Amid ongoing regional developments affecting aviation across the Middle East, airlines in the United Arab Emirates are currently operating a limited number of flights. Authorities and airlines have always maintained that passengers need to travel only if they have confirmed bookings and to check the latest updates before heading to the airport. Airlines say the…

Photo: Washington Sundar/ Instagram While India is still celebrating its 2026 T20 World Cup victory, the spotlight isn’t just on the cricketers in the winning squad but also on their personal lives. And one such cricketer is Washington Sundar— while fans are in praise of his on-field performance, some are also curious to know the…

In September 2023, a colossal landslide in Greenland’s Dickson Fjord triggered a megatsunami, causing the entire planet to vibrate every 90 seconds for nine days. An unprecedented seismic hum was detected worldwide. Satellites have now unveiled the cause: resonant fjord oscillations. A 25.5 million cubic metre rockslide, driven by climate change-induced glacial melt, plunged into…

Scientists from China have claimed they might have found a mineral that is harder than the cubic diamond, which is known to the world as the hardest existing mineral. The hexagonal diamond (HD) is supposedly the toughest mineral, though its existence remains questionable. Hexagonal diamond (also known as lonsdaleite) is usually found at sites impacted…