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A Texas family’s decision to donate its historic bat cave ensures four million female Mexican free-tailed bats retain a protected place to give birth and raise their pups | World News

In 1990, Richard Phillip Eckert and Virginia Eckert Garrett donated a cave in Mason County, Texas, to The Nature Conservancy in honour of their father and grandfather. The gift ensured the bats would be permanently protected. According to the Conservancy, about four million female Mexican free-tailed bats now use the Eckert James River Bat Cave…

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Reds gone, but ‘dimagi Naxals’ still instigating people: PM Modi | India News

RAIPUR: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday warned that the end of armed Maoist insurgency did not mean the threat had disappeared, alleging that what he called ‘Dimagi Naxals’ had infiltrated political parties and organisations and were inciting people against the Constitution and democracyContinuing his long-standing tradition of celebrating Diwali with security forces, this time…

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Baby pufferfish inherit a nearly non-toxic chemical from their mothers; researchers exposed the larvae to predatory fish, which took them into their mouths before immediately spitting them back out

Pufferfish have an interesting way of showing motherly love. Anyone remotely familiar with poisonous foods would know about fugu. It is a Japanese delicacy so dangerous that chefs need special training and a licence to prepare it. One wrong cut could leave traces of tetrodotoxin, a potent neurotoxin.Pufferfish are notorious for carrying this deadly chemical…

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‘Why funding only for temples?’ Congress’s Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Bengal’s Rs 1,000-crore plan | India News

NEW DELHI: Senior Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Sunday questioned the BJP-led West Bengal government’s proposed Rs 1,000 crore spending over the next two years to renovate and restore ancient temples and monasteries across the state under the ‘Tirthakshetra Circuit’.Speaking to reporters on the occasion of Kali Puja and Diwali, Chowdhury said the country…

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Billionaire couple Lynda and Stewart Resnick pledged $50 million to UC Davis in 2022; their 34,000-square-foot agricultural research centre opened in May 2026 | World News

PC: The Wonderful Company A philanthropic pledge announced in 2022 has now taken physical shape at the University of California, Davis, where a new agricultural research centre opened its doors in May 2026. The facility, named after California philanthropists Lynda and Stewart Resnick, follows their $50 million donation to the university, the largest contribution it…

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In a 2,800-year-old Siberian tomb, researchers found about 1,000 cannabis seeds and chemical traces in human hair, suggesting ritual intoxication among people buried alongside sacrificed horses and other remains

Representative image of cannabis seeds from Canva Researchers studying a 2,800-year-old princely tomb in southern Siberia have found about 1,000 cannabis seeds alongside preserved human hair containing chemical traces associated with cannabis intoxication. The discovery, reported by Phys.org, ScienceAlert and Discover Magazine, suggests that people buried in the Scythian-era tomb may have used cannabis for…

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Watch: Diwali lights up Srinagar’s Lal Chowk as tourists, locals celebrate at Ghanta Ghar | India News

Local Hindus and Muslims also joined the celebrations, with people lighting firecrackers. NEW DELHI: Thousands of earthen lamps lit up Srinagar’s iconic Lal Chowk on Sunday evening as tourists and local residents came together to celebrate Diwali around the city’s historic clock tower, popularly known as Ghanta Ghar.Dozens of tourists gathered at the clock tower…

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In 2015, a Louisiana woman began a long legal fight over neighbours using a rural road beside her home; in November 2026, appeals judges upheld her right to stop them using the private section beyond its first 1,000 feet

Living beside a quiet country road in French Settlement, Louisiana, Mona Matherne spent more than ten years trying to stop her neighbours from using a private stretch of land that passes her home. On Friday, 6 November 2026, state appeals judges brought the long-running dispute to an end. They ruled that the 73-year-old landowner has…

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Delhi records ‘very poor’ air quality on Diwali, 19 monitoring stations report severe AQI | India News

NEW DELHI: Delhi’s Air Quality Index stood at 371, in the ‘very poor’ category, on Sunday evening as people stepped out to celebrate DiwaliThe national capital witnessed a further deterioration in air quality as firecracker emissions added to the existing pollution burden. Several residents took to social media platform X to report a smoky smell…

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