Hantavirus outbreak: How an African lab identified the deadly Andes strainA hantavirus scare aboard a cruise ship off Cape Verde prompted a rapid scientific response, with researchers in Senegal quickly identifyin...
22 May, 2026, 01.12 PM IST
Passengers evacuated from hantavirus-stricken cruise ship begin flying home from Canary IslandsPassengers from the hantavirus-hit cruise ship MV Hondius are flying home from Tenerife. They are being evacuated by military and governmen...
11 May, 2026, 06.36 AM IST
Fog, speed & AI: Inside Ukraine's drive to defeat the dreaded Shahed droneUkraine is battling Russia's Shahed drones with its own interceptor drones. These Ukrainian drones are low-cost and designed to destroy the...
29 Apr, 2026, 11.35 AM IST
TotalEnergies refinery working full tilt to keep France fuelledFrance's largest refinery, TotalEnergies in Gonfreville-l'Orcher, is working at full capacity. It is boosting production of diesel and jet ...
26 Apr, 2026, 09.37 AM IST
Robots may soon make planes of plastic as Airbus, Boeing eye fast outputAirbus and Boeing are preparing for significant increases in jet production, aiming to reach 100 planes per month as they explore new mater...
24 Mar, 2025, 03.16 PM IST
The $200,000 face-lift: Why these 'elite' group of plastic surgeons have months-long waiting list despite their hefty feesJust as the prices of luxury real estate, art and cars have skyrocketed in recent years, so has the cost of plastic surgery.
12 Jun, 2022, 08.18 AM IST
Accidental mutation to humankind’s rescueWhat a bounty if the serendipity behind benign mutations could be mastered for wider use, and deployed at will!
18 Apr, 2018, 11.45 PM IST
Search for missing MH370 leads to possible personal items: ReportThe Malaysian Airlines flight went missing with 239 people on board in March 2014, and despite a two-year search investigation, mystery sti...
20 Jun, 2016, 08.54 PM IST
Dummy stun-grenade on plane, probe on; Civil Aviation Minister contradicts Air IndiaCivil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju today disclosed that a dummy stun-grenade was found on board an Air India plane when it landed...
05 Oct, 2014, 04.07 AM IST
Grenade-like object found in an Air India aircraft turns out a plastic cover of a stun grenadeAir India has set up a committee under the chairmanship of its Joint Managing Director and Joint Commissioner of Security, Civil Aviation t...
04 Oct, 2014, 08.53 PM IST
- Plane breaking: New ways give life to old birds
Airbus for the first time started a 3.2 million euro project called PAMELA-LIFE (Process for Advanced Management of End-of-Life of Aircraft...
13 Apr, 2013, 04.47 AM IST
- Kingfisher scare: Security upgraded at all airports
The Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) on Monday asked airports across the country to increase security following the recovery of a c...
23 Mar, 2010, 04.02 AM IST
- Boeing on track to deliver 787 Dreamliner
US aerospace Boeing said on Wednesday it was on track to deliver its first B787 Dreamliner early next year.
20 Feb, 2008, 04.23 PM IST
- Plastics for sustainable development
The consumption of plastics is all set to reach the 12.5 MMT mark, making India the third largest consumer of plastics by 2010.
25 Jan, 2008, 12.00 AM IST
- Boeing claims success of 787 test
Boeing Co has said that results from a vertical-drop test of its new 787 jetliner matched computer predictions, eliminating the need for so...
07 Sep, 2007, 09.40 AM IST
- Boeing delays first flight for 787
Boeing Co's new 787 jetliner will not begin flight testing until mid-November or mid-December, months later than originally planned, becaus...
05 Sep, 2007, 08.16 PM IST
- US to relax air travel restrictions
The US government is partially lifting its ban against carrying liquids and gels on to airliners, instituted after a plot to bomb jets flyi...
26 Sep, 2006, 03.22 AM IST