Analysis report of chemicals awaited, other emissions within prescribed limits: MP govt to HC

Analysis report of chemicals awaited, other emissions within prescribed limits: MP govt to HC

The Madhya Pradesh government has submitted to the Jabalpur bench of Madhya Pradesh High Court that while it has finished the incineration of 337 tonnes of the Union Carbide waste, the state pollution control board is awaiting final analysis of dioxins and furans — toxic chemicals emitted as a by-products of waste burning. The state … Read more

8 car thefts, 7 cities: How Chinese man with plan to dodge flight fares was caught

8 car thefts, 7 cities: How Chinese man with plan to dodge flight fares was caught

A man from China, surnamed Chen, booked a flight ticket worth 1,500 yuan (about US$200) to Changsha in Hunan province. But he cancelled it soon after, calling it “too expensive.” As per his plan, he stole eight cars across seven cities—just to avoid paying for a flight ticket home, according to South China Morning Post … Read more

Indian woman goes missing after arriving in US for arranged marriage

Indian woman goes missing after arriving in US for arranged marriage

A 24-year-old Indian woman, Simran Simran, has gone missing just days after she arrived in the United States for what was reportedly an arranged marriage, according to New Jersey authorities, as reported by The New York Post (NYP). Police in Lindenwold, Camden County, said Simran landed in the US on June 20 and was reported … Read more

18-yr-old woman stabbed to death in Madhya Pradesh hospital

18-yr-old woman stabbed to death in Madhya Pradesh hospital

An 18-year-old woman was killed inside the Narsinghpur District Hospital on Friday afternoon after an unidentified man stabbed her multiple times, police said. The incident occurred around 3 pm, when the woman, reportedly a nursing student, was at the hospital for her training. According to an eyewitness, a man in a black shirt approached the … Read more

Rwanda, Congo sign peace deal in US to end fighting, attract investment

Rwanda, Congo sign peace deal in US to end fighting, attract investment

Rwanda and Democratic Republic of Congo signed a US-brokered peace agreement on Friday, raising hopes for an end to fighting that has killed thousands and displaced hundreds of thousands more this year. The agreement marks a breakthrough in talks held by US President Donald Trump’s administration and aims to attract billions of dollars of Western … Read more

Oldest boomerang ever found doesn’t come back — so what was it used for 42,000 years ago?

Oldest boomerang ever found doesn’t come back — so what was it used for 42,000 years ago?

A boomerang discovered decades ago in a cave in southern Poland has now been dated to between 39,000 and 42,000 years ago, making it the oldest known example of such a tool in the world — and it doesn’t come back when thrown. Unearthed in 1985 in the Oblazowa Cave, the artefact was originally thought … Read more

‘This is an outright war crime’: Protests erupt in US and other countries after Trump’s strikes on Iran

‘This is an outright war crime’: Protests erupt in US and other countries after Trump’s strikes on Iran

Anti-war protests broke out in multiple US cities, including San Francisco, New York, and Washington, DC, over the weekend following US airstrikes on Iranian nuclear facilities. Demonstrators criticised what they called an “unconstitutional” escalation and warned of a wider Middle East conflict. ANSWER Coalition to hold ‘Stop the War on Iran’ march on June 28 … Read more

Face of a woman who lived 10,500 years ago reconstructed; challenges genetic uniformity among European hunter-gatherers

Face of a woman who lived 10,500 years ago reconstructed; challenges genetic uniformity among European hunter-gatherers

With DNA extracted from the body’s remains, researchers have reconstructed the face of a woman who lived approximately 10,500 years ago in present-day Belgium. The findings of this analysis challenge earlier assumptions about genetic uniformity among European Mesolithic populations. The team, led by scientists from Ghent University, used advanced genetic and archaeological methods to bring … Read more

Can you survive Tzuyang’s diet? Korea’s ‘Big Stomach Queen’ eats 30,000 calories a day—with a gut 40% larger than average

Can you survive Tzuyang’s diet? Korea’s ‘Big Stomach Queen’ eats 30,000 calories a day—with a gut 40% larger than average

She weighs just 50 kg and stands 1.61 metre tall, but South Korea’s Tzuyang—nicknamed the “Big Stomach Queen”—eats like a small army. Known for her massive food intake and mukbang videos, the 28-year-old social media star reportedly consumes around 30,000 calories a day, about 15 times more than an average adult woman. What sets her … Read more

Plea in Uttarakhand HC challenges 2025 amendment to Doon Valley Notification: ‘Destroys very essence’

Plea in Uttarakhand HC challenges 2025 amendment to Doon Valley Notification: ‘Destroys very essence’

A petition in the Uttarakhand High Court challenges the 2025 amendment to the Doon Valley Notification, 1989. According to the petition, the amendment undermines its objective and ignores the ecological sensitivity of the valley by allowing industries in the red category to operate. A Division Bench of Chief Justice G Narender and Justice Alok Mahra … Read more