After 18 years without sightings, 13 white-lipped peccaries (Tayassu pecari) have been released into Piedras Blancas National Park in southern Costa Rica as part of a conservation project to restore the species. Its disappearance left a gap in the rainforest’s food chain, disrupting the ecological balance. To address this, Osa Conservation is working with the…
MUMBAI: HCLTech’s dollar revenue rose to $3.7 billion in the Sept quarter, up 2% sequentially and 2.2% year-on-year. In constant currency terms, revenue grew 2.3% sequentially and 2.6% year on year. EBIT margin expanded 131 basis points sequentially and 71 basis points year-on-year to 18.2%.The company’s services business grew 3% sequentially, generating more than $100…
TRIGGER WARNING: This article contains references to suicide. Actor RJ Mitte, best known for playing Walter White Jr., aka Flynn, in the hit television series ‘Breaking Bad’, has sadly passed away. He was 34.According to a TMZ report, county officials have reportedly confirmed that the actor passed away in Texas on Monday. His death is…
NEW DELHI: Centre has asked states and UTs to ensure hospitals prominently display rates for their services and facilities to improve transparency in treatment costs and reduce billing disputes. The directive comes even as hospital representatives question gaps in implementation.In a letter to chief secretaries of all states and UTs, health secretary Punya Salila Srivastava…
Representative Image of an ornate Chinese porcelain dish with dragon designs and a yellow glaze found beneath a dusty sofa ( AI Generrated Image) For decades, a large, dirt-covered porcelain dish lay beneath a sofa in a north London home, its significance unknown to the family who kept it. Now identified as a rare example…
CHENNAI: Lakshmi Venu and Mallika Srinivasan have said the economic settlement within the Venu Srinivasan (VS) family remains unresolved, disputing suggestions that a division of assets has been completed.In a joint statement issued amid recent media reports, Lakshmi Venu and Mallika Srinivasan, daughter and wife of Venu Srinivasan, respectively, said no agreement on the division…
Nathan McSweeney used YouTube videos of Virat Kohli and Steve Smith to prepare for the challenge of batting against spin in India. His preparation proved effective as the Australia A batter topped the run charts in the one-day series against India A, helping his team secure a 2-1 win in Puducherry.McSweeney scored 194 runs in…
Actor Selma Blair has been issued a summons accusing her of assaults that occurred aboard a plane after she was taken into custody following a flight from Los Angeles to New York for being abusive and injuring two flight attendants, authorities said Monday. FBI issues Selma Blair summons The charges listed on the violation notice…
A British prop maker has turned a corner of his backyard into a science-fiction hideaway, complete with a bar, curved seating that doubles as a bed and a screen showing distant planets. In an interview with PEOPLE, Chester Walsh, 29, spent three months building the spaceship-inspired retreat at his home in Northamptonshire, with the project…
BENGALURU: IT firms had shrugged off concerns over their dependence on the US green-card route well before the US administration announced the suspension of PERM processing, with certified applications already declining sharply.Thirteen major IT services companies recorded 607 certified permanent labour certification (PERM) applications in the first nine months of FY26, compared with 1,670 in…
