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Wayanad district is safe for habitation, but it would be better to avoid living in Punchirimattom, the epicentre of the landslides, in the long run, according to the scientist leading the five-member team that inspected the region devastated by the landslides on July 30. Senior scientist John Matthai of the National Centre for Geosciences said that his team will demarcate the areas that are safe and unsafe for habitation in their report to the government. «Most of Chooralmala is safe,» he said, adding that «in the long term it would be safer to avoid living in areas close to the river at Punchirimattom».

Columbia University President Minouche Shafik resigned on Wednesday, nearly four months after the Ivy League university's handling of campus protests over Israel's war in Gaza was criticized by pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian sides alike. «It has also been a period of turmoil where it has been difficult to overcome divergent views across our community,» Shafik said in an email to staff and students. «This period has taken a considerable toll on my family, as it has for others in our community.» Shafik said her departure «at this point would best enable Columbia to traverse the challenges ahead.» She said she made the announcement so new leadership could be in place before the new term begins.

salt and sugar brands, whether packaged or unpackaged, contain microplastics, according to a study published by Toxics Link, an environmental research organization. The study, titled "Microplastics in Salt and Sugar," examined 10 types of salt and five types of sugar sourced from online and local markets. The findings reveal a pervasive presence of microplastics across all samples tested, a PTI report stated.

South Korean prosecutors have indicted a civil servant for allegedly stealing public funds to buy crypto.

The prices on the menu have been erased at a small hotel in a suburb of Ethiopia’s capital

Independence day, an event in Uttar Pradesh's Kakori reignited the fire of violent revolution against the Britishers. A small incident of dacoity at a sleepy railway station shook the might of British empire. The use of physical force as a form of direct confrontation with and retaliation against the British began as a concerted attempt in the last decade of the 19th century in India. The anti-Partition agitation that began in 1905 further catalyzed the growth of extremist nationalism in India. Several revolutionary associations and organizations, both clandestine and open, sprang up in Bengal, Maharashtra, Punjab, and so on. This was also the period when the culture of the bomb was absorbed and employed by the nationalists with assistance from the revolutionaries abroad.

The South Korean crypto exchange GOPAX has secured an eleventh-hour reprieve that will let it continue trading fiat parings, thanks to a “temporary” banking deal.

geoglyphs and petroglyphs in Ratnagiri as ‘protected monuments’ under the Maharashtra Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1960, reported TOI. The group of petroglyphs at Deud, Ratnagiri, dates back to the Mesolithic era (roughly 20,000-10,000 years ago), according to a notification by the culture department. Geoglyphs and petroglyphs are different types of ancient art forms. They involve the creation of images or designs on the earth’s surface or rock surfaces.

In recent weeks, Bangladeshi garment-factory owners have been on the phone with Western clothing brands, making the case that their country is a stable link in their supply chains. It has been a tricky sell. The world’s second largest garment producer has been rocked in recent weeks by protests and instability triggered by anger over grim employment prospects.

Bollywood's golden couple, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Abhishek Bachchan have been the subject of intense speculation and rumors about their marriage for months. The whispers reached a fever pitch when the entire Bachchan clan, sans Aishwarya, made a dazzling appearance at the lavish Ambani wedding. The former Miss World arrived solo with daughter Aaradhya, sparking further conjecture. At the heart of this swirling maelstrom is Dr. Zirak Marker, a close friend of Aishwarya's. Paparazzi shots of the duo sharing comfortable time with each other have fueled speculation about a potential romantic connection between the two. Social media has been ablaze with theories, with many convinced that this newfound closeness is the catalyst for the alleged rift between Aishwarya and Abhishek. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan was all smiles as she attended the launch of her close friend Dr. Zirak Marker's book, Parenting in the Age of Anxiety. Dr. Marker, a child and adult psychiatrist and psychotherapist, has been a dear friend of Aishwarya's since their college days at Jai Hind College. Dr. Marker and his wife, parent coach Priya Marker, are often seen vacationing with Aishwarya, Abhishek, and their daughter Aaradhya.

