Climate change due to global warming is rapidly thawing the ancient permafrost, which may pose a new threat to humans, according to researchers who revived nearly two dozen viruses – including one frozen under a lake more than 48,500 years ago. European researchers examined ancient samples collected from…
Three Chinese astronauts arrived on Wednesday at China’s space station for the first in-orbit crew rotation in Chinese space history, launching operation of the second inhabited outpost in low-Earth orbit after the NASA-led International Space Station. The spacecraft Shenzhou-15, or “Divine Vessel”,…
Twitter’s new owner, Elon Musk, is reportedly planning to delay the re-launch of the Twitter Blue subscription to avoid Apple’s 30 per cent App Store fee. The revamped Twitter Blue offers a bunch of perks, but most importantly, it lets users purchase the blue verification badge. Following Musk’s…
Benchmark BSE Sensex settled above the 63,000-level for the first time on Wednesday, extending its winning momentum to seventh day amid a largely positive trend in global markets and continuous foreign fund inflows. The 30-share barometer rallied 417.81 points or 0.67 per cent to settle at 63,099.65, its fresh record…
On November 28, in a letter issued by its defense chief Mufti Muzahim, the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militant group that has been waging war against the Pakistani state for over a decade now, officially announced an end of the ceasefire with Pakistan. In its statement, TTP accused the Pakistani state of not…
The Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday alleged that the accused in a Delhi liquor policy scam, including AAP leader Manish Sisodia, changed their phones several times and destroyed evidence. The probe agency told a Delhi court that Manish Sisodia and Amit Arora, a Delhi businessman who was arrested on Wednesday, had…