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For decades, a stretch of Mill Brook in Athol, Massachusetts, was hidden beneath asphalt, largely out of sight beneath what had become a downtown parking area. This month, the small central Massachusetts town celebrated a very different landscape: the stream is flowing in the open again, new wetlands surround it and much of the former…

The Air Traffic Control tower at Ronald Reagan International Airport in Arlington, Virginia (Reuters image) Flights were disrupted across the US Northeast on Monday after a key air traffic control connection failed and a backup fiber optic cable was cut during construction work, forcing the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to temporarily halt some incoming flights…

Trump calls AI warnings a ‘HOAX’ US president Donald Trump has dismissed warnings that artificial intelligence could threaten humanity, calling such concerns a “HOAX” and saying they are even less credible than what he described as the Russia and climate-change controversies.Trump made the remarks on Monday as he argued that the US must continue pushing…

The cash deposits prompted the department to examine whether the senior citizen had any income that had not been disclosed. (Image for representative purpose only) A retired school teacher from Mysore, Karnataka, found himself facing income tax reassessment proceedings after cash deposits totalling Rs 1.33 crore in his bank accounts were flagged under the Central…

Raja Krishnamoorthi has criticised the US Department of Education over its “Make college football great again” post. Democratic Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi has criticised the US Department of Education over its “Make college football great again” post, saying it came days after Republican Texas Railroad Commission candidate Bo French faced backlash for comments about South Asian…

Manoj Sivakumar and Srisaran Thirugnanasambantham, two Indian students, died in a Canada air accident during flight training. Two Indian students have died in an air accident in Canada while undergoing flight training, the Consulate General of India in Vancouver said in an X post on Sunday.The deceased were identified as Manoj Sivakumar from Tamil nadu…

File photo: Manhattan skyline during sunset, from the Top of the Rock observation deck, at Rockefeller Centre, in New York, US New York recorded the biggest net outflow of Gen Z adults among US metropolitan areas in 2024, with 29,554 more young people leaving than moving in, according to a Redfin analysis of US Census…

An LCH Prachad of the army flying during a training mission. The Prachand has been derived from the ALH Dhruv. (Image credit: Indian Army) In an increasingly volatile geopolitical environment, the government has doubled down on the idea that defence preparedness and indigenisation are no longer optional extras but core strategic necessities, with the stated…

Congress nominee Milan Pradhan sent to judicial custody till October 5 Congress’ Nandigram bypoll nominee Milan Pradhan was on Monday remanded to judicial custody till October 5 in connection with a case registered at Khejuri Police Station 19 years ago, dealing a setback to his campaign for the October 6 assembly bypoll.Pradhan was sent to…

India-New Zealand trade deal to come into force on Dussehra (representative image) The India-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement (FTA) will come into force on October 20, coinciding with Dussehra, commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal said on Monday, with India securing duty-free access for 100 per cent of its exports to New Zealand.Goyal made the…