In 2021, Australian scientists sprayed wheat scent across farm plots to confuse hungry mice; the treatment reduced seed loss by up to 74% in a field experiment without poisoning the rodents

​Wheat seed loss fell 63% after wheat germ oil treatment (Representational AI image) Australian scientists have tested a non-toxic way to protect wheat seeds from hungry mice by making it harder for the rodents to locate them. In an experiment carried out in 2021, instead of poisoning the mice or using bait, the researchers sprayed…

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Hanuman Ansh Full Movie Collection: ‘Hanuman Ansh’ box office collection Day 56 [LIVE]: Vishal Chaturvedi and Shobhinaw Satyaa’s spiritual biopic on Neem Kaorli Baba biopic eyes Rs 315 crore milestone | Hindi Movie News

Hanuman An​sh Day 56 LIVE box office collection (Image Credits IMDb) ‘Hanuman Ansh’ continues to add numbers steadily as it enters Day 56, with its India net collection now nearing Rs. 315 crore. Vishal Chaturvedi’s devotional biopic on Neem Karoli Baba, led by Shobhinaw Satyaa, has now comfortably crossed the Rs. 410 crore mark worldwide,…

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Captain Smit Machchhar: ‘You’ll be lucky to have a doctor’: Indian pilot Smit Machchhar’s old words take eerie turn after Dr Shota Musayev treats him mid-flight

Captain Smit Machchhar managed to regain control of a flydubai aircraft after a co-pilot attacked him Sometimes, an old comment takes on a very different meaning when life catches up with it.Months before Captain Smit Machchhar was seriously injured in a cockpit attack on a Flydubai flight, the Indian pilot had spoken about what happens…

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Consumer loans, credit card dues enter slow lane

MUMBAI: Consumer demand appears to be losing momentum, with loans for consumer durables and credit card outstandings growing just 2.4% and 3.6% year on year, respectively, in Aug. At the same time, banks have seen strong demand for secured borrowing, with gold loans adding Rs 98,096 crore in the first five months of FY27, almost…

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India’s factory growth hits 7 month high in September, thanks to demand and hiring boost

Factory growth hits 7-month high, PMI rises to 55.1 India’s manufacturing activity scaled up sharply in September, as stronger demand pushed up sales and production, while companies stepped up hiring and stock-building.The seasonally adjusted HSBC India Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) rose to 55.1 in September, from 52.8 in August, marking the strongest improvement in…

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Ishan Kishan breaks Manish Pandey’s eight-year-old record, becomes India’s highest scorer at No.5 or lower in T20Is | Cricket News

Nisshin: India’s Ishan Kishan celebrates his half century (PTI Photo) Ishan Kishan produced a stunning rescue act in India’s Asian Games 2026 semifinal against Sri Lanka, smashing an unbeaten 80 to lift India to 169/7 and set a target of 170.Kishan walked in with India in trouble after Sri Lanka’s bowlers made regular inroads, but…

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India Vs Sri Lanka: India crush Sri Lanka by 124 runs, set up Asian Games gold-medal clash against Pakistan | Cricket News

India’s Jasprit Bumrah celebrates with teammates after taking the wicket of Sri Lanka’s Sineth Jayawardena. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: India produced a dominant all-round performance to crush Sri Lanka by 124 runs in the second men’s cricket semifinal of the Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya on Thursday, setting up a mouth-watering gold-medal clash against arch-rivals Pakistan…

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Chameleons may be attracted to vineyards but die during mechanical harvesting; scientists warn farms can become ecological traps |

Farmland is often welcomed as wildlife habitat, but a January 2026 study in Global Ecology and Conservation found reptiles collected during mechanical grape harvesting. Researchers examined a central Israeli winery’s waste container over four nights and found 105 reptiles, most of them dead. According to the study published in ScienceDirect, titled ‘Extensive chameleon mortality in…

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