Could India get its own fire cloud? (Image: AP) In July 2026, firefighters in southwest France watched something the country had never recorded before: a burning forest near Bordeaux, which manifested as a churning, anvil-shaped cloud, dark with smoke and crackling with its own lightning. It was a pyrocumulonimbus, a “fire cloud”, born when a…
Influencer brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate Andrew Tate’s attorney has warned US President Donald Trump that failing to support the jailed influencer could cost Republicans support among young male voters, as Andrew and his brother Tristan Tate continue to fight extradition to the United Kingdom over multiple criminal charges.In an interview with Vanity Fair, the…
There was a time when I thought ethanol might define the next phase of my professional life.I accepted a role as the Managing Director at a company which operated sugar mills in Andhra Pradesh. I accepted the role with one private understanding. I would give the industry two years. If I concluded that ethanol represented…
Quote of the Day by Princess Diana History tends to remember extraordinary people through grand titles, icons, legends, symbols of change. Plenty of those same people saw themselves very differently. Princess Diana put that gap plainly. “Don’t call me an icon,” she said. “I’m just a mother trying to help.” Known across the world as…
For decades, the rise in Earth’s average temperature has appeared to follow a fairly consistent upward path. Individual years have stood out because of events such as strong El Niño episodes or volcanic eruptions, but the broader trend seemed relatively stable. That picture is beginning to change.According to the study published in Geophysical Research Letters,…
The protesters gathered at Gandhi Maidan before marching towards the CM’s residence. NEW DELHI: Hundreds of students and youth activists took to the streets in Patna on Tuesday, accusing the Bihar government of failing to honour its promise to release students arrested during last month’s NEET paper leak protests. Police used water cannons to disperse…
The accused, Hamim Mondal, was arrested by the STF from Purba Bardaman last week NEW DELHI: A suspected Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) operative, arrested last week for allegedly tracking the movements of West Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari, had also surveyed the area where the chief minister’s official residence is located in Kolkata, a police officer said…
File photo: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian (left) and US President Donald Trump Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Monday said Tehran does not want to escalate tensions in the Middle East but will “act with its full capabilities” to defend the country’s security, national interests and territorial integrity, even as US President Donald Trump warned that…
NEW DELHI: Madras high court on Tuesday directed the Tamil Nadu Police to release DMK leader and former deputy chief minister Udhayanidhi Stalin after questioning him over his alleged “double meaning” remark made during a protest in Thanjavur over the Cauvery water-sharing dispute.The court issued the direction after the Tamil Nadu government informed it that…
Ask most people to name Africa’s deadliest snake, and the black mamba usually comes up first. The black mamba is “widely considered the world’s deadliest snake,” pointing to its potent venom and its habit of striking more than once when it feels cornered. But the snake’s fearsome reputation can make it easy to forget that…