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Earthquake, flood victims stage protests in Gilgit-Baltistan
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Protests by flood-affected people in Gilgit-Baltistan continue to escalate as they blamed the authorities for not paying heed to disaster-hit families in the region, according to the vernacular media reports.
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Mars's crust more complex, evolved than previously thought: Study
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Early crust on Mars may be more complex than previously thought and it may even be similar to our own planet's original crust.
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Astronomers discover closest black hole to earth
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Astronomers using the International Gemini Observatory, operated by NSF's NOIRLab, have discovered the closest-known black hole to Earth. This is the first unambiguous detection of a dormant stellar-mass black hole in the Milky Way. Its close proximity to Earth, a mere 1600 light-years away,
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Greentech Earthings steals the show with new LED lights for home and busin
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 4 (ANI/PNN): Greentech Earthings has announced the launch of its new Led lights for domestic and commercial segments. Their products are said to offer better quality light than traditional incandescent lights and be less wasteful.
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UN to construct 1000 "earthquake-resilient" houses in Afghanistan's Paktik
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Due to persistent earthquakes in Afghanistan, the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) has decided to construct 1,000 "earthquake-resilient" houses for over 8,000 earthquake-stricken people of the Barmal district of Paktika province.
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Researchers explore how magnetism could help in explaining Earth's formati
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
While there are numerous hypotheses regarding the formation of the Earth and the Moon, most of them include a massive collision.
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Canada orders three Chinese firms to exit critical minerals deals
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
China continues to dominate the rare earth elements around the world, while the west is pushing towards self-reliance in the procurement of scarce metals and minerals. However, China does not produce a lot of the minerals, and has instead invested heavily in overseas mines in places like Can
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500 million-year-old fossils unearth answers to many evolutionary riddles
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
An exceptionally well-preserved collection of fossils discovered in eastern Yunnan Province, China, has enabled scientists to solve a centuries-old riddle in the evolution of life on earth, revealing what the first animals to make skeletons looked like.
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A treasure trove of Bihari Literature, edited by diplomat Abhay K, now ava
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
For the first time, centuries of Bihari Literature written in a dozen languages, is now available in English. It contains translated literature from various languages spoken in Bihar such as Angika, Bajjika, Bhojpuri, English, Farsi, Hindi, Magahi, Maithili, Pali, Sanskrit and Urdu.
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4.6 magnitude quake strikes Xizang in southern Tibet
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.6 jolted the Xizang region on Tuesday.
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Climate change to produce more rainbows: Study
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Climate change will increase opportunities to see rainbows, according to a new study led by researchers at the University of Hawai'i (UH) at Manoa. The study's authors estimate that by 2100, the average land location on Earth will experience about 5% more days with rainbows than at the begin
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Astronomers spot largest potentially hazardous asteroid detected in eight
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Twilight observations with the US Department of Energy-fabricated Dark Energy Camera at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile, a Program of NSF's NOIRLab, have enabled astronomers to spot three near-Earth asteroids (NEA) hiding in the glare of the Sun. These NEAs are part of an el
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