World The United States removed 100 outdated dams in 2025, reconnecting more than 4,893 river miles across 30 states and setting a single-year record for upstream habitat August 12, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com Dam removal on the Middle Fork Nooksack River, Washington (American Rivers photos) The United States removed 100 dams across 30 states in 2025, reconnecting more than 4,893 miles of rivers,…
World ‘Small revolution’: France bans unsolicited telemarketing calls without consent August 12, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com A person uses his phone near the Eiffel Tower in Paris, Wednesday. (File Photo) France has banned unsolicited telemarketing calls unless consumers have given prior permission, in a move described…
World A 12,900-year-old cave has opened a window into a forgotten world of hunter-gatherers in Türkiye, revealing ancient fires, stone tools and personal ornaments August 12, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com Representative Image (AI-generated) In 2019, researchers identified Koskarlı Cave near Trabzon, in Türkiye’s eastern Black Sea region. According to a study published in the journal Antiquity, later excavations at the…
World With a massive 242,000 acres, Bill Gates is the largest private farmland owner in the United States | World News August 12, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com William (Bill) H. Gates, founder, technology advisor of Microsoft Corporation. Image Credit: Ken Shipp/ Wikimedia commons Bill Gates, the co-founder of Microsoft, has shifted from a global technology leader into…
World New York, New Jersey declare August 15 ‘India Independence Day’ ahead of 80th anniversary August 12, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com New York and New Jersey have issued separate proclamations for August 15 ahead of India’s 80th Independence Day. (Photo: @IndiainNewYork) New York and New Jersey have issued separate proclamations for…
World Lake Erie fish gather near low-oxygen zones as scientists study how climate change could reshape their habitat | August 12, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com Lake Erie can look deceptively uniform from the surface. Beneath it, however, temperature, oxygen and nutrients divide the water into shifting layers, creating habitats that can change over surprisingly short…
World A Byzantine ship sank off Croatia more than 1,300 years ago; archaeologists have now recovered about 600 grams of gold that points to an imperial passenger August 12, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com A shipwreck beneath the Mediterranean has recently revealed more gold than any other in the region to date. The vessel sank in the Adriatic Sea in the seventh or eighth…
World In 1983, an Atlantic City widow rejected $1 million for her home; in 1994, a state agency offered $251,250 and threatened eminent domain, but she ultimately won in court August 12, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com “Individual freedom finds tangible expression in property rights.” Those words, written by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, capture a principle that lies at the heart of a free society.…
World Meet Rosie, the five-year-old who turned a princess-dress scooter ride into a £4,000 fundraiser for her friend August 12, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com Not all superheroes wear capes, some don tiaras and do the good work such as five-year-old Rosie. After befriending Sid at a birthday party and learning he uses a wheelchair…
World Mexico cleaned over 100K tons of sargassum at the beginning of 2026, but is still facing a seaweed crisis due to the invasive species deeply impacting its tourism August 12, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com A vast belt of brown seaweed is stretching across the Atlantic Ocean, from the coast of West Africa to the Gulf of Mexico, creating a phenomenon so extensive that it…
