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Fireflies – alternatively known as lightning bugs in much of the United States – are neither flies nor bugs. They’re soft-winged beetles, related to click beetles and others. The most dramatic aspect of their biology is that they can produce light; this ability in a living organism, called bioluminescence, is relatively rare. I’m an entomologist who does research on, and teaches about, the ecology and biology of insects. Recently, I’ve been trying to understand the diversity and ecology of fireflies in my home state of North Carolina. Fireflies are found widely across North America, including many places in the west, but they are most abundant and diverse in the eastern half of the continent, from Florida to southern Canada.

Google is celebrating the Fifa Women's World Cup with a special doodle released on Sunday. Google's latest doodle will only be available in select countries including Canada, Iceland, Cuba, Costa Rica, United Kingdom, Ireland, Norway, Latvia, Germany, Italy, Bulgaria, Spain, Armenia, Zambia, Nigeria, Japan, Philippines, Australia and New Zealand. The search giant had announced a special multiplayer game to commemorate the opening day of the FIFA Women's World Cup on July 20.

Gurvinder’s body reached his hometown late Friday evening and both the mother-son were cremated together on 29 July, a report by Indian Express has stated. “According to preliminary investigation, the woman was in shock following the death of her son in Canada. Family members said she was unable to bear the loss," a police official said as quoted by Hindustan Times on 28 July.

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Piyush Goyal on Saturday said he is hopeful of India finalising certain free trade agreements (FTAs) in the next few months, which would help promote exports. India is in the final stages of concluding FTA negotiations with the UK. The country is also negotiating similar pacts with Canada and European Union (EU). «We can leverage the free trade agreements with the UAE and Australia and we are hopeful that in the next few months, we will finalise many more free trade agreements to help you grow your business with zero duty on finished leather products and footwear available for you to exploit bigger and better markets,» Goyal said while addressing footwear industry representatives here. The minister also asked the industry to focus on quality and sustainable manufacturing processes to tap business opportunities in the developed world. The Indian footwear and leather industry is not only a major foreign exchange earner but being a labour-intensive sector, it also provides employment to approximately 4.5 million people, 40 per cent of whom are women. He said that India has the capacity to become the world's largest and best-quality footwear manufacturer.

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Rising food costs are leading consumers to pivot away from shopping at food and beverage stores to less costly general merchandisers instead, Statistics Canada reports.

Canada’s economy kept growing in May, but early signs of a long-awaited slowdown started to appear in June, according to Statistics Canada.

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Captain Sam Kerr has declared herself available to play in the Matildas’ do-or-die Women’s World Cup match against Canada in a massive boost to Australia’s precariously placed campaign.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says if a Calgary medical clinic begins charging a fee for faster access to a family doctor, it will be shut down, fined or have medicare payments from the province withheld.

US lawmakers has urged the Biden administration to take executive action to make priority dates current for Green Card applicants from India to reduce the 195-year-long wait period which has left them in a constant state of limbo. Led by Congressmen Raja Krishnamoorthi and Larry Bucshon, the bipartisan group of 56 lawmakers sent a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas requesting the administration take executive action to provide relief to high-skilled employment-based visa holders. In their letter, the US lawmakers also appealed to the administration to mark all dates for filing of employment-based visa applications in the Bureau of Consular Affairs' published Employment-Based Visa Bulletin as «current». A Green Card, known officially as a Permanent Resident Card, is a document issued to immigrants to the US as evidence that the bearer has been granted the privilege of residing permanently. The current situation surrounding the seven per cent country cap on employment-based Green Card allocation is causing severe repercussions, particularly for countries such as India, where the backlog has reached an astonishing 195 years, said Foundation for India and Indian Diaspora Studies (FIIDS USA) in a separate appeal to the US President Joe Biden. This backlog disproportionately affects Indian tech professionals, who constitute a significant portion of the highly skilled STEM talent and US-educated graduates, playing a crucial role in maintaining the United States' competitive edge in the technology industries, it said.

Also read: Domino’s Pizza Strikes Deal With Uber in Search for New Sales Here are seven of the country’s top tavern-style pizza spots to visit Chefs are embracing the trend, and tavern-style pizzas have become a hit even beyond the Midwest. In New York, Patti Ann’s offers various takes on the classic Chicago-style pie. Windy City Pie in Seattle added its spin with an amari-focused bar program.

Novak Djokovic - Untold Stories, Srdjan Djokovic revealed his hopes that his son might retire in 2024. He expressed his desire for Novak Djokovic to be celebrated for his achievements even after leaving the tennis world. While acknowledging that it's not yet the end, Srdjan hinted that the decision might be around a year and a half away.

enhanced Canada Workers Benefit (CWB).Low- and modest-income Canadian workers who received the CWB in 2022 will automatically receive their advance payments from the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA), Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland said Thursday.The CWB is a refundable tax credit that tops up the earnings of eligible Canadians and is indexed to inflation each year to help keep up with the cost of living, according to the government.“The Canada Workers Benefit tops up the income of up to 4.2 million hardworking Canadians—because no one working full-time should be struggling to put food on the table or to pay their rent,” Freeland said in the release.Income and other circumstances are factored in when considering Canadians’ eligibility for the CWB.Canadians are eligible for the basic amount of the CWB if they meet all the following conditions: their working income is below the net income level set for their province or territory of residence; they have been a Canadian resident throughout the year; they are 19 years or older on Dec. 31, or they live with their spouse or common-law partner or their child.For CWB purposes, an eligible spouse is someone who lives with the person receiving benefits as their spouse or common-law partner on Dec.

Ram temple, over 40 tourist spots have been identified and proposed in Ayodhya under a master plan and the projected visitor footfall is of 3 lakh people per day by 2051, Dikshu C Kukreja, managing principal, at CP Kukreja Architects, told ET. CP Kukreja Architects, Canada based Lea Associates and L&T were selected to chalk out a master blueprint plan for Ayodhya two years ago. CP Kukreja Architects handed over the master plan in January last year.

Two related stories hit my desk this week, both about the perils of wokeism and increasing backlash against diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI).

Laurentian Bank of Canada shares tumbled as much as nine per cent on a report that Bank of Nova Scotia and Toronto-Dominion Bank dropped out of the running to acquire the Montreal-based lender.

Canada’s economic growth slowed in the second quarter after a strong start to the year, data from Statistics Canada showed Friday.

OTTAWA (Reuters) — Canada's economy grew by 0.3% in May, in line with expectations, as demand for services overshadowed the impact of raging wildfires on the energy sector, Statistics Canada data showed on Friday.

Nonfungible token (NFT) adoption is picking up steam across the food and beverage industry, with many fast-food chains showing interest in the asset class.