World In 2024, Colorado stepped up restoration for the Preble’s meadow jumping mouse; two years later, a new project is expanding habitat protection August 14, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com Preble’s meadow jumping mouse (Image Credit: Wikipedia) Colorado’s efforts to protect the threatened Preble’s meadow jumping mouse are gaining momentum as conservationists work to restore the streamside habitat the tiny…
World In 2001, scientists tested 4 beluga whales at a New York aquarium; 98 sessions later, it was found the Arctic whales may recognise themselves August 14, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com In the quiet pools of the New York Aquarium, a groundbreaking experiment was unfolding. It was 2001, and a team of scientists was about to test a question that had…
World Quote of the day by MacKenzie Scott: “People struggling against inequities deserve center stage in…” August 14, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com Stories about social change tend to focus on the people at the top of the story, the prominent leaders, the large institutions, the wealthy donors whose names end up in…
World Shehbaz Sharif threatens India with ‘direct response’ over Indus Treaty August 14, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com Shehbaz Sharif speaking on eve of Pakistan’s Independence Day Pakistan has yet again raked up India’s suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), with its Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif threatening…
World A stark warning for today’s climate August 14, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com Fossils from Wyoming are revealing how forests responded when Earth experienced one of its most intense episodes of global warming around 56 million years ago. A new study, published in…
World Egyptian archaeologists discover 3 tombs in Bahariya Oasis with 5 mummies, and Roman-era remains August 14, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com An Egyptian archaeological mission has uncovered three tombs from different periods at the Sheikh Sobi archaeological site in the Bahariya Oasis. The discovery adds new evidence to the long history…
World In 2025, coral cover in the Great Barrier Reef’s northern region fell to 30% after its largest annual decline on record; a year later, surveys of 192 reefs found it had risen to 35.1% despite another bleaching event August 14, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com A variety of corals form an outcrop on Flynn Reef, part of the Great Barrier Reef near Cairns, Queensland, Australia. Credits – WIkimedia Commons The last two years have been…
World Indian-origin man rejected for H-1B visa three times compiled 700 pages of evidence and spent $13,000 to secure another way to stay in US August 14, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com Since the onset of the second Trump administration, the H-1B visa has transformed from a government document into a coveted goal. From applying to the lottery numerous times to hoping…
World Shakespeare’s birth home was about to be shipped to the US in 1847; the Shakespeare Trust had to buy it for £3,000 to save it from a showman who wanted to make it a theme park attraction August 14, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com “I like this place and willingly could waste my time in it,” wrote William Shakespeare in his play ‘As You Like It’. Most people feel this sentiment towards their homes,…
World Iowa man faces 124 charges after allegedly capturing Alabama’s critically endangered turtle found only in the state August 14, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com An arrest in northern Alabama has led to more than 100 charges against an Iowa man accused of taking protected wildlife, including a turtle found only within the state. The…
