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Two Canadian builders turned 612,000 recycled plastic bottles into a 2,000-sq-ft home (Image Credit: Invest Nova Scotia) What if hundreds of thousands of plastic bottles destined for a landfill could instead become the walls of a home? In a small community in Nova Scotia, two Canadian builders turned that idea into a real house. Built…

Along a quiet stretch of road in Maine, engineers buried something most people would expect to see in a scrapyard rather than beneath their tyres: about 20,000 discarded car tyres. The unusual experiment was designed to tackle two problems at once. Maine’s roads face a difficult seasonal cycle, with winter freezing the ground and spring…

CCTV footage purportedly shows the boy being tied to a chair, kicked and pulled by his ears. NEW DELHI: A three-and-a-half-year-old boy was allegedly physically and sexually assaulted at a private playschool in northeast Delhi’s Maujpur. His father said the child had been troubled for several days before falling seriously ill after returning from school…

Ted Turner. Image Credit: Architectural Digest Ted Turner’s homes were never simply places to live. The CNN founder built a remarkable property portfolio that stretched across vast ranches, wildlife landscapes and historic plantations covering roughly 2 million acres. Among the most interesting was ‘Avalon,’ a former cotton plantation near Tallahassee, Florida, that Turner bought in…

The National Park Service is examining whether a land exchange can be carried out under federal law A Nevada-based developer is seeking a land exchange that could allow a private road to be built through Yosemite National Park, giving access to an 83-acre property just outside the park. The Trump administration is considering the proposal,…

16-year-old allegedly gangraped on Delhi bus; Opposition slams govt, police over women’s safety NEW DELHI: The alleged gangrape of a 16-year-old girl inside a moving sleeper bus in Delhi has triggered major political row, with opposition leaders questioning the BJP dispension in Delhi, UP and the Centre.The sharp reactions came as details of the crime…

The lakes include Parchu Lake and vulnerable locations in the Sangla-Kinnaur region, besides sites in Lahaul-Spiti. SHIMLA: Himachal Pradesh has identified 67 vulnerable glacial lakes, including several in remote, high-altitude areas, and is working to establish early warning systems for four of the most vulnerable lakes in Kinnaur and Lahaul-Spiti, Special Secretary, Disaster Management, Pushpinder…

Ken Adams, mayor of Olive Branch, Mississippi. The mayor of Olive Branch, Mississippi, has pushed back against lowering the American flag to half-staff following Dolly Parton’s death, arguing that the gesture should be reserved for people and events of exceptional national significance.Mayor Ken Adams addressed the issue in a Facebook post on Friday, while making…

The uprooted statue of former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru Durgapur: A political controversy erupted in West Burdwan’s Durgapur after a statue of former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru was allegedly uprooted and dumped in a nearby jungle.A Zone Harshavardhan area in West Burdwan districtThe incident, which took place on Aug 27 at Durgapur A Zone’s Harshavardhan…

Coach Dimitris Dimitriou returns to Churchill Bros after spending a season at Gokulam Kerala Panaji: Several players of Churchill Brothers FC have returned to the club as they prepare for their debut in the Indian Super League (ISL) this season.Now, coach Dimitris Dimitriou is back as well.The UEFA Pro Licence coach from Cyprus managed Churchill…