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This Qatari royal bought an European villa for $395 million, bigger than Vatican City. The Sardinian estate features 126 rooms, remote-controlled erupting volcano, secret cave to hide from drones and moreSheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani acquired Villa Certosa for €350 million which is Europe’s most ostentatious villa. This Sardinia...- Union Home Minister Amit Shah launches 'Mission 5 Million Trees' in AhmedabadUnion Home Minister Amit Shah launched the 'Mission 5 Million Trees' campaign in Ahmedabad. This initiative aims to plant fifty lakh trees ...
- Typhoon Bavi batters east China; Taiwan reports 134 injuredTyphoon Bavi, China's most powerful storm this year, caused widespread damage. Emergency crews cleared streets littered with fallen trees a...
- SpaceX's Falcon 9 nears reusability record with 35th flight: How the reusable rocket worksA SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket successfully launched 29 Starlink satellites into orbit. This mission marked the 35th flight for booster B1071, ne...
- NASA once gave IQ just 1 point in its astronaut selection system because the agency believed even brilliant people could fail in space; Here's what actually helped candidates get selectedNASA's 1966 astronaut selection valued practical skills and character over intelligence. Engineering expertise and operational experience w...
- China's Tianwen-2 captures first close-up image of Earth's quasi-moon ahead of historic sample missionChina's Tianwen-2 spacecraft has reached Kamo'oalewa, a temporary quasi-moon of Earth. The mission faces challenges due to the asteroid's s...
- Heavy rain inundates Delhi, disrupts traffic; AQI cleanest since 2023Relentless monsoon rains battered Delhi, causing widespread waterlogging and traffic disruptions across the city. Several areas experienced...
- NGT directs recovery of Rs 2.65 crore from BHU over illegal felling of 33 treesThe National Green Tribunal ordered the Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board to recover compensation. This directive concerns the illegal ...
- Meta debuts Muse Spark 1.1 with preview open to developersThe social media giant touted Muse Spark 1.1 as its most capable model for real-world coding and agentic tasks, part of a broader mission ...
- Scientists thought the world's tallest trees would be the first to die in drought; New study reveals astonishing survival secret hidden inside their trunksA new study has revealed that giant dipterocarp trees have evolved highly efficient water transport systems that help them move water throu...
- ISRO successfully tests Gaganyaan crew module's main parachuteISRO successfully tested Gaganyaan's main parachutes in Madhya Pradesh. This critical test qualified the parachute for expected load condit...
- Centre and State to turn ridge into green Delhi's lungs, says Amit ShahDelhi government has notified 5,000 hectares of Ridge area as forest land. This action ends a three-decade delay in protecting the ecologic...
- Swiggy’s Indian control push; Cultfit’s big IPO swingSwiggy has inched closer to qualifying as an Indian-owned and controlled company. This and more in today's ETtech Top 5.
- Quote of the Day by Oliver Tree, 'Be a Pineapple. Stand tall, wear a crown and be sweet on the inside' offers powerful life advice on meaningful philosophy for living wellQuote of the Day by Oliver Tree presents a simple image of a pineapple, it encourages confidence, self-respect, authenticity, resilience, a...
- Contact with Mission Drishti OptoSAR satellite lost, recovery likelihood low: GalaxEyeBengaluru's GalaxEye has lost contact with its Drishti satellite launched in May. The world's first OptoSAR satellite experienced an anomal...
- Mumbai rains: IMD issues Red Alert for extremely heavy rainfall, winds up to 90 kmph; citizens urged to stay indoors amid flash flood warningMumbai and surrounding districts are on high alert with a Red nowcast warning issued for intense rain and 50-60 kmph winds over the next th...
- Sahara vs Great Green Wall: An 8,000-km green belt is being built across Africa's Sahel region; aims to stop desert expansionAfrica's Great Green Wall is an 8,000-kilometre restoration initiative stretching from Senegal to Djibouti, aimed at reversing decades of d...
- Thailand promoted Leucaena trees for fodder and reforestation, but scientists found that the fast-growing species is suppressing the natural regeneration of native forestsThailand's well-intentioned tree planting initiative with Leucaena leucocephala has backfired, with scientists discovering the fast-growing...
- Malaysia's tallest rainforest trees keep pumping water to their highest branches even during drought, thanks to a hidden hydraulic adaptation, scientists foundA groundbreaking study challenges the long-held belief that taller trees are more vulnerable to drought. Researchers found that giant dipte...
- New Zealand in the 1850s planted millions of pines for timber, but today scientists are spending millions trying to stop them from overrunning native mountainsNew Zealand's high country is battling an invasion of non-native pine trees, introduced generations ago for forestry. These 'wilding conife...
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