How songbirds’ striking, unique colors put them at risk [Details]

How songbirds’ striking, unique colors put them at risk [Details]

Bright, uniquely colored songbirds are at higher risk of extinction and more likely to be traded as pets, according to researchers reporting in Current Biology on September 15. The researchers also predict that almost 500 additional bird species, most of them living in the tropics, are at risk of future trade based on their unique […]

Queen’s funeral guest list: Putin among some glaring names missing

Queen’s funeral guest list: Putin among some glaring names missing

Nearly 500 dignitaries from around the world are invited to attend Queen Elizabeth’s final rites in London at Westminster Abbey on Monday and some of the glaring names missing in the guest list will be Russian President Vladimir Putin and Afghan leadership. The 500 and odd guests will join members of the Royal family in […]

Gautam Adani Becomes World’s Second Richest Person: Forbes List

Gautam Adani Becomes World’s Second Richest Person: Forbes List

Indian billionaire Gautam Adani has now become the world’s second richest man, replacing Bernard Arnault on the Forbes list with a net worth of $155.5 billion. The revised Forbes Real Time Billionaires List says Adani’s net worth rose by $5.2 billion, or by 3.49 per cent and slidly ahead of French tycoon Bernard Arnault and […]

‘Worst is over’, says Byju Raveendran after FY22 results

New Delhi, Sep 16 (IANS) After six stressful and tough learning months, Byju Raveendran is back in the game, consolidating the loss-making acquisitions like WhiteHat Jr and optimising the rest, while doubling down on opening more physical tuition centres. According to him, “the worst is finally over” and there is only “growth ahead” as seen in […]

Travel: Majestic train journey across South India

Travel: Majestic train journey across South India

New Delhi, Sep 16 (IANSlife) A train journey is perfect for anyone looking for a fascinating way to experience southern India. Such trips make a wonderful way to get closer to the rich culture and heritage. Although trains are usually associated with cities, Sripad Vaidya, Co-founder & COO, Confirmtkt handpicked five destinations with wide-reaching scenic […]

FTC to tame gig economy firms in US

Washington, Sep 16 (IANS) The Lina Khan-led Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in the US has announced a new policy to tame gig economy companies and platforms in order to protect all kinds of delivery partners/online cab drivers from unfair contracts, pay and hours. The FTC approved a new policy by a 3-2 vote, saying that “protecting […]

Mark Boucher appointed Mumbai Indians’ head coach

Mark Boucher appointed Mumbai Indians’ head coach

Mumbai, Sep 16 (IANS) The most successful team in IPL, Mumbai Indians have appointed former South African wicketkeeper-batter Mark Boucher as their head coach for the 2023 season. Boucher had recently decided to leave his role as head coach of South Africa men’s team after the T20 World Cup 2022 in Australia next month. Mumbai Indians, […]

Tencent fires entire editorial staff of its Fanbyte publication

  Hong Kong, Sep 16 (IANS) Chinese conglomerate Tencent has laid off all of the editorial staff at Fanbyte, an online gaming publication owned by it. Some of the staff members at Fanbyte posted their ordeal on Twitter, saying the website’s editor-in-chief, head of media, features editor, social editor, news editor, graphic designer, podcast producer and […]

Justin Beiber’s India tour cancelled, health reason cited

New Delhi, Sep 16 (IANS) Pop singer Justin Beiber, who was supposed to pay a visit to India for his tour in October in the capital, has cancelled the event due to his health issues. The announcement comes after Bieber had pulled out of his ongoing world tour, citing exhaustion as he recovers from Ramsay Hunt […]

IRCTC not issuing invoice, causing huge loss to exchequer: Tax consultant

Chandigarh, Sep 16 (IANS) The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC), a public sector undertaking under the Ministry of Railways, is causing loss to the exchequer by not issuing invoice to the consumers for eatables sold within trains, a tax consultant said on Friday. In a letter to Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Chandigarh-based tax […]

CUET results for admission in DU, other universities announced

The National Testing Agency (NTA) on Friday released the Common University Entrance Test Undergraduate (CUET-UG) results. About 20,000 students have scored 100 percentile in 30 subjects in these examinations taken for admission to undergraduate courses. According to NTA, the highest number of 100 percentilers were in English at 8,236, followed by Political Science (2,065), Business […]

India reports 6,298 new Covid cases today

New Delhi, Sep 16 (IANS) In the last 24 hours, India reported 6,298 fresh Covid-19 cases and 23 deaths, the Union Health Ministry said on Friday. The new fatalities increased the overall death toll to 5,28,273. The active caseload spiked to 46,748, accounting for 0.1 per cent of the country’s total positive cases. The recovery of […]

California wildfire: 70 buildings damaged, 64K acres burned

California, Sep 16 (IANS) A massive fast-moving wildfire, dubbed Mosquito Fire, has burned more than 64,000 acres of land since it erupted in California on September 6, becoming the largest wildfire so far this year in the US state, authorities said. The wildfire currently raging in California’s Placer and El Dorado counties, has scorched a total […]

Pakistan Floods: Climate Change blamed for flash floods

Pakistan Floods: Climate Change blamed for flash floods

New Delhi, Sep 16 (IANS) Human-caused climate change likely increased the intense rainfall that flooded swathes of land across Pakistan, according to rapid attribution analysis by an international team of leading climate scientists as part of the World Weather Attribution group. Extreme rainfall in the region has increased 50-75 per cent and some climate models suggest […]

3 students arrested for making bomb threat at Arizona State University

3 students arrested for making bomb threat at Arizona State University

Washington, Sep 16 (IANS) Three Arizona State University (ASU) students were accused of making a bomb threat that cleared part of one campus earlier this week, local media reported. According to the report on Thursday, Trevor Benoit, Peter Fraenkel and Lukas Patton were booked on Tuesday into Maricopa County Jail on a felony charge of interference/disruption […]

Trump-picked judge named special master in Mar-a-Lago raid case

Trump-picked judge named special master in Mar-a-Lago raid case

Washington, Sep 16 (IANS) US district judge Aileen Cannon has rejected the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) request to revive the criminal probe against Donald Trump in the classified documents case and instead appointed a judge picked by the former President as special master to review the documents seized by the FBI on August 8 from his […]

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