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5,000 US soldiers were made test subjects in a mind-altering drug programme. It was done to find a chemical that could disable enemies during Cold WarDuring the Cold War, the US Army exposed around 5,000 soldiers to LSD, nerve agents and other dangerous chemicals at a secret Maryland faci...- ITBP has raised drone platoons, building bunkers along LAC: ITBP DGITBP Director General (DG) Shatrujeet Singh Kapoor told his troops at a force base in Rajasthan's Alwar that countering China through "trad...
- Legendary US spy plane vanishes from California base amid mystery over new NASA aircraftA historic Lockheed SR-71A Blackbird has gone missing from NASA’s Neil Armstrong Flight Research Center in California, igniting speculation...
- This atomic clock is so precise it can detect how gravity changes time. Scientists now want to take it outside the lab and measure tiny shifts across EarthResearchers at Singapore's Centre for Quantum Technologies have developed a highly accurate lutetium-based atomic clock. This clock has a r...
- Denmark emerges smiling from Trump-Greenland deal, experts sayDanish commentators on Saturday cast a deal announced by US President Donald Trump to give Washington control over Greenland's security as ...
- In 1998, Karl Bushby left Chile to walk home, and 28 years later, a Channel tunnel refusal stalled him; French approval may now let him swim homeAfter an incredible 28-year trek spanning four continents and covering 36,000 miles, Karl Bushby's epic journey is approaching its conclusi...
- Narendra Modi facts you may not know: 10 little-known details from Indian PM’s lifePrime Minister Narendra Modi’s journey to the country’s highest elected office was shaped by experiences ranging from childhood poverty and...
- French philosopher Albert Camus’ quote of the day: ‘When you have once seen the glow of happiness on the face of a beloved person…’ – ‘The Stranger’ author on finding strength in life’s darkest momentsAlbert Camus, a renowned Algerian-French author, delved into themes of human resilience and the strength found within adversity. He famousl...
- In 1962, the US detonated a 1.4-megaton nuclear bomb in space that knocked out streetlights and triggered burglar alarms in Hawaii. 64 years later, it says weapons are already in orbitThe United States has acknowledged its possession of orbital space-control weapons, a declaration echoing a 1962 nuclear test that generate...
- A 45-year-old mung bean discovery exposes a hidden threat to the world’s doomsday seed banks — frozen crops may not survive as long as scientists once believedNew research suggests some tropical crops lose viability much sooner than older estimates predicted. Mung beans showed strong germination a...
- Luxury hotel in Montenegro was once a WWII concentration camp with gasoline barrels as toilets. Now turned into a 32-room resort with swimming pools, spa, and gymAn expensive hotel in Montenegro that is meant to attract high-value guests and patrons and has established itself as a stronghold of luxur...
- Belarus ready for deep industrial cooperation and widen agri sector partnership with India: FM Maxim RyzhenkovBelarus is ready for deeper industrial cooperation and is highly interested in the advanced development of Indian pharmaceutical companies,...
- In 1902, Willis Carrier set out to fix a printing problem. He ended up inventing modern air conditioningIn 1902, engineer Willis Carrier was trying to control humidity at a Brooklyn printing plant, not create a way for people to stay cool. His...
- Pilot in driver's seat as Congress looks to avoid crash-landing in PunjabPunjab assembly elections news: Sachin Pilot has been appointed as the new in-charge for Punjab Congress. He replaces Bhupesh Baghel, who w...
- In 1944, a German aerospace engineer along with his team invented first long-range ballistic missile for Nazi Germany but it was built by concentration camp prisoners under brutal conditions, laying the foundation for both the American and Soviet space programsIn 1944, a German aerospace engineer along with his research team invented the first long-range ballistic missile secretly for Nazi Germany...
- Quote of the day by Bette Davis: ‘If you want to make a footprint on the sands of time, you cannot wear bedroom slippers...’ — Timeless life lessons from a motivational quote on ambition, risk, resilience, conviction, defiance and purpose from Hollywood’s most fiercely uncompromising iconQuote of the day by Bette Davis highlights how true achievement requires embracing discomfort rather than choosing easy safety. In daily li...
- In 1966, NASA launched Biosatellite I with 13 biology experiments and more than 10 million organisms; its retrorocket failed, and the spacecraft was never recoveredIn 1966, NASA's Biosatellite I mission attempted to carry over ten million organisms into orbit, but a retrorocket malfunction led to the c...
- In 1916, Jeannette Rankin from Montana became the first woman elected to Congress. Four years before women won voting rights nationwideIn 1914, Montana took a bold step by granting women the right to vote, which opened the door for Jeannette Rankin's groundbreaking congress...
- In 1975, Soviet Union sent a cannon to space and tested it from Salyut 3 station, just six months before US and Soviet astronauts met in orbit for the Apollo-Soyuz mission during the Cold WarIn January 1975, the Soviet Union fired a 23mm cannon from its Salyut 3 military space station as a test of its orbital defence system. The...
- In 1963, the US released nearly 480 million copper needles thinner than a human hair into orbit — the bizarre Cold War experiment was designed to create an artificial ring around EarthDuring the Cold War, Project West Ford executed a groundbreaking experiment by launching millions of copper needles into orbit. This initia...
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