Global ambition: India aims to place two PSBs among top 20 banks; ‘Viksit Bharat 2047’ drives long-term vision
India plans to develop at least two public sector banks (PSBs) that can rank among…
Florida gets its first underwater research habitat in around 40 years, where scientists will soon live beneath the ocean | World News
A new underwater habitat has taken its place on the seabed off the Florida Keys, offering scientists something they have not had in US waters for decades: a permanent place to live and work beneath the ocean for days at a time. Ocean infrastructure company DEEP has installed its Vanguard pilot habitat at Tennessee Reef…
Retired police officer discovers an exceptionally rare white rattlesnake in Arizona, “once-in-a-lifetime” find | World News
Image(s): Left/WRAL-Youtube-AOL/Right/AI Generated Wildlife enthusiasts often spend decades searching for unusual colour variations in snakes without ever finding one. That is why a chance encounter in the Arizona desert has attracted widespread attention. Retired police officer Phil Roberts recently came across an extraordinarily pale rattlesnake whose striking white appearance stunned even experienced reptile experts. Although…
Seattle’s ‘Emerald City’ from space: How glaciers and people shaped its landscape | World News
Seen from space, Seattle stands out as a vibrant patchwork of deep green forests, blue waterways and dense urban development. The city’s famous nickname, the “Emerald City”, reflects the evergreen trees that surround it, but its landscape tells a much older story than modern skylines and parks. Long before Seattle became a major Pacific Northwest…
Indian-American doctor speaks out after viral video sparks ‘go back to India’ abuse over bindi | World News
An Indian-American doctor has spoken out after receiving a wave of racist comments online over a video in which she wore a bindi, saying she was stunned by the level of anti-Indian abuse directed at her despite being born and raised in the United States.Dr Karishma Reddy shared her response in an Instagram video after…
8 people entered a sealed glass world believing they could survive for two years. Then the oxygen began to disappear | World News
Deep in the Arizona desert near Oracle sits one of the strangest experiments ever built, a sealed, 3.14-acre glass and steel enclosure called Biosphere 2. Constructed between 1987 and 1991 at a cost of roughly $150 million, funded largely by Texas billionaire Edward Bass, it was designed to test whether humans could live inside a…
Google co-founder Sergey Brin turned his $450 million superyacht into a floating headquarters with an entire deck dedicated to work | World News
For many of the world’s wealthiest people, a superyacht is the ultimate escape from work, offering privacy, luxury and a chance to disconnect. Google co-founder Sergey Brin, however, appears to have taken a very different approach. His 466-foot (142.1-metre) superyacht, Dragonfly, reportedly includes an entire deck dedicated to business, allowing him to continue working while…
Setback for Hindu Americans: California court strikes down state’s Diwali holiday law | World News
A California court has struck down parts of the state’s landmark Diwali holiday law, less than a year after the festival was officially recognised as a state holiday, according to the Hindu American Foundation (HAF).The ruling centres on how the legislation described Diwali’s religious significance, rather than its broader aim of allowing students and employees…
The undersea internet cables connecting continents could soon help fund public schools as Oregon proposes charging millions in new fees to tech companies | World News
After decades of charging only a one-time fee for undersea cables along its coast, the Oregon Department of State Lands have recently begun discussing a new opportunity for tax revenue. Now, the state is set to charge cable operators a one-time fee for cable installations within three miles of its coastline and will be using…
‘My partner is half-Indian’: Elon Musk rejects racism allegations, says his son’s name honours Indian scientist Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar | World News
Elon Musk has once again found himself at the centre of a public debate over his views on race and immigration after firmly rejecting allegations of racism during a recent interview with The Economist. The billionaire entrepreneur, who has frequently drawn criticism for his comments on immigration and demographic changes in Europe, defended himself by…
The Manhattan Project town of Los Alamos now has America’s highest share of doctorate holders. Nearly 1 in 5 adults has a PhD and almost 70% hold a bachelor’s degree | World News
J. Robert Oppenheimer and Major General Leslie R. Groves inspect Ground Zero after the Trinity Test in New Mexico, July 1945 (left), Members of the Los Alamos National Laboratory team behind the design, assembly and testing of the Autonomous Ion Mass Spectrometer (AIMS) Sentry instrument (right). Hidden among the mesas of northern New Mexico lies…
