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Alaskan lupins were introduced to Iceland to combat soil erosion and reforestation efforts. Image Credit: Alaska Wildland Adventures Every summer, Iceland turns purple as Alaskan lupins bloom across vast swaths of land. For tourists, the flowers have become one of the country’s most striking natural sights. But this beautiful landscape is not without controversy.The flower…
In this image received on July 25, 2026, Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) Founder Abhijeet Dipke celebrates after Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigned (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijit Dipke on Saturday thanked Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, saying his “cockroaches” remark about unemployed youth had sparked the movement that…
Mumbai’s public open space access shows sharp disparities across its administrative wards (AI image used for representational purpose only) While satellite images paint Mumbai as a green city, the reality on the ground is stark: public open space ranges from 9.4 sq m per resident in A Ward to just 0.5 sq m in B…
NEW DELHI: CJP president Abhijeet Dipke on Saturday urged his supporters not to celebrate Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan‘s resignation as a personal victory for him, saying the movement was bigger than any one individual.Addressing supporters, Dipke said, “I want to say something very important. Don’t make me a hero because Dharmendra Pradhan resigned today. Don’t…
Photo: Steve Csurhes/ Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Biosecurity Queensland. In 1937, a botanical garden in Tahiti planted an ornamental tree that would one day become a warning sign for some of the world’s most vulnerable rainforests. What began as a beautiful landscaping choice has grown into a serious biosecurity threat, with a single mature…
The AI boom is spreading data centres across the world faster than most tech projects. These AI lifelines work on two important resources, water and electricity, which they use from the areas they are located in. Often this leads to a fight between the locals and the tech giant owning the data centre since resources…
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) workers plant willow sprouts in the 1930s as part of large-scale conservation efforts to restore drought-stricken lands and reduce soil erosion during the Dust Bowl era. Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons In the 1930s, the Dust Bowl hit America’s Great Plains and was caused by more than drought alone. Years of intensive…
Photo credit: X/@TheHockeyIndia Pakistan’s hockey team management found itself under scrutiny after the side was penalised for fielding six players instead of the permitted five during its five-a-side international match against India in Muscat, Oman.The incident took place on Friday shortly after the match began, when the umpires noticed Pakistan had six players on the…
Kayalvizhi visited the bank branch on July 20, got into an argument with the branch manager and slapped him on the cheek. CHENNAI: The Adyar police in Chennai registered a case against Kayalvizhi Alagiri, daughter of former Union minister M K Alagiri and granddaughter of late Tamil Nadu chief minister M Karunanidhi, on charges of…
A poster of Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) during the seventh day of a hunger strike by CJP. (PTI Photo) It began with just six words on ‘X’ on May 16, posted in frustration: “What if all cockroaches come together?” Few could have predicted that the post would ignite one of the most closely watched student-led…
