Who sank Russian cargo ship Ursa Major, was NATO involved, and was it torpedoed? Reports explain mystery, ship's route, nuclear cargo claims and US aircraft presenceWho sank Russian cargo ship Ursa Major, was NATO involved, and was it torpedoed? This explainer covers the sinking of the Ursa Major near S...
12 May, 2026, 04.56 PM IST
Ancient stardust frozen in Antarctic ice just revealed where Earth has been in the universeScientists found ancient stardust in Antarctic ice. This dust comes from exploded stars. It shows Earth has traveled through space clouds. ...
11 May, 2026, 11.36 PM IST
The tiny gas leaks that could help predict earthquakes earlierRocks are not silent. They emit chemical signals before breaking. Scientists are learning to understand these signals. This breakthrough al...
11 May, 2026, 03.37 AM IST
Chernobyl, 40 years since disaster: five things to knowUkraine on Sunday marks the 40th anniversary of the explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant -- the worst civilian nuclear disaster i...
26 Apr, 2026, 11.04 AM IST
Ukraine says some Russian missiles fly near Chornobyl, risking major accidentBoth the Chornobyl site and western Ukraine's two-reactor Khmelnytskyi nuclear plant have been on the flight path of Russian hypersonic K...
22 Apr, 2026, 12.09 PM IST
US-Iran War Day 37 Updates: Iran claims it shot down 2 US C‑130s and 2 Black HawksUS Israel Iran News Day 37: The Iran-Israel conflict intensifies on its 37th day. Iran attacks Kuwait and Israel faces missile threats from...
05 Apr, 2026, 06.33 PM IST
US sheds light on its allegation of Chinese nuclear test and urges nations to push for disarmamentA US official has revealed new details of a Chinese nuclear test from 2020. He urged nations to press China and Russia for nuclear disarmam...
24 Feb, 2026, 07.06 AM IST
US reveals new details of alleged Chinese nuclear testA senior U.S. official said new data suggests China may have conducted an underground nuclear test in June 2020 at the Lop Nor site, based ...
18 Feb, 2026, 11.11 AM IST
Epicentre of Pak earthquake near geological faultline: National Center for SeismologyA 4.6 magnitude earthquake struck parts of Pakistan on Monday, with its epicentre near a faultline in Punjab province. This marks the third...
12 May, 2025, 07.19 PM IST
Russian parliament completes passage of law shifting stance on nuclear test ban treatyThe upper house, the Federation Council approved the law by 156 votes to zero after the lower house, the Duma, had also passed it unanimous...
25 Oct, 2023, 02.52 PM IST
Energy in a blink: How powerful are gamma ray bursts?Astronomers recently discovered the brightest infrared light ever seen from a short gamma ray burst.
04 Dec, 2020, 09.44 AM IST
2017 North Korean nuke test equal to '17 Hiroshimas': ISRO studyResearchers led by K. M. Sreejith of the Space Applications Centre, ISRO in Ahmedabad, Gujarat noted that North Korea withdrew from the Tre...
15 Nov, 2019, 05.20 PM IST
18 years after nuclear tests, commemorative project a non-starter"It was to be developed as a place to commemorate the nuclear tests but the work is still pending,"Pokhran Municipality chairman Anandi Lal...
11 Jul, 2018, 02.05 PM IST
Nuke blast may have triggered Chernobyl disaster: StudyThe steam explosion which ruptured the reactor vessel occurred some 2.7 seconds later, said De Geer, lead author of the study published in ...
20 Nov, 2017, 03.13 PM IST
Flight MH370: UN N-watchdog says no explosion or crash detectedA UN-backed nuclear watchdog has said that it did not detect either any explosion or crash that could be linked to the missing Malaysia Air...
18 Mar, 2014, 10.37 AM IST
- Like Bhopal, Fukushima may haunt future
The spectre of lethal radioactive fallout from the damaged nuclear reactors at Fukushima in Japan continued to haunt the country as ripples...
16 Mar, 2011, 08.40 AM IST
- Next generation of airport security to take off soon
Airport security can no longer rely just on conventional screening methods.
20 Nov, 2009, 12.13 PM IST