Whether you’re a gym rat or just someone trying to eat healthier, you’re likely about to pay more for food containing protein powder as food businesses struggle with the rising cost of whey protein. “When you own a food brand, you always are putting your business in the hands of your ingredient suppliers, the quality…
On a brisk June morning, Tom O’Malley headed to his local post office to collect some unusual packages. Waiting in line, the landcare facilitator said he could “hear it buzzing from five or 10 metres away”. To the surprise of post staff and other mailers, the packages contained thousands of live dung beetles. “You can…
A football-sized relative of kangaroos, the burrowing bettong once thrived across much of Australia’s arid and semi-arid interior. Then, within a century of European settlement, the marsupials vanished from most of the mainland. Like many native animals, the population was decimated by feral cats and foxes. A baby burrowing bettong trapped in one of the…
Fourteen million people have been displaced, more than 33 million need humanitarian aid, at least 150,000 are dead and horrific atrocities and massacres occur frequently. Human rights groups have reported these statistics and say sexual violence has become part of daily life for women and girls. Those same groups have called Sudan a “forgotten war” while…
Renowned Tamil lyricist and poet Vairamuthu has received the 60th Jnanpith Award for the year 2025 at a grand ceremony held in the national capital. Presented by former Union Minister Karan Singh, the country’s highest literary honor recognizes Vairamuthu’s immense contributions to Indian literature. Addressing reporters after the ceremony, the lyricist delivered a powerful message…
NEW DELHI: Overall acreage of kharif (summer-sown) crops in the country fell 16% as of last Friday, with most crops reporting a decrease in sown area compared to the same period in 2025. But farmers’ love for water-guzzling cash crop sugarcane, in demand for ethanol, is intact despite pressure on water resources due to weak…
The daughters of a motorcyclist killed in Canberra’s north tried to reach him for their nightly phone call as he lay dying on the road, an ACT Supreme Court has heard. Almost two years later, one of the girls still says goodnight to her father each night, beside a shrine she keeps in her bedroom….