For decades, discussion about California’s next major earthquake has tended to revolve around a single fault. The southern stretch of the San Andreas has long been viewed as the state’s most closely watched geological boundary, largely because it has remained quiet since the mid-19th century despite continuing movement beneath the surface. That long silence has…
Uruguay players (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo) NEW DELHI: Two-time world champions Uruguay national football team endured a humiliating end to their 2026 FIFA World Cup campaign after crashing out in the group stage without registering a single victory. Uruguay finished bottom of Group H following a 0-1 defeat to Spain national football team, having earlier drawn…
Far beyond the Milky Way, vast collections of galaxies continue to drift, gather and occasionally collide. One such region has drawn astronomers’ attention for decades. Known as CL0016+1609, this immense galaxy cluster contains hundreds of galaxies bound together by gravity and shines strongly in X-ray light. A newly highlighted image from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope…
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ ex-wife, MacKenzie Scott, has failed to impress podcaster and former adviser to the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), Katie Miller. She criticised Scott’s charitable giving in a post on X, claiming that billions of dollars donated by the billionaire author and philanthropist have largely gone to organisations promoting progressive causes.In her…
Iranian President Pezeshkian says USD 6 billion frozen in Qatar to be released Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Monday that $6 billion in frozen Iranian assets held in Qatar would be released, even as negotiations with the United States faced fresh uncertainty following attacks across the Persian Gulf over the weekend.According to the Associated…
Mount Etna erupts with incandescent lava fountains and massive ash clouds, illuminating the Mediterranean night. Mount Etna in Italy is one of the most well-studied volcanoes in the world. It has been erupting for thousands of years, and scientists have been observing it closely for decades. But a new study from Cornell University has revealed…
‘Ram ko loota, desh ko loota’: Sibal attacks BJP over Ram Mandir donation case NEW DELHI: Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal on Monday took pot shots at the BJP government using a poetic dig and urged people to vote out the ruling party while alleging that it had “looted” both the country and Lord Ram.The…
Memory giants sued again as RAM prices hit record highs The three companies that make nearly all the world’s memory chips are now facing a class action lawsuit in the US, accused of quietly choking off DRAM supply to drive prices through the roof. Samsung, SK Hynix and Micron—the trio behind almost the entire global…
West Bengal government announced a committee to draft Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in the state. NEW DELHI: Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari-led West Bengal government Monday announced a committee to draft Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in the state.“Former Supreme Court judge Ranjana Prakash Desai to head committee to draft UCC in West Bengal,” CM Suvendu Adhikari…
Silicon Valley’s ongoing race for artificial intelligence (AI) dominance has hit a massive bottleneck: Computing power. Even tech giants like Google and Facebook-parent company Meta are also feeling its heat. A report has claimed that Google has officially placed strict limits on Meta’s access to its premier Gemini AI models after Mark Zuckerberg’s social media…