World Mark Zuckerberg’s wife Priscilla Chan’s grandfather died of cancer when she was in sixth grade; she found a cancer textbook and taught herself why he died | World News September 3, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com
World Indian-origin British Airways manager convicted of sexually assaulting colleague at his home | World News September 3, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com
World Gloria Steinem: Feminist activist and Ms Magazine co-founder Gloria Steinem dies at 92 September 3, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com
World He began studying the Amazon in the 1970s; 50 years later, Philip Fearnside’s research has calculated the costs of losing the Amazon on account of deforestation, dams and highways September 3, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com
World In 1935, Melanchthon Cliser refused $4,855 for his 46-acre Virginia property; deputies handcuffed and evicted him, and he never cashed it as Shenandoah National Park took shape September 3, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com
World Mark Zuckerberg’s wife Priscilla Chan’s grandfather died of cancer when she was in sixth grade; she found a cancer textbook and taught herself why he died | World News September 3, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com
World Indian-origin British Airways manager convicted of sexually assaulting colleague at his home | World News September 3, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com
World Apollo 15 astronauts collected tiny green glass beads from the Moon in 1971; more than 35 years later scientists found evidence of water inside, changing what we knew about the lunar interior August 23, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com Representative Image (Image Credit: Canva) In 1971, Apollo 15 astronauts David Scott and James Irwin noticed something unusual on the Moon: tiny green flecks scattered across the otherwise grey surface.…
World In 2021, scientists tested 20 bonnethead sharks and found they use Earth’s magnetic field to navigate, suggesting sharks may have a magnetic map | August 23, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com Twenty bonnethead sharks were given an unusual test at a Florida State University laboratory in 2021: could they tell where they were by reading Earth’s magnetic field? The young sharks,…
World Hindu family of four found dead in locked home in Bangladesh’s Rangpur; strangulation suspected August 23, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com Police found the four bodies in different parts of the house, including the roof, staircase and under a bed (Image credit: @HinduUnityBD on X) Four members of a Hindu family,…
World Meet John Liu, the student who used corn stalks and wheat straw to recover lithium from dilute water | August 23, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com Image: @JJYAj/YouTube/AI Regenerated Lithium is a crucial ingredient in rechargeable batteries, but recovering it from dilute sources can be difficult and energy-intensive. John Liu, a high school student from St.…
World A South African couple combined 11 former livestock farms into a 67,000-acre reserve, restored the land and brought cheetahs back to the Great Karoo after 130 years August 23, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com Samara reintroduced wild cheetahs to the Great Karoo in 2004 after 130 years. (Picture: Samara) In 1997, couple Sarah and Mark Tompkins set out to restore a part of South…
World Meet Frank Lucci, the 18-year-old Texas student who built a high-precision robot sensor for under $25; it is nearly 20 times cheaper than existing options August 23, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com Born in San Antonio, Lucci built SubArc for his engineering project for the Regeneron Science Talent Search. Imagine building a tiny piece of technology that tells robots exactly how they…
World A Michigan woman gave birth in the back of an Uber; one year later, the driver returned for the baby’s ‘One Wild Ride’ birthday as her godmother August 23, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com Braya Ray was in for a big surprise when she hopped into Meghan “Maggie” Whatley’s Uber last year. Not only did Ray, 25, unexpectedly welcome her baby daughter Grace in…
World An Iowa couple bought an abandoned fire station for $90,000; nearly 10 years later, they had turned the black-mold-covered 1960 building into their family dream home August 23, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com Photo: absolutprop_firehouse_flip/ Instagram Growing up in Iowa, Steven and Ashley Evans knew all about the local fire station in Cedar Rapids because it was right by the high school they…
World ‘India could use water as weapon’: Pakistan minister as Indus Waters Treaty remains in abeyance August 23, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com Pakistan minister Ahsan Iqbal (File photo) Pakistan minister Ahsan Iqbal has said India could “weaponise” the Indus Water Treaty (IWT) and expressed hope that “better sense” would prevail to prevent…
World In the early 1970s, Virginia Beach compacted 640,000 tons of garbage into a 60-foot hill; the dump became America’s first landfill park and now spans 165 acres August 23, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com Mount Trashmore Park (Image Credit: Wikipedia) In Virginia Beach, one of the city’s most recognisable parks began with something most communities would rather hide: a mountain of garbage. According to…
