File photo: A drone view of mud-covered properties following the flash flood at Trishuli in Nuwakot district, Nepal (Picture credit: Reuters) Nepal on Monday suspended all non-essential search and rescue operations 40 days after the Aug 26 Bhotekoshi-Trishuli floods, which left 1,455 people dead and 5,285 missing. It is now shifting focus to reconstruction and…
D’Arros Island in Seychelles has recorded a sharp rise in its Wedge-tailed Shearwater breeding population after rats were eradicated in 2003. Researchers counted 2,768 breeding pairs in 2016 and 2,406 in 2021, compared with about 254 pairs recorded in 2009. The colony also spread across a larger area, while breeding burrow density increased during the…
The Kinsey family bought a stretch of California countryside in 1914 that would eventually become a 6,625-acre working cattle ranch. After more than a century, the family has taken steps to ensure the property remains protected from development. The place is for cattle, forests, rivers and wildlife rather than new development.The Northcoast Regional Land Trust…
Shane and Emma Rozeveld/Image: Aslan Organics Shane and Emma Rozeveld, a Canadian couple who started growing food on two 8-by-12-foot plots, now own a 50-acre farm in Ontario.The couple started Aslan Organics in 2017 at the Yarrow Ecovillage in Chilliwack, British Columbia. They started growing for fun, but as yields grew, so did the business…
Indian professor working at Montana State University came under attack on social media along with other Indian scholars working at the university, as the Montana Governor went to India on an official visit. Social media witnessed a severe Montana meltdown as Montana Governor Greg Gianforte went to India for trade talks. While Gianforte got trolled,…
United States Ambassador to India, Sergio Gor, with Montana Governor Greg Gianforte and delegation members, in New Delhi TOI correspondant from Washington: In Montana, ‘traffic’ is when you have to wait for three deer and a stray cow to cross the highway, so goes the joke about a state where “just down the road” can…
Simon Andriesz, an Epstein whistleblower, died by suicide. Simon Andriesz, a former British banker and whistleblower who had raised questions over US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick’s alleged links to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, has died by suicide, according to reports.Andriesz, 57, was previously a managing director at Wall Street firm BGC Group, where Lutnick…
Taylor Sheridan/Image: Getty Images American filmmaker, screenwriter, and actor Taylor Sheridan bought a 600-acre ranch in Weatherford, Texas, in 2013 as a family home. More than a decade later, the property has become a production location for his television projects.Known as Bosque Ranch, the property is about 40 miles from Fort Worth and serves as…
Former White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt will be joining Fox News from November 1. Fox News Media CEO Suzanne Scott said former White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt has a distinct understanding of today’s political landscape — as Leavitt finalizes her next career move as a contributor to the channel in less than two…
A routine land-clearing project in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, turned into a costly property dispute after workers hired to prepare land for a solar farm mistakenly cut more than 30 trees belonging to a neighbouring landowner. The property boundaries had reportedly been surveyed and marked before the work began, but the tree-service workers apparently misunderstood…