NCS) under the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) on Saturday confirmed that there has been no natural earthquake recorded in Wayanad and its adjoining areas by any of the Seismographic stations installed in Kerala or its surroundings on August 9, 2024. Ministry of Earth Sciences in a press statement said, the felt tremor reported by media sources with rumbling sound may be due to shifting of unstable rock masses accumulated during landslides from one level to other lower level for better stabilization that have generated sub terranean acoustic vibration due to frictional energy. «This energy has the potential of propagating up to hundreds of kilometres through sub-surface cracks and fractures associated with sub-surface lineaments that may have caused rumbling sounds with ground vibration in the areas as a natural phenomenon in the landslide-Prone zones,» the Ministry said.

Aman Sehrawat on Friday bagged the men's 57kg free-style bronze medal at the Olympics with a commanding win over Darian Toi Cruz, bringing some cheers to the Indian wrestling contingent that has been rocked by controversies. The 21-year-old U-23 world champion was the lone Indian male wrestler to qualify for the Paris Games and he did not disappoint, winning 13-5 in the bronze play-off at Champ de Mars Arena.

₹1,222 crore in the June quarter (Q1FY25). However, this robust growth was mainly due to the consolidation of the Thailand business. The acquisition, completed in January, added 283 Thailand KFC stores to Devyani’s portfolio back then.

₹9,164 crore was 22% below consensus estimates. This was largely due to a 6.3% year-on-year drop in its cement realization, a measure of pricing, as the hunger for sales volumes continued to keep the sector’s prices muted. But the fall in Shree’s realizations was higher than what analysts had estimated and sharper than that of some peers.

NASA's Perseverance rover raises the possibility that microbial life once existed on Mars. In the Jezero Crater, the rover discovered a mixture of organic materials, water, and a chemical energy source on a rock. The greatest proof of possible extraterrestrial life on the Red Planet has been found with this discovery, as per the reports of Yahoo news. For the past three years, Perseverance has been investigating the 28-mile-wide Jezero Crater. The rover discovered a rock known as "Cheyava Falls," which contains remains of organic materials, water, and perhaps even chemical reactions. The rock contains a crimson band full of «leopard spots,» which are probably the result of chemical reactions, and two vertical veins of calcium sulfate that were created by water.

Kim Kardashian shared pictures from her vacation to Greece recently, during which she spent time with Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez, his fiancee. Alongside pictures of a pile of coconuts and beach rock formations, Kardashian appears in the set of pictures wearing a black tank top. Alongside Kardashian, Sanchez, and Olivia Pierson, there's a kitten peeking over a porch, and the two women strolling about looking stylish. A boat at sea, Kardashian and Pierson wearing life jackets, goats on rugged terrain, and a foggy sunset over a mountain are all shown in the last pictures. «Greece this summer,» is all that Kardashian says in her caption, as per the reports of Daily Express US.

Canadian markets are catching up to a global selloff on Tuesday that rocked major stock indices around the world the day before.

The seventh largest meme coin by market capitalization, Brett ($BRETT) has tumbled by 32% amidst a market-wide crypto crash as risk-off sentiment rocks the global economy.

CK Venkataraman, MD, Titan, says that when it comes to Tanishq, what is emerging is that we need to up our game in terms of the standards, the innovations, and the excellence that we play for us to continue to keep growing at the rate at which we have grown for a long time. It is a good situation to be in. It will pull out everything that we have in terms of our capabilities and strengths. So, we are looking forward to the exciting times that are around us and, in a way, increasing in multiple ways. Though Q1 was not a blowout quarter for the jewelry market per se, demand was impacted by fewer wedding days and volatility in gold prices. Are things looking up now? CK Venkataraman: Yes, July has certainly been better. Even Q1 had two parts to it. For the first half till Akshaya Tritiya, growth YoY was good. But after that, the balance of the quarter was when the challenge came, where multiple things like extreme heat, gold prices, election excitement, plus election-related pressures on the movement of gold and stuff like that, but July has certainly been better.

The Topix and Nikkei 225 Stock Average fell about 5%, with the former set for a three-day decline that would be the worst since the 2011 Fukushima nuclear meltdown and put them near bear markets. A circuit breaker halted trading of Topix futures for about 10 minutes.