of Kullu, Shimla, Chamba, Kangra and Sirmaur districts received moderate…
NEW DELHI: Amid signs of improvement in ties with China, India Thursday announced that foreign secretary Vikram Misri will visit Beijing on Jan 26-27 for a meeting of the foreign secretary-vice minister mechanism between the two countries.This will be the second high-level visit from India after NSA Ajit Doval travelled to Beijing last month for…