Bengaluru traffic crisis: Parking eats up 60% of road space, minister pitches for dedicated enforcement agency

Sixty percent of Bengaluru’s road space is occupied by parked vehicles, worsening traffic congestion. Minister Krishna Byre Gowda called for a dedicated agency to regulate and enforce parking rules. He stressed that building more roads alone would not resolve the city’s traffic crisis. Better use of existing road space and disciplined parking are essential for…

Ten Gordonstoun students, from school attended by King Charles, uncover possible 1,000-year-old Viking church and altar buried on remote Scottish island during six-day archaeology trip

Ten students from Gordonstoun, the private boarding school attended by King Charles, have uncovered what could be a 1,000-year-old Viking church on the remote Orkney island of Swona. During a six-day archaeology trip, the pupils found what may be the foundations of a medieval altar, with radiocarbon testing expected to establish its age.