Oddities India’s largest crocodile park strapped for cash after virus lockdowns CHENNAI: India's largest crocodile park may have as little as four months before it runs out of funds to feed animals, pay staff and do research, as ticket revenue shrinks after coronavirus lockdowns choked the flow of visitors, park officials said. Annual sales of about 5 million tickets usually...

Lifestyle Warming shrinks Arctic Ocean ice to 2nd lowest on record WASHINGTON: Ice in the Arctic Ocean melted to its second-lowest level on record this summer, triggered by global warming along with natural forces, US scientists reported Monday. The extent of ice-covered ocean at the North Pole and extending further south to Alaska, Canada, Greenland and R...

Sports Djokovic primed for deep run in Paris PARIS: Top seed Novak Djokovic said he was 'physically, mentally, emotionally' ready to land a second French Open title after beginning his quest in emphatic fashion on Tuesday. In his first Grand Slam match since being disqualified from the US Open this month for inadvertently hitting a line jud...

Kathmandu 1,559 new cases take Nepal’s coronavirus tally to 77,817 on Wednesday KATHMANDU: Nepal’s coronavirus tally moved to 77,817 as 1,559 new infections were reported in the last 24 hours. As many as 1,057 people that had earlier contracted Covid-19 tested negative for the infection as per the Ministry’s latest data. So far, 56,428 people have recovered from the dise...

Science & Technology Micosoft will buy video game maker ZeniMax for $7.5 billion REDMOND: Microsoft is buying the company behind popular video games The Elder Scrolls, Doom and Fallout. The software giant said Monday that it is paying $7.5 billion for ZeniMax Media, the parent company of video game publisher Bethesda Softworks. Microsoft said it is buying Bethesda in part ...