Iran hanged a man in public on Monday who had been convicted of killing two members of security forces, the judiciary’s Mizan news agency reported, the second execution of people involved in anti-government protests in less than a week. Nationwide protests, in their third month, erupted after the death of…
The European Space Agency has issued a new challenge to amateur astronomers across the world. Find an asteroid, smaller than the statue of liberty, which is approaching Earth fast. The space rock will make a close approach to Earth on December 15, passing by at a distance of just 6,86,000 km from Earth. Asteroids are…
Scientists have identified DNA from animals, plants and microbes dating to about 2 million years ago – the oldest on record by far – from sediment at Greenland’s northernmost point dug up around the mouth of an Arctic Ocean fjord, revealing an amazing lost world at this remote frontier. Researchers…
The Twitter Blue subscription is relaunching today, December 12. The revamped Twitter Blue will allow users to get the Blue verification mark, which was earlier restricted to celebrities, journalists, and select personalities. Twitter had earlier said that people who are already verified would need to pay for the…
Air India is close to placing landmark orders for as many as 500 jetliners worth tens of billions of dollars from both Airbus and Boeing as it carves out an ambitious renaissance under the Tata Group conglomerate, industry sources said on Sunday. The orders include as many as 400 narrow-body jets and 100 or more…
Russia, after recent setbacks on the battlefield, has launched a barrage of missiles and drones to target power grids in a bid to cast Ukrainian cities into darkness as long winter sets in. Ukraine, which has been patching up its energy systems, is facing a daunting challenge as the war rages on in Donetsk, Luhansk,…
Taiwan believes that China, whose reaction to then US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to the island was anything but subtle, is searching for a political context to practise future attacks. Taiwan Foreign Minister Joseph Wu told The Guardian that China is “preparing to find another pretext for…
College students of Mahlara Arts and Science College For Women at Mavoor staged a unique protest against the buses that do not stop at their station and distributed sweets to the drivers and other staff in Kerala’s Kozhikode. The students used to get late for college because the buses did not stop at their…
In the aftermath of cyclonic storm Mandous, which wreaked havoc in Chennai over the weekend, the city’s civic corporation, during its clean-up efforts, has collected approximately 644 tonnes of green waste in the last 48 hours. All the green waste is being sent for recycling. Numerous trees were uprooted due to the…
In Kerala a recent incident among tribals has triggered a debate. It’s for over 3 kms a pregnant woman was carried on a cloth sling by locals. The tribals had to carry across waterbodies and forests. The hospital authorities said she gave birth to a baby girl yesterday morning after she was admitted to hospital…