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New York farmer earns up to $1,800 an acre by turning farmland into a solar fieldRepresentative image from Canva When New York farmer Tony Emmi agreed to lease 30 acres of productive farmland for a solar project in 2023, he knew the decision would be controversial. The Baldwinsville farmer had spent years working land that…

India secure medals at Chess Olympiad (Photos by FIDE) NEW DELHI: Chess came to the Baskar household not through Savitha but through her older brother, Mugesh, whom their father had originally set out to build a chess career around. Savitha’s own interest came from watching him play.By the time both children were training under Chennai-based…

India’s Tejaswin Shankar crosses the finish line to place first in the 1500m and win bronze in the men’s decathlon. (Reuters Photo) NEW DELHI: Tejaswin Shankar capped a demanding two days of competition with a victory in the final event, the 1500m, to secure the decathlon bronze at the Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya on Sunday.The…

Photo credit: https://savingplaces.org A small three-room house in Tryon, North Carolina, once stood close to demolition. It was the childhood home of Nina Simone, the powerful singer, pianist and civil rights activist born Eunice Waymon. In 2016, the deteriorating clapboard house was placed on the market, prompting four artists to act. Adam Pendleton, Rashid Johnson,…

US tightens H-1B scrutiny. The H-1B visa programme could undergo major changes over the next year as the Trump administration expands a nationwide investigation into alleged foreign-labor fraud, worker exploitation and potential human trafficking.Labor Department Inspector General Anthony D’Esposito said the foreign-labor visa system could look substantially different a year from now, signalling tougher scrutiny…

Captured on video during a road inspection in Tilak Nagar, Delhi, PWD Minister Parvesh Verma’s unexpected slap to a young man NEW DELHI: Delhi PWD Minister Parvesh Verma was seen slapping a young man during a road inspection in Tilak Nagar on Sunday.In the video shared by AAP leaders, Verma can be seen pulling down…

New mobile recharge rules Prepaid mobile users will have more recharge options under a new consumer protection framework notified by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), with the changes covering both plan validity and voice-and-SMS-only services.The new rules provide for greater availability of voice-and-SMS-only Special Tariff Vouchers (STVs), including plans valid for 30 days…

Akhilesh Yadav alleged that the Election Commission and officials had worked together to delete votes belonging to the Samajwadi Party. NEW DELHI: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav has again trained his guns at the Election Commission. Reviving his allegations about the conduct of the 2022 Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, he said the votes of SP…

Kapil Sibal alleges ‘unilateral’ EC decisions, seeks action against CEC Gyanesh Kumar NEW DELHI: Rajya Sabha member Kapil Sibal on Sunday escalated the political row over the Election Commission‘s Special Intensive Revision (SIR), accusing chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar of taking “unilateral decisions” and demanding his removal from office.Sibal also urged the Supreme Court to…

The UK government plans to launch a new scheme called ‘Your First Home’ to assist first-time buyers. The UK government is set to revive its Help to Buy-style scheme, allowing eligible first-time buyers to purchase new-build homes with a deposit of just 2.5 percent and a government-backed equity loan of up to 20 percent of…