US President Donald Trump is expected to order federal agencies to begin reclassifying marijuana as a Schedule III drug, a move that would significantly reduce federal restrictions on cannabis without fully legalising it. The Washington Post reported on Thursday that the executive order could come as early as next week. While the White House has.
Hard corals across the Caribbean have fallen by nearly half in a little over four decades, according to new global monitoring data that links the collapse to rising sea temperatures, bleaching events and fast-spreading diseases. The latest assessment by the Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network reports a 48 per cent decline in hard coral cover.
Savannas across India often remain unnoticed despite covering nearly a tenth of the country’s land area. These open landscapes of short grasses, thorny trees and hardy shrubs support pastoral communities, wildlife such as the Indian wolf and the Great Indian bustard, and more than 200 plant species found only in these habitats. Yet policy documents.
The Bangladesh Election Commission is preparing to announce the schedule for the next national elections on Thursday. The vote, expected in February 2026, will take place against the backdrop of an extraordinary political transformation set off by the student-led uprising of 2024 that forced Sheikh Hasina from power after more than fifteen years in office..
Asia’s largest power utilities are facing mounting financial losses as climate hazards intensify across the region. A new assessment by the Asia Investor Group on Climate Change and the MSCI Institute estimates that the sector is already absorbing around 6.3 billion dollars, or nearly Rs 53,915 crore, in annual losses linked to extreme weather and.
Air quality in Patna deteriorated sharply on December 10, surpassing Delhi and placing the Bihar capital among the most polluted cities in the country. According to data from the Central Pollution Control Board, Patna recorded an air quality index of 335 in the morning, a level classified as severe and unhealthy. At the same time,.
K SIVA PRASAD A senior IAS officer in the Punjab Government Arjuna compares the mind to the wind and asks how it can be controlled, so that it maintains balance. Krishna says that it’s certainly difficult, but it can be achieved through the practice of vairagya(detachment). The mind has evolved to judge inputs brought in.
Wealthy nations are becoming increasingly dependent on medical professionals trained outside their borders, drawing heavily on international talent to sustain their health-care systems. Across North America, Western Europe, Australia, and other members of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), foreign-born and foreign-educated doctors now play a central role in meeting patient needs. This.
IndiGo chief executive Pieter Elbers on Monday issued a public apology to passengers and said the airline has fully stabilised its operations after last week’s severe disruption that led to more than 4,500 flight cancellations across the country. Thousands of travellers had been stranded as the airline struggled to manage schedules, refunds and baggage handling..
When Jalandhar Police picked up Punjab Bachao Morcha president Tejasvi Minhas before dawn on December 8, it looked at first like a small law-and-order story. Officially, the FIR was about blocking a road and disobeying prohibitory orders at an earlier gathering. But the context was much bigger: Minhas had just led a noisy campaign against.
Six weeks after Thailand and Cambodia signed a ceasefire in the presence of US President Donald Trump, violence has erupted once again along their shared border, plunging the region back into conflict after a brief and fragile calm. The renewed hostilities began on Monday when Thailand launched airstrikes on Cambodian territory, saying the action was.
