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Representative Image (AI-generated) For five months, a group of platypuses lived far from the waterways they once called home. Australia’s severe drought had transformed their habitat into an increasingly dangerous place, prompting conservationists to remove seven platypuses and place them in temporary care. But captivity was never meant to be permanent. Once conditions improved, the…

The Agni family of missiles are designed to carry the weight of India’s strategic weapons. (Image credit: DRDO) China and India, Asia’s two most powerful countries, have spent decades building ballistic missile arsenals. These ballistic missiles are strategic weapons that act as a deterrent, under the concept of Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD). This prohibitive concept…

Toxic Day 2 box office collection (Image Credits IMDb) Yash-starrer ‘Toxic: A Fairy Tale for Grown-Ups’ has begun its theatrical run on a spectacular note. The Geetu Mohandas directorial crossed the Rs. 100 crore mark in India on its opening day, setting up strong expectations for its first weekend. As the film enters Day 2,…

In 1971, Apollo 15 astronauts found an unusual white rock on the Moon (Image Credit: NASA) When Apollo 15 astronauts David Scott and James Irwin explored the Moon in 1971, they were looking for rocks that could reveal how the lunar surface formed. During their mission, they spotted an unusually bright fragment near Spur Crater,…

A viral video shows municipal employees washing MLA Ramniwas Shah’s private car. BHOPAL: A viral video purportedly showing two municipal employees washing MLA Ramniwas Shah’s private car with water from a fire tender at a municipal housing premises at Singrauli in Madhya Pradesh has put the legislator in a spot.Following widespread criticism, Shah said he…

Major retailers said linen shorts and suits were flying off the shelves in Britain WARSAW/LONDON: Scorching summer temperatures have done what decades of dress-down Fridays have failed to do — get men to the office in shorts.Japan’s capital led the way. This year the metropolitan govt’s long-standing no-tie, no-jacket “Cool Biz” campaign took a step…

West Bengal health department seeks reports from Malda Medical College Hospital (Representative image) MALDA: The West Bengal health department has sought a detailed report from Malda Medical College and Hospital (MMCH) after 60 children died at the facility during the first three weeks of August, including 10 deaths reported in a single day in the…

Monsoon floods hit cities despite road projects (AI image used for representational purpose only) For years, India has been building bigger roads, wider highways, flyovers, expressways and new urban corridors. The country has invested heavily in improving the way people move through its cities. Yet every monsoon brings back an uncomfortable question: why can a…

AI-generated image for representation purpose Teachers can face difficult conversations with parents. Researchers at La Trobe University in Australia are trying to change that with an AI-powered talking robot called Fletch. The robot can take on the role of a disgruntled parent, allowing trainee teachers to practise responding to complaints, arguments and other difficult conversations…

Sri Lanka’s Sonal Dinusha celebrates his century on the fourth day of the second Test cricket match between India and Sri Lanka, in Colombo, Sri Lanka. (PTI Photo) BCCI vice-president Rajiv Shukla praised Sri Lanka batter Sonal Dinusha on Thursday after the left-hander scored fourth consecutive half-century of the series in the ongoing second Test…