Astronomers have discovered a faint, elusive planet orbiting a young star after more than a decade of cosmic hide-and-seek. In an unusual twist, two groups working independently detected the cold gas giant a few days apart late last year using different telescopes. It’s the dimmest planet ever directly imaged from earth, scientists said. A Scottish...
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Bill Koch’s Aspen estate once asked $125m, now poised to sell for $33.5m
Image Credit: Instagram/ @robbreport A sprawling mountain estate owned by billionaire businessman and collector Bill Koch is on track to sell for a fraction of its original asking price after spending nearly two years on the market. According to an exclusive report by The Wall Street Journal, Koch’s 52-acre Aspen property is under contract following...
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Parts of Assam were once under sea: Study
GUWAHATI A significant swathe of present-day Assam was once under a warm, shallow tropical sea rich in microscopic marine life, a new study has revealed. Two researchers from Nagaland University carried out a geological investigation of the Sylhet Limestone deposits in Karbi Anglong district’s Dillai Parbat to shed light on Assam’s sea link about 50...
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How constant niggles and breakdowns are hampering 2027 ODI World Cup plans
(L-R) Harshit Rana, Jasprit Bumrah and Washington Sundar got injured in the England tour. NEW DELHI: Shubman Gill was out of character when he addressed the media after the defeat at Lord’s in the third ODI. Generally calm, mostly balanced and always poised, the skipper seemed frustrated after losing his third ODI series since taking...
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‘How to kill, dispose bodies’: Bengaluru triple murder accused turned to AI, say cops
The accussed woman M Shwetha (extreme left), her partner J Kenneth; the victimes: Supriya (19) sister, Muthulakshmi (48) mother and Somasundar (52) father) BENGALURU: Investigators probing the sensational triple murder in Bengaluru have approached an artificial intelligence company for access to the accused’s chat history after discovering that he allegedly relied on an AI chatbot...
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CJP’s ‘Sansad Chalo’: Young woman injured in police action on ventilator
The march witnessed repeated clashes with police after protesters tried to breach barricades despite prohibitory orders under Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS). NEW DELHI: A young woman injured during the police action at the Cockroach Janta Party’s (CJP) ‘Sansad Chalo’ protest is on ventilator support at Delhi’s Ram Manohar Lohia (RML)...
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‘Fight together’: Mamata urges INDIA bloc unity against BJP, shuts down door on rebels
NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday urged opposition parties in West Bengal to bury their differences and unite against the Bharatiya Janata Party.Addressing the annual July 21 Martyrs’ Day rally organised near Birla Planetarium, Mamata also termed the leaders who defected from the TMC as “traitors”, saying they would never be allowed...
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India’s rarest heron faces a silent end as new dam ignores its home
The white-bellied heron (Ardea insignis)is among the world’s most elusive birds, nesting along fast-flowing rivers lined with old growth forests. “India has a population of six to nine individuals distributed in three rivers: Noa-Dehing River, Lahm River and Lohit River,” Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment, Bengaluru, project manager Yumlam Benjamin Bida...
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Europe’s this tech firm offering employees $20K-plus bonus if they stay until 2030
ASML is reportedly offering employees a $20,000 retention bonus if they stay in Europe’s biggest technology company from 2027 until at least 2030. According to a report by Seeking Alpha, the bonus will be given on January 1, 2027 and vested on January 1, 2030. The announcement comes as US-based companies cut a total of...
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When fat reaches the pancreas: Here’s what happens next
5 min readNew DelhiUpdated: Jul 21, 2026 02:00 PM IST Many people have heard of fatty liver disease, but not many know that fat can also accumulate in the pancreas. This condition, commonly referred to as fatty pancreas, is one where excess fat builds up within the pancreatic tissue — and Fatty Pancreas Disorder (FPD)...
