Alongside the import decision, the government has introduced tighter restrictions on sugar inventories held by large consumers. India has allowed duty-free imports of 1 million metric tons of raw sugar until October 31, the commerce ministry said on Thursday, as the government moves to boost domestic supplies and contain record prices ahead of the country’s…
A major conservation effort launched in 2002 has restored New Mexico’s official state fish to more than 120 miles of connected mountain streams, marking one of the largest native fish restoration projects in the United States. For more than two decades, state and federal conservation agencies have worked to remove non-native predators and restore high-altitude…
India is set to boost its solar cell production capability in the near future. This project is designed to comply with local-content regulations and to close the existing supply deficiencies. By December 2027, a noticeable increase in cell output is anticipated, driven by new investments aimed at ensuring long-term energy resilience. The market is evolving…
An aggressive campaign using commercial nets and angler bounties helped turn around a decade-long fight against non-native predators in northern Idaho’s largest lake. By 2016, ten years after the Idaho Department of Fish and Game (IDFG) began its suppression programme on Lake Pend Oreille, the number of adult lake trout had fallen by 64 per…
The move could also help broaden the international use of the rupee. In a bid to push for greater adoption of rupee for trade settlement purposes, the government on Thursday revised parts of the Foreign Trade Policy to give exporters greater flexibility to invoice overseas transactions and receive export proceeds in Indian rupees.The changes apply…
In a significant development, a Bengaluru cancer centre has begun using Karnataka’s first Elekta Unity MR-Linac bringing MR-guided adaptive radiation therapy to the state. The HealthCare Global Enterprises (HCG) in the city has started treating patients with the new technology. As per HCG’s August 18, 2026 announcement and Elekta’s technical information, the system combines a…
The bond market remains at the heart of the recent market turbulence. US stock market today: Wall Street benchmarks retreated on Thursday as a rise in oil prices renewed concerns about inflation and pushed bond yields higher. This reversed some of the relief that followed the US Treasury Department’s announcement a day earlier. The US…
Machu Picchu. Image Credit: Draceane/Wikipedia Archaeologists have discovered at least 2.5 kilometres of previously hidden pre-Hispanic roads near Machu Picchu by using lasers to look beneath the dense vegetation covering the landscape. The discovery was made around the Mandor Wall, east of the famous Inca citadel, during a preliminary archaeological survey in July 2026. Instead…
The H-1B visa route is becoming more selective, compliance-intensive, and less forgiving. Has the Donald Trump administration effectively killed the H-1B visa dream? Frequent policy changes, increasing restrictions and selective picking – the H-1B visa path for Indian professionals is becoming tougher to navigate – with unpredictability serving as the biggest obstruction.H-1B visas have long…
Representative Image (AI-generated) Earth’s atmosphere does not simply end where airplanes stop flying. Far above the planet, in a region known as the thermosphere, an extremely thin layer of gas continues to interact with satellites orbiting Earth. Changes in this region may seem insignificant, but they can alter atmospheric drag and gradually affect the paths…