World In 2009, Minnesota treated Pickerel Lake with fish poison to remove common carp; afterward water clarity rose nearly 600% and plant cover climbed from 4.6% to 90% August 29, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com For decades, Pickerel Lake in Minnesota struggled with poor water quality, heavy algal growth and extremely low aquatic plant cover. The shallow lake had become dominated by common carp, a…
World In 1954, aviation pioneer Glenn L. Martin donated over 2,500 acres of his Chesapeake Bay hunting preserve; today the refuge spans 4,548 acres and protects migratory birds August 29, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com Chesapeake Bay (Image Credit: iStock) A piece of Chesapeake Bay marshland that once formed part of an aviation pioneer’s private hunting preserve has become an important refuge for wildlife. What…
World Viking Textile Fragments: Rare textile fragments have survived for around 1,300 years inside a Viking woman’s Danish grave because metallic salts released by two brooches inhibited microbes that would normally destroy the cloth August 29, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com Credit: Arkæologi Vestjylland Danish archaeologists have unearthed rare textile remains from a Viking woman’s grave near Varde, in the heart of Western Jutland. During excavations at the Skonager site (ARV…
World Researchers piecing together ancient tablets, inscriptions and a statue argue that three forgotten kings ruled Assyria more than 2,700 years ago, potentially changing part of the empire’s accepted chronology August 29, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com Representative Image (AI-generated) For more than 2,700 years, the story of Assyria’s kings has survived through fragments of clay tablets, royal inscriptions, monuments and carefully preserved lists of rulers. Together,…
World Scientists took 232 gravity readings across a Utah mountain and discovered 1.55 million cubic metres of ice hidden beneath loose rock, enough frozen water to fill about 600 Olympic swimming pools August 29, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com Timpanogos Rock Glacier ice discovery From a distance it looks like nothing more than a sprawling pile of rocks high in Utah’s Wasatch Range. But beneath the rubble of Mount…
World A wooden relic that survived the sack of Jerusalem’s First Temple was unearthed by archaeologists, now they are finding shocking answers August 29, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com Image credit: Reut VilfImage source: Tel Aviv University In the current world, it is highly unlikely to come across intact wood that is thousands of years old and yet untouched.…
World McDonald’s-backed grants worth $2.4 million are unlocking nearly $99.1 million for conservation deals covering more than 100,650 acres of working ranches across 11 US states August 29, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com McDonald’s has approximately 13,500 restaurants in US, and while the brand serves a variety of menu options across the country, it also supports other causes. On August 27, 2026, the…
World No surrender, no dissent: How six months of war hardened Iran’s leadership August 29, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com Tehran’s leaders appear determined to maintain confrontation with Washington while ensuring that economic hardship does not translate into political unrest. Six months into its war with the United States and…
World Belgium Gold Discovery: Construction workers in Belgium dig up mysterious gold worth $10 million while building sewer under former brewery: ‘Our first reaction was actually disbelief and surprise’ August 29, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com Pic courtesy: Lokale Politie Dendermonde Construction workers in Belgium unearthed gold worth an estimated $10.4 million while excavating trenches for a sewage system at a former brewery site earlier this…
World Scientists spent 100 years discovering new animals and found that hotspots are emerging in unexpected places; it is now reshaping the understanding of biodiversity August 29, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com Representative Image (AI-generated) For much of the past century, scientists have steadily expanded the catalogue of life on Earth, adding species that were previously unknown to science and refining the…
