US Secretary of State Rubio visits Missionaries of Charity in Kolkata
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived in Kolkata on Saturday during his four-day India visit, the first by a top US diplomat to the eastern city in over a decade. He…
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Florida scientists turn rice husks into reusable water filters
Times of India reports that researchers at Florida International University have converted rice husks into a reusable water filter that removes industrial dyes. The husks are heated without oxygen to produce biochar,…
World’s largest solar telescope spots tiny vortices on Sun
Observations from the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope (DKIST) have revealed tiny swirling structures on the Sun's surface at a scale of about 19 kilometres, the smallest ever seen. The findings, published…
Russia Strikes Kyiv With Ballistic Missiles, Reports Differ on Toll
The Hindu reports that multiple blasts rocked Kyiv shortly after midnight on August 11 after a ballistic missile alert, with at least one person wounded. Mayor Vitali Klitschko confirmed a ballistic attack…
Yamaha Motor CEO begins sweeping structural reforms
Yamaha Motor President and CEO Motofumi Shitara has initiated a major organisational and cultural overhaul at the company's headquarters, aiming to break down silos and improve coordination between marketing, manufacturing and technology.…
Germany commercial property prices fall in Q2, break gains streak
Commercial real estate prices in Germany fell 1% year-on-year in the second quarter, ending a five-quarter run of gains, according to banking association VDP. The decline is driven by renewed inflation fears,…
Massachusetts cranberry farm restored to wetland, thousands of fish return
A century-old cranberry farm in Plymouth, Massachusetts, has been restored into freshwater wetland, bringing back fish that had been blocked for over 100 years. Tidmarsh Farms, a 600-acre property, was used for…
Austin homeowner pays $3,000 to prune trees after insurer threat
Tracy Gartenmann paid $3,000 to prune trees around her Austin home after Travelers Insurance threatened not to renew her policy based on aerial photographs. The company gave her two months to cut…
Danish man quits Spotify to run distillery after half-time denied
Rasmus Dall, a research scientist at Spotify, has quit after the company refused his request to work half-time so he could focus on building his distillery, Gede Lille. In a LinkedIn post…
UK responds to Madhya Pradesh family’s 1917 war loan claim
The UK government's Debt Management Office has emailed the family of Seth Jumma Lal Ruthia, a Sehore businessman who gave the British Raj Rs 35,000 as a World War I war loan…
