Fire broke out early Sunday at a Saudi Aramco facility in Jazan. (Photo: AP) Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi rebels were behind a reported attack on a gas facility in Saudi Arabia’s Jubail region, Israeli media reported on Sunday, amid heightened tensions in the Middle East. However, there was no immediate official confirmation from Saudi authorities linking…
Eligible candidates can submit their applications through the University of Delhi’s official website, du.ac.in The University of Delhi (DU) organised a placement drive on Saturday, bringing together more than 75 organisations and over 500 participants as part of an effort to connect students with prospective employers and expand their career opportunities.The ‘Placement Drive 2026’ was…
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (AP Photo) NEW DELHI: Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has already made a remarkable impression on the cricketing world at 15, and Australia pace great Brett Lee believes the teenager has everything required to achieve “bigger and better things” — provided he is protected from the pressure accompanying his rapid rise.Sooryavanshi became one of the biggest…
After decades of environmental decline, Florida’s Indian River Lagoon is beginning to show signs of recovery. With funding from NOAA Fisheries’ Office of Habitat Conservation, the Indian River Lagoon Council is leading a system-wide effort to restore the habitats that once sustained the lagoon’s fish and wildlife. A team of three scientists and one fisherman…
Aerial view of Lady Elliot Island. Image credits: Wikimedia Commons. In 1969, when pilot Don Adams set foot on Lady Elliot Island for the first time, he saw very little of the tropical paradise visitors know today. The coral cay at the southern tip of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef had been stripped almost bare after…
Representative AI-generated image of Project Diana, showing a radar antenna transmitting a signal toward the Moon and detecting its returning echo in 1946. Credit – Google Gemini On January 10, 1946, a team of military and civilian personnel at Camp Evans, Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, aimed a modified radar system at the rising Moon and…
One rock at a time: how a simple structure changed a desert streambed (representative image). Image Credits: ChatGPT In 1982, Josiah Austin and his then-wife, Valer Clark, bought a worn-out cattle ranch known as El Coronado Ranch in the mountains of southeast Arizona. Soon after, Austin dumped concrete rubble and stones into a small wash…
Macefield’s house amid construction | Wikimedia Commons Construction cranes transformed Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood in 2006, where one modest century-old house remained exactly where it had always been. Its owner, Edith Macefield, then 84, reportedly turned down a buyout package worth about $1 million, even as neighboring properties were sold and demolished to make way for…
Emergency personnel stand near the site where, according to fire department officials, a helicopter crashed killing the pilot and 3 tourists. (AP Photo) Four people were killed after a helicopter crashed in Rio de Janeiro’s Tijuca National Park on Saturday, Brazilian fire officials said. Brazilian media reported that three of those killed were Colombian tourists.The…
What 547 billion litres of water can do to a coal mine. Image Credits: ChatGPT Think of the biggest hole you’ve ever seen. Now make it nearly as deep as the Eiffel Tower is tall and spread it out over an area about the size of 1,600 American football fields. This was the hole left…
