JACUME: Near the towering border wall flanked by a US Border Patrol vehicle, botanist Sula Vanderplank heard a quail in the scrub yelp “chi-ca-go,” a sound the birds use to signal they are separated from a mate or group. Then silence. A quail on the Mexican side called back, triggering a back-and-forth soundtrack that was … Read more
PUERTO AYORA: Greenpeace on Monday called for the creation of a high seas marine protected zone under a new UN treaty to secure a much wider area around Ecuador’s famous Galapagos archipelago.The islands, whose unique fauna and flora inspired British scientist Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution, are home to one of the world’s largest marine … Read more
Life on Earth has existed for thousands of years, thanks in large part to the atmosphere‘s composition, which includes life-sustaining gases such as nitrogen, oxygen, argon, carbon dioxide, and others.Each of these gases plays a crucial role in maintaining the well-being of flora and fauna. Oxygen, particularly, is abundant in our atmosphere and is essential … Read more
MUMBAI: A clutch of unicorn startups in a meeting with commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal on Wednesday discussed the possibility of establishing a unicorn club or simply put, an association of startups which would regularly engage with the minister’s office and suggest measures to boost the growth of the ecosystem. In the meeting which … Read more
HYDERABAD: Telangana government led incubator T-Hub on Thursday rolled out two flagship initiatives — T-Bridge and T-Scale — to commemorate its eighth foundation day.While T-Bridge will facilitate global market access for Indian startups, T-Scale will prepare startups for Series-A readiness.As part of T-Scale, which it has rolled out in collaboration with Factoryal, T-Hub has introduced … Read more
NEW DELHI: Asserting that India’s G20 presidency became a people-driven movement, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said its leadership of the bloc has striven to bridge divides, dismantle barriers and sow seeds of collaboration that nourish a world where unity prevails over discord and shared destiny eclipses isolation.“As the G20 president, we had pledged to … Read more
Atlantic waters reached record-breaking high temperatures this summer, which conservation experts say could be detrimental to marine life and ocean circulation down the line. And they are warming the impacts of these temperatures on ocean systems and biodiversity can be devastating. The North Atlantic has been hit particularly hard by heat waves, including off the … Read more