Month: July 2024

Endangered Charles Darwin’s frog exhibits unique upside-down spawning behaviour

July 29, 2024 admin

Charles Darwin’s frog | Photo Credit: S.D. Biju In a pioneering study featured in the Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology’s journal Breviora, an Indo-American team of biologists has discovered an extraordinary reproductive behaviour in the Charles Darwin’s frog (Minervarya charlesdarwini), an endangered species endemic to the Andaman Islands. This discovery not only highlights the rare…

Science

Kamala Harris’ Presidential Campaign Raises $200 Million In A Week

July 28, 2024 admin

Washington DC: Nearly a week after US President Joe Biden exited the presidential race and endorsed his deputy Kamala Harris as his successor, the Vice President’s campaign has raised USD 200 million, Al Jazeera reported. The campaign, which announced its latest fundraising total on Sunday, said the bulk of the donations — 66 per cent…

World

Olympic Commentator Removed After Sexist Remark On Women’s Swimming Team

July 28, 2024 admin

Paris: Television broadcaster Eurosport on Sunday removed a commentator from its Paris Olympics coverage after he made a sexist remark during the swimming competition. Bob Ballard made the comment about Australia’s swimmers after they won the women’s 4x100m freestyle relay gold on Saturday. In a clip which went viral on social media, Ballard said: “Well,…

World

Groundbreaking Irish Writer Edna O’Brien Dead At 93

July 28, 2024 admin

London: Tributes poured in on Sunday for Edna O’Brien, the radical Irish writer whose groundbreaking first novel “The Country Girls” was burned and banned in her native country, after her death at 93. “She died peacefully on Saturday 27 July after a long illness,” said a statement from her publishers Faber Books posted on X,…

World

Kamala Harris’ Support For Israel “Ironclad” After Attack On Golan Heights

July 28, 2024 admin

WASHINGTON: US Vice President Kamala Harris’ support for Israel’s security is “ironclad,” her national security adviser Phil Gordon said on Sunday, adding that she has been briefed and is closely monitoring a rocket attack on a football ground in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. “The Vice President has been briefed and is closely monitoring Hezbollah’s horrific…

World

Pant is the real deal, never mind his occasional dalliance with ordinariness

July 28, 2024 admin

He looked like Rishabh Pant, he answered to the name Rishabh Pant, but for more than a half-hour at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium on Saturday night, it appeared as if an impostor had taken his place. There was none of the characteristic ebullience, no muscling of the ball, no electric running between the wickets,…

Sports

What India Links Of US Election Contenders Means For US-India Ties

July 28, 2024 admin

New Delhi/Chennai: The Indian links of some US presidential election contenders probably mean little additional benefit for ties, experts said, against the backdrop of bipartisan support for closer relations with New Delhi to counter an assertive China. Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris and Usha Chilukuri Vance, the wife of Republican Donald Trump’s running-mate, have rarely…

World

European Manipuri Association Shares Concerns With Indian High Commission In UK, Submits Memorandum

July 28, 2024 admin

Manipur is yet to see normalcy over a year since ethnic violence began in May 2023 New Delhi: A civil society group of people from Manipur living in Europe has requested the Indian High Commission in the UK to convey their concerns to leaders back home over the ethnic tensions in the state bordering Myanmar….

Nation

Leader Of Opposition Rahul Gandhi To Speak On Union Budget In Lok Sabha Today

July 28, 2024 admin

New Delhi: Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi is likely to speak on the Union Budget 2024 at 2 pm in the Lower House today. According to the sources, Congress MPs believe that, as the Leader of the Opposition, Rahul must address the House. Earlier, in a meeting with Congress Lok Sabha MPs, Rahul Gandhi…

Nation

Rafael Nadal Says Novak Djokovic ‘Clear Favourite’ In Olympics Blockbuster

July 28, 2024 admin

Rafael Nadal insists Novak Djokovic will be the favourite when they clash at the Paris Olympics, after the Spaniard battled to victory over Marton Fucsovics in the first round on Sunday. Nadal had left his participation in the singles in doubt until the last minute because of a thigh injury, and was made…

Sports