Democratic Party is aiming for a historic milestone: electing at least 100 women to the House of Representatives. As Democrats look to wrest control of Congress from Republicans in the November midterm elections, the party is also aiming for a historic milestone: electing at least 100 women to the House of Representatives.With women candidates contesting…
(Source: Kharkiv prosecutor’s office): An explosion from a Russian strike, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Kharkiv Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Monday accused Russia of continuing to attack Ukraine’s energy facilities despite US President Donald Trump’s announcement about energy infrastructure ceasefire between Moscow and Kyiv. Zelenskyy said Russian strikes had hit a power plant…
Suraj Karkera reacts to Pakistan’s ACT withdrawal (Image: Instagram/ @surajkarkera7) The absence of an India-Pakistan clash may take away some of the intensity and excitement from the upcoming Asian Champions Trophy (ACT) Punjab 2026, but defending champions India remain focused on retaining their title, goalkeeper Suraj Karkera has said. With Pakistan withdrawing from the continental…
India’s retail inflation may rise to 5.47% in September as food prices climb: UBI Retail inflation moved closer to the Reserve Bank of India’s upper tolerance limit of 6 per cent in September, rising to 5.54 per cent from 4.83 per cent in August as food prices recorded a sharper increase. Food inflation climbed to…
A meeting in Ethiopia in 2009 changed how actor Hugh Jackman viewed coffee, inspiring him to launch Laughing Man Coffee and support farming communities through healthcare, housing, education and livelihood programmes. In 2009, Hollywood actor Hugh Jackman travelled to Ethiopia with humanitarian organisation World Vision and met a 27-year-old coffee farmer named Dukale, whose determination…
In 1985, Harrison Ford invested millions in an 800-acre ranch to escape Hollywood life since he loved the nature in Jackson Hole. Now, 41 years later, around 389 acres of that land have become a wildlife habitat and will be permanently protected from human and industrial development. (Instagram) Harrison Ford felt drawn to Jackson Hole…
The report further suggested that banks could set aside around 3% of the funds that CASA depositors forgo through lower interest earnings. With a Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) on merchant UPI transactions being announced above Rs 2,000, professors at IIT-Bombay have come out with a report proposing reducing the MDR to 0.08% from 0.40%.The report’s…
The house had remained with the original owner’s descendants since its construction in 1921 A 98-year-old woman in Brisbane, Australia, has sold a house that her father built in 1921, bringing an end to 105 years of ownership by the same family. The three-bedroom property, located at 87 Khartoum Street in Gordon Park, was sold…
The data confirmed the white-dwarf companion and detected gamma-ray emission associated with the pulsar. More significantly, they uncovered a second companion: a subgiant star with a mass roughly comparable to that of the Sun. Image Courtesy: AAS Nova/Kerry Hensley; background image from Thilina Alagiyawanna Some stars live fast, some burn quietly for billions of years,…
PC: Journal of the California Native Plant Society, Fremontia California’s Stanislaus National Forest is home to the Bennett Juniper, a remarkable tree known for its enormous trunk and great age. It is the largest known example of the Sierra juniper, described as the world’s largest juniper species. The tree stands 24 metres tall and has…