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03.08 / 19:19

UPS Remark Discover Southern blues What is a colossal whale? Know about the newly discovered whale which can be heaviest animal ever

ancient whale in Peru, which could potentially hold the title of the heaviest animal ever recorded. According to a study published in the journal Nature, the estimated body mass of the extinct Perucetus colossus ranges from 85 to 340 metric tons (equivalent to 187,393 to 749,572 pounds). This places its heft on par with or possibly surpassing that of the blue whale, which has long been recognized as the animal with the greatest body mass. Giovanni Bianucci, the first author of the study, revealed this groundbreaking discovery, shedding new light on the size and magnitude of these prehistoric creatures.

03.08 / 19:17

COST UPS Provident Target Southern Nielsen show Brolga and bat ruling a ‘death knell’ for Victorian wind farm

Strict conditions set around a proposed $1 billion wind farm in Victoria to protect nesting brolga and a tiny, critically endangered bat have sounded a “death knell” for wind power in the state’s south-west and make renewables targets unachievable, according to the project developer.

03.08 / 17:39

UPS Waters Extreme Southern show ‘August rainfall could be below normal’

Edited excerpts: How do you see the monsoon behaving in August? There is a level of uncertainty in prediction and distribution has got distorted. For example, North India is still excess of 26%, more than South and Central, though it should be the other way round. Average precipitation in North India is relatively lower, whereas East India gets the highest average rainfall as compared to the other regions.

03.08 / 17:21

COST Action Fighting Southern track 6 months after the East Palestine train derailment, Congress is deadlocked on new rules for safety

Congress responded to the fiery train derailment in eastern Ohio earlier this year with bipartisan alarm at railroad crashes causing potential disasters

03.08 / 17:21

Citi Landmark Fighting Southern Shell country Russian shelling hits a landmark church in the Ukrainian city of Kherson

Russian shelling has damaged a landmark church in the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson that held the remains of Prince Grigory Potemkin until last year

03.08 / 15:45

Provident Cooper Remark Southern show country PM Modi talks of cooperative federalism, but coercive federalism witnessed in country: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor

Shashi Tharoor on Thursday alleged that «blatant subversion of the constitutional separation of powers» was taking place through the bill to replace the Delhi services ordinance and said while Prime Minister Narendra Modi talks about cooperative federalism, the country was witnessing «coercive federalism». Participating in the debate in the Lok Sabha on the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Bill, 2023, Tharoor argued that the proposed bill represents a «grave chapter in the history of the Indian republic, seeking to ratify an ordinance that in many ways is an assault on our democratic heritage and the spirit of federalism».

03.08 / 12:39

Provident Southern cover Chennai-Tirunelveli Vande Bharat to be launched soon. Check tentative route, other details

Vande Bharat Express soon. India’s 26th Vande Bharat Express is likely roll between Chennai and Tirunelveli in the first week of August, media reports say. The much famed semi-high speed express train is tentatively scheduled to be launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in first week of August.

03.08 / 12:37

Citi Target Man Southern Subway 13 injured in South Korea when a man rams a car onto a sidewalk, stabs pedestrians

South Korea on Thursday when a man rammed a car onto a sidewalk and then stepped out of the vehicle and began stabbing people near a subway station in the city of Seongnam. Yoon Sung-hyun, an official from the southern Gyeonggi provincial police department, said at least nine people were stabbed and four others were injured by the vehicle.

03.08 / 11:17

UPS Citi Align Metro Southern electronic South India’s first inter-state Metro: Feasibility study to be conducted for extension of Bengaluru Metro to Tamil Nadu – Details here

South India’s first inter-state Metro project between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu have moved up in pace. The Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) on August 1 floated a tender for the preparation of a feasibility study for the first inter-state metro project in the Southern India.

03.08 / 10:01

COST UPS Southern Prologis Why Warehouse Rents Keep Going Up While Demand Is Dropping

Warehouse rental prices across the U.S. have never been as high as they were in the second quarter, when the average asking rent for industrial space reached $9.59 a square foot.

