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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…

NEW DELHI: Actress Shweta Tiwari on Saturday reacted to Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan‘s resignation by questioning the Cockroach Janta Party’s (CJP) next move, asking, “When is the Punjab Education Minister resigning?”Taking to the stories section of her Instagram account, Tiwari shared a video of CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke and questioned the outfit’s next course…

NEW DELHI: Union minister Pralhad Joshi on Saturday was given additional charge of the Ministry of Education after President Droupadi Murmu accepted Dharmendra Pradhan‘s resignation from the Union Council of Ministers.Pradhan stepped down following weeks of nationwide student-led protests over the alleged NEET paper leak and examination irregularities.Who is Pralhad Joshi? Pralhad Joshi is a…

As celebrations continued, authorities supervised the peaceful winding down of the protest, urging demonstrators to disperse calmly NEW DELHI: Jubilant scenes unfolded at Jantar Mantar on Saturday as chants of “Hum Jeet Gaye” (We have won) echoed through the protest site after Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigned following weeks of demonstrations over alleged examination…

Pralhad Joshi named new education minister after Prez Murmu accepts Pradhan’s resignation NEW DELHI: BJP leader Pralhad Joshi on Saturday was appointed as the new Union education minister, hours after Dharmendra Pradhan resigned.Pradhan resigned taking moral responsibility for the NEET-UG paper leak controversy that triggered weeks of nationwide student protests. His resignation was accepted by…