Author: Rahul M

Hours after a meeting with the BJP’s Tejasvi Surya, who has opposed the tunnel road project in Bengaluru, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar said Tuesday that the MP failed to provide alternatives to ease traffic congestion in the city. “Anybody can give suggestions. But funds are required for (transport infrastructure) works. What can be done without money?” he said, asking Surya and other BJP MPs to secure funds for Bengaluru from the Centre. The MP met Shivakumar in the morning, and the two held discussions for more than an hour. Surya later said the discussion was “constructive” and…

LINUM, Germany (AP) — In a spot outside Berlin that’s usually a paradise for birdwatchers, volunteers have recovered nearly 2,000 dead cranes in recent days as bird flu has hit the migrating birds hard.Linum, a small village about an hour’s travel from the German capital, is known in summer for its many nesting storks. In the fall and spring, it’s a popular resting spot for thousands of cranes as they migrate between the Baltic and Nordic regions and southern Europe. But this month, many of the birds’ journeys have ended in the ponds and fields that surround it, as well…

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Hurricane Melissa is close to making landfall on Jamaica as by far the strongest storm to hit the island since records were first kept 174 years ago.Melissa is a Category 5 storm with sustained wind speeds of 175 mph (280 kph). It is expected to slice diagonally across the island, entering near St. Elizabeth parish in the south and exiting around St. Ann parish in the north, before heading for Cuba. A life-threatening storm surge of up to 13 feet (4 meters) is expected across southern Jamaica. Officials said there was no more preparation they could do…

A 2022 survey conducted by King’s College London found that nearly half of the public feels their attention span is worse than it used to be. Around 51 percent blamed technology, especially its impact on younger generations. Whether or not these fears are backed by solid long-term data, the perception itself is loud and clear—and it’s shaping how researchers think about focus, distraction, and digital environments. There’s no consensus yet on whether our collective attention is objectively shrinking. But researchers across fields—from psychology to physiology—have been looking into how we use our brains in an age of hyperconnectivity. The findings…

Many on Wall Street like to style themselves as contrarians, but few are swimming against the current as hard as Jay Goldberg, the lone bear on high-flying Nvidia.Sitting in the cluttered home office on the ground floor of his three-story Victorian near San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury neighborhood, the good-humored bespectacled 54-year-old senior analyst at Seaport Global Securities hardly looks or sounds like a stock-market iconoclast. With his collection of ancient technological devices, including a brick-shaped cell phone from the 1980s that looks like it could’ve been used by Gordon Gekko in the movie “Wall Street,” the married father of three comes…

It can be grueling — to your patience and your wallet — to buy a new car that’s truly special.Even the most stripped Porsche 911 runs more than $132,000, while at some dealerships the superb 911 S/T is going for two and three times its manufacturer’s suggested retail price of $292,000. That’s if you can even get an allocation. Meanwhile the average sale price of a Ferrari reached $457,000 last year, and if you want a special-edition version, tack on an additional 40% to 80%. Then get ready to spend a year or two awaiting delivery. Allow me to offer you an offramp from the arms race that is car ownership. A…

Show Quick Read Key points generated by AI, verified by newsroom Jan Suraaj founder Prashant Kishor has responded to allegations that he is registered as a voter in both Bihar and West Bengal, saying he has been a voter from the Kargahar Assembly constituency since 2021. Speaking in Araria, Kishor clarified that he had briefly held a voter ID in Kolkata during his two-year stay there but has since shifted his registration to Bihar. “If the ECI says my name is enrolled elsewhere, why trouble everyone with the SIR? I have nothing to do with this notice,” he said. …

Found in parts of Asia and, oddly enough, the British countryside, these deer are part of a bizarre and little-known evolutionary path. Despite their appearance, they pose no threat to humans and play a crucial role in their native ecosystems. Contrary to common perception, antlers are not a universal feature among deer. Several species, especially those grouped under the loose label of “vampire deer,” have evolved without them. Instead, males grow tusk-like upper canines that can reach up to 10 centimeters in length. These tusks are not used for hunting or feeding—they are tools for sparring and self-defense, much like…

Show Quick Read Key points generated by AI, verified by newsroom With just over a week to go before Bihar heads to the polls, the Opposition’s Mahagathbandhan (Grand Alliance) on Tuesday became the first political bloc to release its election manifesto — a document packed with sweeping promises on jobs, welfare, and social justice. The state votes in two phases on November 6 and 11, with counting scheduled for November 14. The ruling allies, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s Janata Dal (United), are yet to release their manifestos. Tejashwi Yadav, the Opposition’s chief ministerial candidate…

About 25 km from Gopalganj town in Bihar, as one turns right from Line Bazar, a signboard reading “Phulwaria” – the native village of RJD patriarch Lalu Prasad – can be missed easily. The white lettering on the blue board has faded.The metalled road leading to Phulwaria also seems eroded. The road inside the village is not marked by potholes, although the drains lining them overflow. Sitting in front of his house, a 60-year-old villager Paras Nath Yadav claims that whatever development the village has seen took place under the Lalu dispensation over two decades ago. “The village has been…