03.08 / 04:51

COST Provident Lowe's Parke Southern India should go for younger cheetahs habituated to human presence: Experts tell govt

Madhya Pradesh's Kuno National Park. In a status report submitted to the government recently, the experts said these attributes enable easier monitoring of health-related issues, simplify stress-free veterinary and management intervention, and enhance tourism value. Kuno, where two batches of cheetahs from Namibia and South Africa have been introduced, is set to open for tourism and these qualities in cheetahs can enhance the park's appeal to visitors, they said.

02.08 / 19:35

Citi Career CEO Southern Executive Reserve Banking executive Jeffrey Schmid named president of Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank

Jeffrey Schmid, a former banking executive, has been appointed the next president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, beginning Aug. 21

02.08 / 19:09

Citi CEO Strategy Southern veteran Veteran banker Jeffrey Schmid picked to lead Kansas City Fed

The Kansas City Federal Reserve is about to get a new leader as the inflation-fighting central bank plots its course ahead.

02.08 / 18:43

Target Southern country Ukraine says Russia struck port facilities on Danube

Ukraine said Wednesday that Russia had struck port infrastructure in Ukraine's southern region of Odesa, targeting facilities used to export grain since the collapse of the deal allowing shipments from the Black Sea. «On the night of August 2, Russian armed forces carried out a drone attack on Odesa,» the general prosecutor's office said in a statement.

02.08 / 15:07

Progressive Strategy Southern performer stage 2024 Congress top brass meets Karnataka leaders to hammer strategy for 2024 Lok Sabha Polls

Congress leadership on Wednesday discussed the party's strategy for the next Lok Sabha elections with senior party leaders from Karnataka. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and former party chief Rahul Gandhi were part of the discussions, where Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and deputy chief minister D K Shivakumar, besides AICC general secretary in-charge for Karnataka Randeep Surjewala, were present.

02.08 / 12:53

COST UPS Provident Southern country Power end NLCIL’s Ghatampur thermal plant to generate 1,980 MW power by year-end

₹19,406 crore, the project aims to significantly contribute to the energy requirements of the region, it added. Currently in the implementation phase, the first phase of the power plant is expected to become operational as per plans. The plant is expected to cater to the power needs of Uttar Pradesh, providing a substantial 1478.28 MW of electricity.

02.08 / 04:43

UPS Southern country Premium India should exclude premium rice variety from export ban -trade body

non-basmati rice variety favoured by overseas Indians, which are struggling to secure staple after New Delhi banned the exports, a leading trade body requested the government. The world's biggest exporter of rice surprised buyers last month by imposing a ban on exports of non-basmati white rice after retail rice prices climbed 3% in a month after late but heavy monsoon rains caused significant damage to crops.

02.08 / 04:43

UPS Waters Extreme Racing Southern Beijing rains heaviest since records began 140 years ago

«The maximum (amount) of rainfall recorded during this storm, which was 744.8 millimetres, occurred at the Wangjiayuan Reservoir in Changping,» the Beijing Meteorological Service said. It was the «heaviest rainfall in 140 years», when Beijing records began, it added. The largest volume previously recorded was 609 millimetres in 1891, the service added.Storm Doksuri, a former super typhoon, swept northwards over China after hitting southern Fujian province last week, following its battering of the Philippines.

02.08 / 02:39

Citi Waves Target Telegram Southern Kyiv mayor says Russian drone attack targets Ukraine capital

Kyiv's mayor said on Wednesday that a Russian drone attack on the capital overnight caused damage in multiple districts. «As a result of the enemy attack on the capital and the fall of (unmanned aerial vehicle) wreckage, a non-residential building was damaged in the Solomyansky district,» Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said on Telegram. Kyiv's busy Solomyansky district hosts an international airport.

02.08 / 01:23

UPS Southern International International Battery Company plans $1b India Li-ion unit

International Battery Company has committed to investing $1 billion in India's southern Karnataka state to build a factory that will produce lithium-ion cells, the provincial government said Tuesday. The privately owned company, which is making some initial batches of its prismatic or rectangular cells in South Korea, will acquire 100 acres of land close to the technology hub of Bangalore to build its plant.

01.08 / 23:04

Citi Waters Fighting Southern Environmentalists sue to stop Utah potash mine that produces sought-after crop fertilizer

Environmentalists have filed a lawsuit to prevent the construction of a new potash mine they say would devastate a lake ecosystem in the drought-stricken western Utah desert

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