JULY 22, 2022
In what comes as positive news for tiger reserves, conservationists across the world, the population of tigers has increased by 40 per cent since the last assessment in 2015. There are currently between 3,726 and 5,578 tigers in the wild worldwide, according to the latest figures by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
IUCN released its...
JULY 22, 2022
A native Brazilian ucuru bee. - Fernando MARRON
Brazilian part-time beekeeper Luiz Lustosa lifts the lid on a wooden hive. The reaction is instant, and angry, as thousands of bees envelop him in a buzzing cloud.
Lustosa wears no specialized suit or gloves, however, just a light net to cover his face. These bees are stingless.
"What a wonder!"...
JULY 22, 2022
We are cracking up!
If you're learning a new language for the purposes of traveling in a country where it's the primary language spoken, one of the first phrases you'll probably memorize is "Where is the bathroom?" After seeing this video, though, you may want to learn another phrase as well: "Which bathroom do I use?"
That phrase may...
JULY 22, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. —In a series of eight televised hearings, the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol sought to paint a damning picture of a president willing to incite a mob to hang on to power after running out of options in reversing his election defeat.
The hearings, spanning about six weeks, laid...
JULY 22, 2022
Cheetahs were kept as domestic pets, often chained by the neck in 1930s India. (Keystone-France / via Getty Images file)
Cheetah's are set to race on the plains of India for the first time since the world's fastest land animal was driven to extinction in the south Asian country 70 years ago, officials said Wednesday.
African cheetahs will be...
JULY 21, 2022
New Delhi: Gold prices registered a marginal hike on Tuesday. The price of 22 carat of gold stood at Rs 46,300 per 10 grams as against its previous close of Rs 46,190. Meanwhile the price of 24 carat of gold was also trading lower. The price of 24 carat of gold stood at Rs 50,510 as against...
JULY 21, 2022
A Delhi-bound IndiGo flight (6e 2126) was reportedly grounded at Patna airport after a passenger claimed that he had a bomb in his bag. Later, his bag was checked and no bomb was found. Passenger arrested, plane being checked further.
All passengers were safely deboarded from a Delhi-bound IndiGo flight (6e 2126) at Patna airport after information was...
JULY 21, 2022
Droupadi Murmu, seen here with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has been elected India's first Indigenous tribal president. - Photo courtesy Narendra Modi/Twitter
Droupadi Murmu, 64, is a former schoolteacher who grew up in a village in eastern India, where some of her close relatives in the Adivasi community still live without electricity.
Raised by a rice farmer, she grew...
JULY 21, 2022
In this combination image from left to right, Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis. - Getty Images
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris would both beat the two favorites for the GOP nomination in 2024—Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis—in either hypothetical matchup, according to a new poll.
An Echelon Insights survey found that if the...
JULY 21, 2022
It’s not Larryland or Harryland. It’s Maryland.
But the state named for a queen is not going to elevate a woman to its highest office anytime soon.
From Harriet Tubman to Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski (D), Maryland’s women have shaped our nation. On Tuesday, its voters once again stubbornly denied women the power to lead us into the future....
