A Parliamentary Standing Committee report found little improvement in India’s air pollution levels and recommended revisions to standards, better monitoring, and coordinated action across sectors and states. The report highlights gaps in implementation, uneven monitoring networks, and limited scope of current programmes, while urging long-term measures, crop diversification, and incentives for cleaner transport and…
Congress MLAs Arekapudi Gandhi and Danam Nagender, along with corporators, addressing the press after meeting the Mayor and GHMC Commissioner, on December 15, 2025. | Photo Credit: The Hindu In a major political development, Telangana Legislative Assembly Speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar has dismissed the disqualification petitions filed against five Bharat Rashtra Samiti MLAs. The Speaker,…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Golf legend Phil Mickelson has weighed in on the recent shooting at Bondi Beach, Australia shooting on the first day of Ha which killed two students and left more injured. Mickelson, in a post on X, responded to a video of Australia Prime Minister Anthony Albanese calling…
Deep in a sea cave in Greece’s northern Sporades, a bulky shape moves in the gloom. Someone on the boat bobbing quietly on the water close by passes round a pair of binoculars and yes! – there it is. It’s a huge Mediterranean monk seal, one of the world’s rarest marine mammals , which at…
She travels. And in short order, the questions that come are mostly layered, and mildly exhausting. Alone? Isn’t it unsafe? Who’s minding the store back home? Why don’t you just wait for someone to join you? It’s in the space between concern and curiosity that I think the assumption settles in even before the words…
Tim Cook, CEO of Apple Inc., during the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference at Apple Park campus in Cupertino, California, on June 9, 2025. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images One of the biggest launches in Apple’s history is supposed to come next year, and it’s got nothing to do with hardware. The company…
Mortgage rate locks could be beneficial for homebuyers now that rates are cooling again. porcorex/Getty Images Mortgage interest rates remain volatile, and for homebuyers, a mortgage rate lock could mean paying thousands of dollars less over the life of a loan. While timing plays a role in securing the lowest possible mortgage rate, experts say…
During the first days of the January firestorms, Los Angeles became a case study in what can go wrong with emergency alerts and evacuations. In Pacific Palisades there was chaos Jan. 7 as people in the foothills tried to flee, only to hit traffic gridlock. Then when the Eaton fire erupted in Altadena, evacuation orders…
ROYAL OAK, Mich. — Volunteers gripping flashlights waved them high above their heads when the clock struck 8 p.m., shining beams through the frigid night sky — and into the hospital’s windows. Exactly 10 minutes later, the enthusiastic crowd, still holding their flashlights aloft, in unison hollered “sweet dreams” toward children in the hospital several…
Consumers using CNG for transport and piped natural gas for household cooking are set to see lower fuel bills from January 1, 2026, after the petroleum regulator approved a rationalised pipeline tariff structure aimed at cutting costs, ANI reported.The Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB) has announced a unified tariff framework that will translate…