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Antarctica is gaining Ice: NASA
Washington, Nov 2: An increase in Antarctic snow accumulation that began 10,000 years ago is currently adding enough ice to the continent to outweigh the increased losses from its thinning glaciers. Areas of the continent like the Antarctic…
Pakistan Quake causes cracks in World Heritage Sites
Islamabad, Nov 2: The 7.5 magnitude earthquake that rocked Pakistan last week caused cracks in the country's World Heritage sites of Takht-i-Bahi and Jaulian as well as in museums and artefacts of Gandhara Civilization, officials said.…
Turkey’s Ruling Party wins snap Elections
Ankara, Nov 2: Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) won back parliamentary majority in Sunday' s elections, paving way for it to form the next government on its own, according to the preliminary results based on 98 percent of…
Google ‘Doodles’ Mathematician George Boole
New Delhi, Nov 2: Internet search giant Google on Monday dedicated a doodle to noted mathematician George Boole on his 200th birth anniversary.
George Boole was an English mathematician, logician and philosopher whose legacy of Boolean…
Russian Airliner missing over Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula
Moscow, Oct 31: A Russian airliner carrying over 220 passengers has gone missing over Egypt's Sinai peninsula and has possibly crashed, media reports said.
However, in a conflicting report, the Egyptian air accident chief said the…
US State Department releases 7,000 more pages of Clinton’s e-mails
Washington, Oct 31: The US State Department has released 7,000 more pages of Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton's e-mails, the largest batch to date from a private server she used for official business during her 2009-2013…
Hijackers try to force Aircraft to fly to Venezuela
Bogota, Oct 30: An aircraft had to make an emergency landing at the airport of Santiago Perez Quiroz in Arauca bordering Venezuela, after two hijackers in the plane tried to force the pilots to change its destination, Colombian authorities…
Ozone Hole gets bigger, Earth to bear more UV Damage
Washington, Oct 30: The 2015 Antarctic ozone hole area was larger and formed later than in recent years, scientists from NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have said.
The ozone hole is a severe depletion…
Pakistan’s Death Toll from Earthquake rises to 272
Islamabad, Oct 30: The death toll in the 7.5 magnitude earthquake that hit parts of Pakistan on monday has risen to 272, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) of Pakistan said on thursday. According to the NDMA, at least 2,123…
China lifts ‘One-Child Policy’, Two Children to be Allowed
In a major development, the ruling Communist Party of China has lifted the one-child policy restriction and allowed the couples to have two children, ending decades of strict law. The move is aimed at alleviating demographic restraints on…