‘Patently unlawful’: US judge strikes down Trump admin’s immigrant visa freeze for 75 countries
Times of Indiaby TOI World Desk·2d ago
A US federal judge has struck down the Trump administration’s policy suspending the issuance of immigrant visas to applicants from 75 countries, calling the nationality-based restrictions “patently...
Quote of the day by Socrates: “The difficulty, my friends, is not in avoiding death, but in avoiding unrighteousness”
Times of Indiaby TOI World Desk·2d ago
The fear of death has troubled humanity for centuries, but Socrates believed there was another danger that deserved far greater concern, compromising one's principles.
24 billion tonnes of groundwater are being lost every year across Asia’s high mountains; why the water crisis is far bigger than melting glaciers
Times of Indiaby TOI Science Desk·2d ago
Groundwater reserves beneath High Mountain Asia (HMA) often called the 'Asian water tower' are depleting at an alarming rate, according to a new satellite-based study.
A new snake species discovered in the jungle has been named after Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash; here’s why scientists chose the rock star’s name
Times of Indiaby TOI Science Desk·2d ago
A newly described snake from the forests of New Guinea has been given a name familiar to rock fans around the world.
Logan Paul bought a remote 78-acre California ranch for about $1 million in 2019; seven years later, the property with an extraordinary past is asking nearly $3 million
Times of Indiaby TOI Real Estate Desk·2d ago
YouTuber-turned-professional boxer Logan Paul has made numerous headlines throughout his career. But this time, the social media personality is trending for an interesting reason.
Built to reflect the trees around it, this 19.5-acre New York home almost disappears into the forest; the striking property is now on the market for $15 million
Times of Indiaby TOI Real Estate Desk·2d ago
At first glance, this unusual home in Pound Ridge, New York, can be difficult to spot. Its reflective exterior mirrors the surrounding trees, sky and changing seasons, allowing parts of the...
A Russian pensioner covered her Siberian home with 30,000 colourful bottle caps; the unusual recycling project turned a wooden house into a giant work of art
Times of Indiaby TOI Lifestyle Desk·2d ago
What do you do with a plastic bottle cap once the drink is gone? For most people, it is the smallest part of the bottle and one of the easiest things to throw away.
In 2000, Cornell began pulling 39°F water from 250 feet below Cayuga Lake to cool its campus; the system now cuts cooling energy use by about 85%
Times of Indiaby TOI World Desk·2d ago
Cornell is one of the biggest and most esteemed universities in the world, sitting on a hill overlooking the 38-mile-long Cayuga Lake with an area of 2,300 acres.
How a 'firm' shared, retracted fake poll numbers in US
Times of Indiaby AP; Aug·2d ago
NEW YORK: Locked in a competitive re-election race, Los Angeles mayor Karen Bass declared on social media last week that a new poll was evidence that her campaign was "gaining momentum".
2 killed after small plane crashes in Croatia
Times of Indiaby TOI World Desk·2d ago
Two people were found dead late Friday after a small plane flying from the Czech Republic crashed in the mountains of Paklenica National Park, about 60 kilometres northeast of the coastal city of...
After a 1962 storm battered Fire Island, Robert Moses proposed a highway along the New York barrier island; residents fought it and 17 private communities now sit inside a national seashore
Times of Indiaby TOI World Desk·3d ago
A powerful nor’easter hit the eastern coast of the United States in March 1962. The storm destroyed dunes, swept nearly 100 homes into the Atlantic Ocean, and cut through the narrow barrier island...
Indian-American Silicon Valley investor says people fake degrees, 20-25% of those who come to US on H-1Bs are frauds
Times of Indiaby TOI World Desk·3d ago
Indian-American investor Vivek Wadhwa recently said that he's aware that 20-25% of people who come to the US on H-1B are frauds.
Midway Atoll eradicated invasive rats after Bonin petrels had fallen to fewer than 5,000 nesting pairs; by 2008 the seabird colony had rebounded to more than 135,000 pairs
Times of Indiaby TOI World Desk·3d ago
The successful removal of invasive black rats from Midway Atoll led to an extraordinary recovery of the local Bonin petrel population, which grew from fewer than 5,000 nesting pairs to more than...
Indian man and woman plead guilty to 'PayPal refund scam' in US: 'Traveled recently, family in India was in danger, was asked to pull off fraud'
Times of Indiaby Poulomi Ghosh·3d ago
Gajera Prashant and Dharaben Bhavadiya, an Indian man and a woman, pleaded guilty to a PayPal refund scam in Arkansas.
In 2005, California began eradicating 5,036 feral pigs from Santa Cruz Island as part of a wider fox recovery effort; by 2015 its native fox population had risen from under 70 to about 2,100
Times of Indiaby TOI World Desk·3d ago
An aggressive campaign to eradicate 5,036 feral pigs from Santa Cruz Island triggered the fastest successful recovery of an endangered mammal in the history of the United States Endangered Species...
America's Lake Powell reaches record low, experts warn against propping; Utah Governor says it's not time to let the lake go
Times of Indiaby TOI World Desk·3d ago
Lake Powell has fallen to a record-low elevation, 20 feet lower than it was at the beginning of 2026. The decline is not unexpected as scientists have been warning against this approaching doom.
‘Scapegoating mob behavior’: Trump official slams Ghent over US academic Nathan Cofnas suspension
Times of Indiaby Aashish Vashistha·3d ago
US Ambassador to Belgium Bill White has publicly condemned Ghent University's suspension of American academic Nathan Cofnas, who had exposed alleged plagiarism in the work of late Cambridge...
Woman born without uterus breaks down as she raises £20,000 for transplant after spending nearly £50,000 on IVF, surrogate and miscarriage: 'We don't want to stop fighting yet'
Times of Indiaby TOI World Desk·3d ago
A woman born without a uterus has broken down in tears while sharing her emotional fertility journey as she and her fiance raise £20,000 to create embryos that could give her a chance of carrying...
A mother spent £170,000 building a two-storey annexe to give her disabled daughter a safe home in Worcester; it now faces demolition after neighbours complain
Times of Indiaby TOI World Desk·3d ago
A mother who spent £170,000 building a two-storey annexe for her disabled daughter could now be forced to demolish it after losing a planning appeal.
In 1890, the US printed 120,000 unusual $100 'Watermelon' notes; only about 35 are known to survive, and one is returning to auction
Times of Indiaby TOI World Desk·3d ago
An extremely rare 1890 $100 Treasury Note, known to currency collectors as the "Watermelon" note because of its unusual back design, is set to go under the hammer in October.
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