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Representative Image (AI-generated) Antarctica has been losing mass for years as glaciers shed ice into the ocean, contributing to rising sea levels. But between 2021 and 2023, the continent experienced an unusual and temporary reversal. Instead of continuing to lose mass at its recent rate, Antarctica gained about 695 billion tonnes over 22 months, marking...

Nuclear fusion illustration Photo: Canva Inside a steel vault at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, a superheated whirl of charged particles spins in near vacuum, held in place by invisible magnetic fields. This is a fusion plasma, the same kind of matter that powers the Sun, and it is notoriously difficult to control.In a recent...

Ladakh’s tourist footfall continues rising SRINAGAR: Ladakh has recorded a sharp rise in tourist arrivals this year, with 4,05,085 visiting the Union Territory in the first eight months of 2026, exceeding the 3,35,872 tourists recorded for all of 2025. “In just eight months of 2026, the total tourist footfall has exceeded by 20.6% from the...

Village head’s appeal drove Ladakh LG’s initiative to tap 90 million litres of glacial water for irrigation SRINAGAR: Nearly 90 million litres of glacial water have started irrigating more than 1,000 acres of parched farmlands across 12 villages in Ladakh every day, thanks to a pioneering initiative by lieutenant governor (LG) V K Saxena last...

A retired assistant commissioner recalled a past security incident involving an army man. He had allegedly used a tampered NSG identity card and fake pass. The army man’s intention was reportedly to see the Prime Minister as a fan MUMBAI: In light of the Khar resident and his security guard, a former serviceman, allegedly trying...

The Pentagon is seen from the air in Washington (AP Photo) The Pentagon has decided which company will build the US Navy’s next-generation stealth fighter and could announce the winner within the coming weeks or sooner, according to two people briefed on the matter, as reported by Reuters.Boeing and Northrop Grumman are competing for the...

Several young residents are packing up their rooms, calling parents and scouting for accommodation elsewhere NEW DELHI: Suitcases, backpacks and bulging bags are now a common sight in the narrow lanes of Satya Niketan. Two days after a building collapsed in the student neighbourhood, several young residents are packing up their rooms, calling parents and...

Earthquake seismograph NEW DELHI: An earthquake of magnitude 5.0 struck Nepal at 9.38 pm on Tuesday, the National Center for Seismology (NCS) said, as the region continues to grapple with the aftermath of devastating flash floods that have killed more than 1,300 people in Nepal.The tremor was reported hours after a magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck...

Rakesh Mehta Former Delhi Chief Secretary NEW DELHI: Former Delhi chief secretary Rakesh Mehta, who served during chief minister Sheila Dikshit’s tenure, allegedly died by suicide at his residence in Noida, officials said on Tuesday.Mehta, 74, a 1975-batch IAS officer, was found hanging from a ceiling fan at his Sector 82 residence on September 6,...

Tibet hit by 5.3-magnitude earthquake (representative image) An earthquake of magnitude 5.3 struck Tibet on Tuesday, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said, with the quake occurring at a depth of 35 km (21.75 miles).The earthquake comes days after another tremor struck the region. An earthquake of magnitude 5 was reported in Tibet on last week’s...