The United Nations nuclear watchdog confirmed that underground entrances to tunnels at Iran’s Isfahan nuclear site were damaged in the US bombings. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) released a statement confirming the extent of damage to Iran’s major nuclear sites — Fordow, Natanz, and Esfahan (Isfahan). According to IAEA chief Rafael Mariano Grossi, several…
Photo/Agencies NEW DELHI: Authorities have so far matched the DNA of 11 victims of the Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad with their family members, a government doctor confirmed on Saturday.“DNA samples of 11 deceased have matched till now. The mortal remains of one of the deceased have been handed over to the family… Two…
At least 112 North American bird species have lost more than half their populations in the past 50 years, according to a new report published Thursday. Among the birds showing the steepest declines are Allen’s hummingbirds, Florida scrub jays, golden-cheeked warblers, tricolored blackbirds and yellow-billed magpies. “These are the very real consequences if we are…
A rapidly spreading and unidentified illness has claimed the lives of more than 50 people in northwestern Congo over the past five weeks, sparking urgent investigations by international health organisations. The outbreak, which began after three children reportedly consumed a bat, has raised concerns about a potential new zoonotic disease. The illness was first detected…
Climate change is accelerating the melting of the world’s mountain glaciers, according to a massive new study that found them shrinking more than twice as fast as in the early 2000s. The world’s glaciers lost ice at the rate of about 255 billion tons (231 billion metric tons) annual from 2000 to 2011, but that…
Image source: NASA Earth Observatory The Great Salt Lake, for over a century an iconic and dynamic natural wonder, has sadly been afflicted lately by seriously decreased water level statistics. Increasingly disturbing over these years, the trend has thus given cause to increasing concern for the ecological soundness of the lake, its economic value, and…