Updated: Aug 4th, 2025 Trump’s golf club A civilian aircraft was intercepted in a restricted airspace over Trump’s golf club on Sunday. A statement of North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) read, “Fighter aircraft intercepted a second general aviation aircraft that violated Temporary Flight Restriction (TFR) airspace over Bedminster, New Jersey, at approximately 12.50 pm...
Colombian President Gustavo Petro has stirred controversy by appointing two former adult film actors, Alejandra Umaña and Juan Carlos Florián, as deputy ministers in the Ministry of Equality. Both appointees will oversee government programs aimed at supporting poor and vulnerable communities. Vice President Francia Márquez, who initially led the Ministry of Equality, has opposed the...
Significantly advancing India’s future human space exploration, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has launched the country’s first analogue mission in Ladakh. The analogue station — the Human Outer Planet Exploration (HOPE) station — formally inaugurated by Dr V Narayanan, Chairman, ISRO, has isolated aerospace engineer Rahul Mogalapalli and astrobiologist Yaman Akot. “This analogue mission...
Updated: Aug 3rd, 2025 A powerful earthquake of magnitude 6.7 struck Russia’s Kuril Islands on Sunday, according to the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ). The agency initially estimated the quake at 6.35 magnitude with a shallow depth of 10 kilometres (6.2 miles), but later revised its findings. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center measured the...
Tragedy struck when four Indian-origin senior citizens from New York, who were reported missing during a road trip to a spiritual site in West Virginia, were found dead following a car crash. Marshall County Sheriff Mike Dougherty confirmed the incident on Sunday. The victims were identified as Dr. Kishore Divan (89), Mrs. Asha Divan (85),...
India has significantly increased its crude oil imports from the United States since President Donald Trump began his second term in office, sources familiar with trade data reported. This surge marks a notable shift in India’s energy procurement strategy, with imports rising by more than half compared to the previous year. Government sources revealed that...
Source: IANS WhatsApp banned more than 98 lakh accounts in India during June, as part of its efforts to curb abuse and harmful activity on the platform, according to WhatsApp’s latest India Monthly Report. Of these, nearly 19.79 lakh accounts were banned proactively, before any user complaints were received, the report stated. In addition...
Updated: Aug 1st, 2025 Crews writes her name, with ‘telepathy’, image: X (@NeuraNova9) Audrey Crews, the first female patient to have received Elon Musk’s Neuralink brain chip, announced that after 20 years of paralysis, she was able to write her name. Unable to move her limbs for the last 20 years, Crews was able to...
Updated: Jul 31st, 2025 In a remarkable scientific discovery, researchers from James Cook University (JCU) identified a new species of giant stick insect — Acrophylla alta — believed to be Australia’s heaviest insect, weighing around 44 grams. The identification was led by Professor Angus Emmott of JCU, who said that there are longer stick insects...
Updated: Jul 31st, 2025 Material that reduces plastic waste, innovated by IIT Madras Researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras have developed an agriculture waste-based packaging material, which can be a sustainable alternative to conventional plastic foams used in packaging. The researchers demonstrated that mycelium-based biocomposites grown on agricultural and paper waste provide...