In March 2025, central Myanmar was struck by a powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake—the strongest to hit the region in over a century and one of the deadliest in its modern history. What sets this seismic event apart is the capture of the fault’s sudden rupture in real time by a nearby CCTV camera, marking the…
NEW DELHI: New Delhi: The initial probe into the crash of AI 171 has revealed that three seconds after getting airborne from Ahmedabad on June 12, fuel supply to both engines of the Air India Boeing 787 operating as AI 171 got cut off. The engines’ fan speed began dropping and the aircraft weighing 213.4…
Have you ever felt fully present and aware of your surroundings? A groundbreaking 2022 study published in Science Advances suggests that what we perceive as the present moment may actually be an illusion. According to researchers, your brain could be showing you a visual representation that’s up to 15 seconds old. This surprising phenomenon, recently…
A senior Pakistani politician and close aide to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has revealed that Pakistan’s military had just 30 to 45 seconds to determine whether the BrahMos missile, launched by India, carried a nuclear warhead. Rana Sanaullah, special assistant to the prime minister, said in a recent interview that the launch of a BrahMos…
Instagrammar shares CCTV footage NEW DELHI: A Hyundai Creta was stolen in New Delhi within just 60 seconds early in the morning. Yes, in under a minute, a group of people arrived in a car, hacked the vehicle’s security system, and stole it. On Instagram, a user named Rishabh Chauhan shared CCTV footage dated June…
Earth shook every 90 seconds for 9 days in 2023 In September 2023, seismic monitoring stations around the world began to register an eerie, rhythmic signal. Every 90 seconds, the Earth appeared to pulse—faintly but persistently. The phenomenon lasted for nine days and returned a month later, leaving scientists puzzled. There was no accompanying earthquake,…
Visualise a heartbeat deep down under the Earth; soft, periodic, and undetectable to the human eye. Every 26 seconds, a faint seismic pulse emanates from deep within the Earth’s crust. It does not level cities or lead to harm, but these vibrations continue unabated, exciting seismologists and geophysicists around the world.The Earth’s 26-second pulse may…
NEW DELHI: Former Indian cricket team captain Sourav Ganguly’s elder brother, Snehasish Ganguly, and his wife Arpita had a narrow escape while enjoying water sports in the Puri sea, police said on Monday. The incident took place on Saturday evening near the Lighthouse area, where the couple was on a speedboat ride.Video footage aired by…
NEW DELHI: The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) on Friday achieved a “significant milestone” by conducting scramjet combustor ground testing for more than 1,000 seconds.It conducted “long-duration active cooled scramjet subscale combustor ground testing for more than 1,000 seconds at the newly built state-of-the-art Scramjet Connect Test Facility at Hyderabad”, the defence ministry said…
NEW DELHI: Drama galore unfolded during the IPL 2025 clash between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Mumbai Indians at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad — and it all happened in a single delivery. The moment came in the third over of the match, when Ishan Kishan appeared to get a faint tickle down the leg…