1000 foot Tsunami warning A newly published study from scientists at Virginia Tech has revealed a sobering scenario that could unfold across the Pacific Northwest. According to their findings, coastal regions in Northern California, Oregon, and Washington face a significant threat of catastrophic flooding and mega-tsunamis—potentially reaching up to 1,000 feet high—due to the combined…
Recent heightened activity on the Sun has raised urgent concerns among scientists and emergency management agencies worldwide. A series of powerful X-class solar flares — the most intense category of solar radiation — has triggered warnings about Earth’s vulnerability to potentially devastating space weather events. These flares have originated from the exceptionally active sunspot AR4087,…
The United States imposed 25 percent tariffs on imported auto parts on Saturday that could sharply raise prices for new and used vehicles as well as for repairs and insurance. The latest tariffs, which President Trump ordered in March as part of his plan to promote domestic manufacturing, come after the 25 percent levies on…
A major power outage hit Spain and Portugal on Monday, shutting down trains, airports and other critical infrastructure and causing disruptions across the two countries. Energy authorities said the outage occurred following a disruption in the European grid. It was not immediately clear what caused the outage. António Leitão Amaro, the minister of state for…
KOLKATA: Violence linked to the new waqf law escalated in Bengal on Monday, enveloping Bhangar on the outskirts of Kolkata as mobs took over the streets and unleashed a barrage of bricks that left at least 16 police officers wounded.The trigger for the street anarchy in Bhangar, a volatile pocket with a history of political…
Soon after the new administration arrived, things began to go missing from the White House website. They weren’t just the partisan policy platforms that typically disappear during a presidential transition. Informational pages about the Constitution and past presidents, up in various forms since President George W. Bush was in office, all vanished. Thousands of other…
President Trump said on Wednesday that he would impose a 25 percent tariff on cars and car parts that were imported into the United States, a move that is likely to raise prices for American consumers and throw supply chains into disarray as the president seeks to bolster U.S. manufacturing. The tariffs will go into…
Pockets of Cuba’s capital Havana saw the lights flicker back on though vast areas of the city and country continued without electricity on Sunday morning, after a nationwide grid collapse that knocked out power to 10 million people. Havana’s electric company said on social media that approximately 19 per cent of its clients in the…
NEW DELHI: In an over 40-year-old incident of sexual assault of a schoolgirl by her tuition teacher, Supreme Court has confirmed his guilt and sentence while ruling that courts can record conviction even in absence of injury to the prosecutrix’s private parts, when other evidence corroborates rape.The accused had argued that rape charges could not…
NEW DELHI: Apple could be one of the biggest losers in case the Trump administration decides to slap reciprocal tariffs on import of electronics and smartphones from India as the move may put a spanner in its growing manufacturing investments here.The situation is equally grave for auto component makers, who ship parts worth billions of…