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Pretty Rocks bridge (Image Credit: National Park Service) In August 2021, a massive landslide in Denali National Park and Preserve tore apart a section of the park’s only road, cutting off vehicle access to destinations deep inside the Alaska wilderness. Five years later, a new bridge now spans the unstable ground where the road once…

A case was registered against seventeen individuals, including Shiv Sena leaders, following a hospital dispute By: Suhas BirhadePALGHAR: A case has been registered against 17 people, including Shiv Sena’s Palghar district chief Kundan Sankhe, MLA Rajendra Gavit’s son Rohit Gavit and city chief Rahul Gharat, following an alleged altercation at a private hospital here over…

An atomic force microscopy scan of a nanometer-sized device developed by Carnegie Mellon scientists that demonstrates a new form of the Hall effect. For more than a century, the Hall effect has been taught with a simple picture that electricity flows through a material, a magnetic field pushes the moving charges sideways, and a voltage…

Older colonies to get a new look; what could change for residents Old government colonies, ageing housing societies and planned residential neighbourhoods in Delhi could get a major makeover under the “regeneration” framework proposed in the Master Plan for Delhi 2047 (MPD-2047).The plan, prepared by the Delhi Development Authority (DDA), proposes allowing residents to pool…

Torrential rain brought by cyclone Saudel triggered the landlside Rescuers in southeastern China’s Jiangxi province found one of the people missing after a mudslide triggered by torrential rain from tropical cyclone Saudel, state broadcaster CCTV reported Sunday.However, the person was found dead, bringing the death toll to two and leaving 10 people still missing.The mudslide…

CENTCOM releases video of Iranian tanker Kylo sinking. Credit: CENTCOM/X US Central Command (Centcom) has released a video showing an Iranian oil tanker engulfed in flames before sinking in the Gulf of Oman. It further warned Iran that any attack on US warships would invite a higher economic cost.The M/T Kylo was one of three…

Ian Nepomniachtchi and his tattoos (Photos by Jyotirmoy Halder from TimesofIndia BENGALURU: The word “tattoo” is believed to have come from Polynesian languages, particularly words such as “tatau”, a term associated with traditional body art in that region. European sailors encountered Polynesian tattooing and helped carry the word back into European languages. Even thousands of…

The fire left at least 22 dead At least 22 people were killed and several others injured after a fire broke out at a wedding party in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, a regional mayor said on Saturday.The fire started late Friday night and continued into the early hours of Saturday…

Two people were rescued alive from separate flood-hit sites on Saturday KATHMANDU: Two people were rescued alive from separate flood-hit sites on Saturday, 10 days after Bhote Koshi-Trishuli flood in Nepal. Chandika Kumari Shrestha, 64, was found semi-conscious on the upper floor of a four-storey house buried under debris in Betrawati, Nuwakot district, while her…

Bangladesh wants engagement and good working relationship with India DHAKA: Bangladesh wants engagement and good working relationship with India despite existing challenges, state minister for foreign affairs Humayun Kobir said Saturday, seeking continued dialogue with New Delhi.His remarks come amid strained ties between the neighbours over issues such as former PM Sheikh Hasina’s extradition and…