World ‘We know how to stand up to American ideas’: Israeli PM Netanyahu rejects Trump’s 15-point Gaza plan August 9, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com Netanyahu said that, “As long as I am prime minister, no Palestinian state will be established.” Israel has rejected the latest US proposal to move to the next stage of…
World In 1967, US satellites hunting secret nuclear tests detected a flash from deep space; the accidental signal became the first observed gamma-ray burst August 9, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com Artist’s concept of a close-up naked-eye view of a GRB. Credit: NASA For more than half a century, gamma-ray bursts have remained one of the most puzzling events observed in…
World From ‘enemies’ to ‘patriotic brothers’: Pakistan changes stance on PoK protesters ahead of polls August 9, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com Pakistan PML-N has softened its stance on PoK protesters, calling them “patriotic brothers”, as the party prepares to form a government in the region. Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s led…
World Indian man accused of strangling US girlfriend after she planned to end relationship; arrested in Germany August 9, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com Varun Batchigari is suspected of first-degree murder in the death of University of Arizona student Julissa Rubi Salazar. (Screengrab from YT video) An Indian man accused of killing his 19-year-old…
World Tinian: In 1944, Japanese shore guns hit USS Colorado 22 times off Tinian, killing 43 and wounding 198; the battleship stayed in action and fired back August 9, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com USS Colorado (BB-45). (Photo: Dyer Collection/Naval History and Heritage Command, NH 77074) As American forces moved to capture Tinian in the Mariana Islands during the Second World War, hidden Japanese…
World Researchers used a gene gun to make lettuce and tobacco produce cattle and pig myoglobin, the protein that gives meat its red colour and umami flavour August 9, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com Scientists engineer lettuce and tobacco to produce myoglobin for meat alternatives Let us accept it: livestock farming is a heavy burden on the environment. Raising animal feed takes vast amounts…
World South Korea planted more than 10 billion trees after the Korean War, and its forests made a remarkable comeback | World News August 9, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com Image: Korea JoongAng Daily South Korea’s forests were in an exceptionally poor condition after decades of exploitation and the destruction caused by the Korean War. By 1960, the average growing…
World Punch The Baby Monkey: Punch, the baby monkey, turns 1: His childhood loneliness has turned him into a baby protector and he’s received 25000 birthday cards on his special day August 9, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com Punch, the orphaned baby Japanese macaque at Ichikawa City Zoo, Tokyo, who conquered the hearts of millions while clinging to an orangutan plushie, has turned one. The monkey celebrated his…
World US scientists are tagging sharks with ocean sensors; every time they surface, data is sent by satellite to help forecast how strongly hurricanes may intensify August 9, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com Aaron Carlisle grasps a white shark alongside a boat off the coast of Delaware (Reuters photo) Scientists in the US are testing an unusual way to collect ocean data that…
World ‘Situation in Ukraine difficult’: Zelensky in Moscow ally Serbia as Russian strikes kill 4 in Kyiv region August 9, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com Volodymyr Zelensky and Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky described the situation in his war-torn country as “difficult” during a visit to Serbia, one of the few European…
