World Meet Carmela Chillery-Watson, the UK girl who began fundraising after a rare diagnosis at 4 and became the youngest person ever awarded an MBE at 11 August 13, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com Carmela Chillery-Watson (Image Credit: Guinness World Records) Carmela Chillery-Watson made history at the age of 11 as the youngest person ever to receive a Member of the Order of the…
World In 2022, Buffalo completed the first emerald shiner passage on the Niagara River; four years later, baffles are being extended along another 700 feet of seawall August 13, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com Niagara River AOC Habitat Restoration and Sediment Remediation Work Four years after Buffalo completed a groundbreaking fish ladder along the Niagara River to help native emerald shiners migrate, environmental crews…
World Washington began a two-year project to restore 270 acres in the South Fork Skagit estuary, reconnecting two islands to natural tidal habitat August 13, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com South Fork Skagit River estuary (Image Credit: Instagram/ @thewdfw) Washington has begun a major restoration project aimed at returning 270 acres in the South Fork Skagit River estuary to natural…
World In 1881, silver turned California’s Calico into a 3,000-person desert boomtown. By 1907, falling prices had turned it into a ghost town August 13, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com In California’s Mojave Desert, Calico now appears as a quiet collection of weathered buildings surrounded by dry hills and open scrubland. Its setting gives little indication that the settlement once…
World Amazon tribe Amondawa does not use weeks, months or years to describe time. Their language links it to events and life stages August 13, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com Deep in the Brazilian Amazon, the Amondawa have offered linguists an unusual glimpse of what life looks like when time is not treated as something that can be counted. In…
World 70 million years ago, Earth had 372 days a year. An ancient shell reveals days lasted just 23 hours and 31 minutes August 13, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com PC: Wikipedia, Wilson44691 – Own work, Public Domain About 70 million years ago, during the late Cretaceous period, a year lasted roughly 372 days rather than 365, meaning each day…
World Zelenskyy seeks 10% of US stockpile to ‘destroy all Russians’ missiles’: Report August 13, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com Zelensky urged the US to sell Ukraine 5-10% of its Patriot interceptor stockpile to counter Russian ballistic missile attacks Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has urged the United States to sell…
World Thousands of donors raised $15.65 million to save a 530-acre California sequoia grove, but the Castle Fire killed more than 100 ancient trees August 13, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com A 530-acre stretch of California forest filled with ancient giant sequoias was once the largest remaining privately owned giant sequoia property in the world. In 2019, thousands of donors came…
World Romania has declared a 30-day energy alert as Danube river levels fall too low to cool its nuclear reactors, sending the country into a climate-driven power crisis August 13, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com Romania has placed its energy sector under a nationwide 30-day state of alert after the Danube river levels fell to exceptionally low levels. This has forced Unit 1 at the…
World Quote of the day by Rabindranath Tagore: “Everything comes to us that belongs to us if we…” August 13, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com Quote of the day by Rabindranath Tagore (Image: Wikipedia) Rabindranath Tagore‘s words speak directly to preparation, personal growth and the ability to genuinely recognise an opportunity the moment it actually…
