Across the world, cities are confronting a common challenge. As populations grow and development intensifies, urban areas are becoming hotter, noisier and increasingly disconnected from nature. Concrete surfaces absorb heat, biodiversity declines, and green spaces often struggle to keep pace with expansion. In response, an unconventional form of afforestation pioneered in Japan is gaining global…
A 26-year-old newlywed woman in Ambernath died by suicide, with her family accusing her doctor husband and in-laws of dowry harassment and physical abuse THANE: A 26-year-old newlywed woman from Ambernath allegedly died by suicide just one-and-a-half months after her marriage, with her family accusing her doctor husband and in-laws of dowry harassment, physical abuse…
What is Alaska Highway and its importance in history Imagine building a 1,500-mile road across frozen forests, high mountains, swamps and permafrost in less than a year. It sounds like an impossible engineering task, but that is exactly what the U.S. Army did during World War II. According to the American Society of Civil Engineers…
Govt tightens foreign funding rules for foreign funded NGOs NEW DELHI: Eliminating any room for ambiguity in activities permitted in the country with foreign contributions, the home ministry has notified a schedule of 105 purposes from which NGOs and associations, both ones seeking fresh registration and those already registered under the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act…
File Photo: White House is viewed from the Old Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus. (AP Photo/Tom Brenner) The White House has completed review of a rule that will limit the status of foreign students in the US. The proposed rule released by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in 2025 called…
Sachin Tendulkar in Shivaji Park memorial (Image: Sachin/X) Cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar paid a heartfelt tribute to his late mentor, Ramakant Achrekar, on the occasion of Guru Purnima, expressing gratitude for the coach who laid the foundation of his legendary career. The batting great shared pictures from his visit to Achrekar’s memorial at Mumbai’s Shivaji…
NEW DELHI: Resignation may have ended Dharmendra Pradhan’s stint as union education minister, but not his standing within the NDA. Returning to Parliament on Monday, just two days after stepping down over the alleged NEET paper leak controversy, the BJP MP was greeted with chants of “Dharmendra Pradhan zindabad” and a hero’s welcome from party…
Virat Kohli’s aggressive celebration after Shubman Gill’s wicket. (Pic credit: IPL) NEW DELHI: Virat Kohli’s intensity was on full display in the IPL 2026 final as Royal Challengers Bengaluru seized early control against Gujarat Titans at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Sunday.While Josh Hazlewood and Bhuvneshwar Kumar delivered the crucial blows with the…
Salesforce spent $27.7 billion on Slack—now it’s promoting Anthropic’s Claude Tag inside it, and its own employees can’t tell where Salesforce’s AI ends and Anthropic’s begins. Salesforce is doing something odd right now. It’s cheering on a product that competes with its own. When Anthropic rolled out Claude Tag last month—an AI agent that lives…
PM Modi with Japanese counterpart Sanae Takaichi (ANI photo) NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Sanae Takaichi reaffirmed their commitment to an early convening of the next Quad Leaders’ Summit and underlined the importance of ensuring unimpeded freedom of navigation through the Strait of Hormuz in a joint statement.With both countries heavily…