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Texas avoided a huge electricity crisis and blackout risk, thanks to the massive 20,000-megawatt solar buffer | World News

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Solar panel installation, Krugerville. Image Credit: Ken Oltmann/US Department of Energy Texas has relied on its old thermal power plants for a long time, but a massive shift is currently reforming the state’s electric network. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas(ERCOT), the body responsible for managing the majority of the state’s power flow, has supervised … Read more

Chiyaan Vikram faces online backlash over Lar Gibbon video, actor deletes post as questions about exotic animal ownership and wildlife claims surface |

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Chiyaan Vikram has faced online criticism after a video showing him interacting with a Lar Gibbon sparked questions about the animal’s ownership and legal status in India. While social media users have raised concerns over the exotic animal, allegations about its origin and Vikram’s ownership remain unverified, with no confirmed finding of wrongdoing currently established. … Read more

Bhakti Local: Mumbai local turns into ‘bhakti’ local as a bhajan mandali marks 21 years of its devotional journey aboard local trains in the city

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Photo: @mi.satarkar_suraj/ Instagram Mumbai’s local trains are known for their packed compartments, quick chai stops, and the sheer rhythm of a city always in motion. But sometimes, that daily grind makes way for something far more heartfelt. That’s exactly what happens on Mumbai locals, where a daily commute turns into more of a bhajan, devotion, … Read more

League points will stick around: Why opening games are crucial at Hockey World Cup | Hockey News

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Salima Tete and Harmanpreet Singh (Image credit: Hockey India) The upcoming FIH Men’s and Women’s World Cups in Belgium and the Netherlands will be played under a new three-stage format, making the league phase even more crucial as points earned in the opening round will be carried forward to the next stage. That is, the … Read more

In 1965, a couple began counting pigeons in Queensland. Three years later, numbers fell from 4,692 to 1,451, beginning a 60-year conservation story |

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A couple, Margaret and Arthur Thorsborne, travelled north from Queensland’s Gold Coast to Hinchinbrook Island, a place they knew largely through photographs. They would return many times, eventually making the Cardwell area their home and becoming closely associated with its forests, wetlands and wildlife. Among the animals that caught their attention were pied imperial-pigeons, which … Read more

Wyoming’s Casper landfill buried 1,124 turbine blades after each was cut into three pieces; a Missouri plant offers another route by turning old blades into cement feedstock

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Outside Casper, pieces of turbine blades cut through were lowered by a loader into a trench for years. Now, what they are being used for instead of being buried under the ground, is to make cement powder. And this transition is worth noting.The Casper Regional Landfill took its first decommissioned blades in the spring of … Read more

Delhi Rain Alert: Rain lashes parts of Delhi-NCR; IMD issues yellow alert | Delhi News

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More rain likely in Delhi-NCR as IMD issues yellow alert NEW DELHI: Rain lashed parts of Delhi-NCR on Tuesday as the IMD issued a yellow alert for the national capital, with moderate rainfall and thunderstorms likely during the day.The minimum temperature at Safdarjung, the city’s base station, remained slightly below normal, while temperatures at other … Read more

‘House of the Dragon Season 3’: From Helaena to Lord Ormund, all the main characters who died in the latest series |

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A list of all of the characters that died in ‘House of the Dragon’ season three, from Ormund Hightower to Helaena and Ser Criston Cole. (Twitter) ‘House of the Dragon’ Season 3 was one of the bloodiest and most gruesome chapters of the series, setting the stage for an even darker end with season 4. … Read more