Export shipments from India have started moving once again through the Red Sea corridor, marking a cautious return to normal shipping operations after months of disruption caused by regional unrest. The development was confirmed on Tuesday by the Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO).The key maritime route, which includes the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait connecting the Red…
Mumbai’s Sakinaka became a river of garbage. NEW DELHI: Mumbai experienced significant rainfall exceeding 60 mm within 24 hours, bringing with it widespread chaos, waterlogging and misery. According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the Santacruz observatory registered 62 mm of rainfall, whilst Colaba station recorded 23 mm. Social media platforms were flooded with numerous…
In a frozen drama worthy of a neighbourhood soap opera, scientists have discovered that an Antarctic glacier has been quietly siphoning off ice from its unsuspecting neighbour. It’s a bit like when your next-door neighbour reroutes your wi-fi, borrows your milk, fights you over parking, or watches you from behind the curtain with suspicious eyes….
Humans have visually documented about 1,470 square miles, or a mere 0.001 percent, of the deep seafloor, according to a new study. That’s a little larger than the size of Rhode Island. The report, published Wednesday in the journal Science Advances, arrives as nations debate whether to pursue industrial mining of the seabed for critical…
This is Ronan. She’s a California sea lion and she probably has better rhythm than you. Scientists earlier showed that Ronan, a resident of the Long Marine Laboratory at the University of California, Santa Cruz, was the first nonhuman mammal who could be trained to keep a beat, including moving in time with music. That…
In an alarming accident, a US Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet fighter jet slipped off an aircraft carrier and sank into the Red Sea. However, both the pilot and the sailor towing the jet survived the incident, with only one sustaining a minor injury. The jet – which cost about $60 million apiece – was being…
A tiny sandbar in the disputed South China Sea has become the latest flashpoint in tensions between China and the Philippines, with each side displaying its flag to reinforce competing claims on the island. Earlier this month, members of the Chinese Coast Guard landed on the disputed reef, Sandy Cay, unfurled a flag and “exercised…
NEW DELHI: The Indian Navy on Sunday successfully carried out multiple anti-ship missile firings, reaffirming its commitment to protecting the nation’s maritime interests.In a statement released on X, the Navy said, “Indian Navy Ships undertook successful multiple anti-ship firings to revalidate and demonstrate readiness of platforms, systems and crew for long range precision offensive strike….
US President Donald Trump is no stranger to controversy. This time, he came under fire for standing out – wearing blue in a sea of black – among the heads of state who had flocked to Vatican City to attend Pope Francis’s funeral mass on Saturday. The other global leaders, including French President Emmanuel Macron…
Image credits: Miguel Claro On a quiet hilltop in Portugal, beneath one of Europe’s darkest skies, a photographer has captured more than just a galaxy. He’s captured a dream, five years in the making.Miguel Claro, a renowned astrophotographer and science communicator based in Lisbon, has unveiled his latest cosmic masterpiece: a breathtaking deep-space portrait of…