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A new study has revealed that the land in South Africa is rising, and the reason may be more alarming than previously thought. Between 2012 and 2020, researchers recorded an average uplift of 6 millimetres, or nearly 2 millimetres each year. While it was earlier believed that geological activity or mantle flow was causing this…

Starship spins out of control, breaks up over Indian ocean in SpaceX test SpaceX‘s ambitious Starship program suffered another major setback on Tuesday evening when its latest test flight ended in failure, the spacecraft spun out of control and broke apart. The 403-foot rocket launched from Starbase, the company’s test site in southern Texas, on…

CUTTACK: Orissa high court has granted a 26-year-old rape accused one-month bail to marry a 22-year-old woman he is accused of raping when she was 16, observing that their relationship was consensual, not forced or exploitative.“The allegations, though serious in their statutory framing, arise out of a consensual relationship between two individuals who are very…

NEW DELHI: The Centre has drafted a bill which proposes to introduce online registration of property, and mandates registration of documents such as ‘agreement to sell’, power of attorney, sale certificates and equitable mortgage arrangements, among others. It will replace the 117-year-old Registration Act.The department of land resources under rural development ministry has released the…

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to entertain a plea challenging an order of the Bombay high court which had declined to stay the construction work for a passenger jetty and terminal facilities project near the Gateway of India.A bench comprising Chief Justice B R Gavai and Justice Augustine George Masih noted that…

NEW DELHI: Virat Kohli etched his name in the record books once again, notching up his 63rd IPL fifty during the 2025 clash against Lucknow Super Giants. With this knock, he overtook David Warner to become the player with the most half-centuries in IPL history, while his wife Anushka Sharma proudly cheered him on from…

NEW DELHI: Former Union minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on Tuesday was admitted to a hospital in Saudi Arabia’s Riyadh during the all-party MP delegation tour.“Halfway into our delegation’s tour, Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad has had to be admitted to hospital. He is stable, under medical supervision, and will be undergoing some tests and procedures,” Baijayant…

India secured a commanding 2-0 victory over Pakistan in the Junior Davis Cup (U-16) on May 24 in Shymkent, Kazakhstan. Indian players Prkaash Sarran and Tavish Pahwa clinched their respective singles matches via super tie-breaks to seal the win.However, controversy erupted three days later when a video from the match surfaced online. It showed a…

NEW DELHI: Defence minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday green-lighted the ‘Made in India’ fighter jet programme to produce a fifth-generation stealth fighter jet, the advanced medium combat aircraft (AMCA).India has been working on the ambitious AMCA project to develop a medium-weight, deep-penetration fighter jet with advanced stealth capabilities to bolster its air power.The AMCA, along…

A Police officer stands on the street where a 53-year-old British man plowed a minivan into a crowd of Liverpool soccer fans who were celebrating the city’s Premier League championship Monday, injuring more than 45 people in Liverpool, England, Tuesday, May 27, 2025.(AP Photo/Jon Super) In the latest reminder of how vulnerable public gatherings remain…