School athletes drink sanitiser in Japan after horrible mix-up

Japanese authorities are set to investigate a mix-up in which school athletes ended up drinking hand sanitiser during a race. Following this, three athletes fell ill and had to be hospitalised. One athlete collapsed, vomited and dropped out of the race after drinking the sanitiser, while two others spat it out and…

IAF constitutes tri-service court of inquiry to investigate chopper crash in Tamil Nadu’s Coonoor

Indian Air Force (IAF) has constituted a tri-service court of inquiry to investigate the cause of the chopper crash in Tamil Nadu’s Coonoor on December 8. The IAF has appealed to avoid speculation around the chopper crash that killed CDS General Bipin Rawat and 12 others in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday. “IAF has…

Hubble telescope partially recovered as Nasa continues to investigate root cause of shut down

Engineers have successfully recovered one of the instruments on the Hubble Space Telescope that is flying in safe mode after suspending science operations. The Advanced Camera for Surveys instrument began science operations even as other instruments remained in safe mode. The camera was selected as the first instrument…

SIT probing allegations against NCB’s Sameer Wankhede records statements of 2 others

The Special Investigation Team (SIT) constituted by the Mumbai Police to investigate the extortion allegations levelled by Prabhakar Sail against NCB’s zonal director Sameer Wankhede and witness Kiran Gosavi, has recorded the statements of Ranjitsingh Bindra and one Mayur Ghule. According to sources, when Sam…

California lawmakers vow to investigate offshore oil spill

Democratic members of Congress from California seized on the oil spill off the state’s coast to call for investigations into why it took several hours before a pipeline operator reported the spill to federal authorities – and the subsequent lag before the public was notified of the danger of the spill.…

Delhi Police fined Rs 25,000 by court for ‘miserably failing’ to investigate 2020 Delhi riots

The Delhi Police has been fined Rs 25,000 by a court in Delhi for “miserably failing” in their duty to investigate cases related to the February 2020 riots in north-east Delhi. The court noted that in one of the FIRs pertaining to the Delhi riots cases, the Delhi Police conducted the investigation in a…