Month: January 2025

Does Viral Video Shows Aftermath Of Tibet Quake In Nepal? A Fact Check

January 9, 2025 admin

What’s the claim? Following a powerful 7.1 magnitude earthquake that struck Tibet near the Nepal border on January 7, 2025, a video has gone viral on social media showing a road with large cracks running through it. Several users claimed the video depicts destruction caused by the recent earthquake in Nepal’s Lobuche. One such post…

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“Out Of Order, Should Be Banned”: Ex-England Star Blasts Virat Kohli. Reason Is…

January 9, 2025 admin

Indian cricket team star batter Virat Kohli© AFP Former England cricket team fast bowler Steve Harmison said that Virat Kohli should have been banned for his on-field altercation with Sam Konstas during the fourth Test match against Australia in Melbourne. Harmison believes that Virat crossed the line during the incident which saw the…

Sports

How will AI revolutionize drug development?

January 9, 2025 admin

The potential of using artificial intelligence in drug discovery and development has sparked both excitement and skepticism among scientists, investors and the general public. | Photo Credit: Thom Leach/Science Photo Library via Getty Images The potential of using artificial intelligence in drug discovery and development has sparked both excitement and skepticism among scientists, investors and the general public. “Artificial intelligence is taking…

Science

UP Police On Reports 1978 Sambhal Riots To Be Reinvestigated

January 9, 2025 admin

Sambhal (UP): The Uttar Pradesh Police Thursday rejected reports that the 1978 communal riots in Sambhal, which claimed several lives, will be reinvestigated. “A misleading piece of information is being spread through social media and other platforms that a reinvestigation into the 1978 communal riots in Sambhal is being initiated. However, no such development is…

Nation

Forest Department Guard Chases Lion Away From Rail Track

January 9, 2025 admin

The incident occurred on January 6 at around 3 pm at Lilya station. New Delhi: A forest department guard chased away a lion crossing a railway track in Gujarat’s Bhavnagar without any fear or confrontation with the feline. A viral video of the incident, shot near the Lilya station, shows the lion seeing the man…

Nation

“Centre Must Include Delhi’s Jat Community In OBC List”: Arvind Kejriwal

January 9, 2025 admin

New Delhi: As Assembly elections draw closer in Delhi, AAP convenor and former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday accused the BJP-led Central government of reneging on its promise to provide reservation to the capital’s Jat community. Speaking at a press conference, Mr Kejriwal said he wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, demanding the inclusion…

Nation

Why Green Iguanas May Drop From Trees In Florida’s Cold Weather

January 9, 2025 admin

As temperatures drop in Florida this week, residents might notice an unusual sight – green iguanas falling from trees. These non-native reptiles, typically found in Central America, tropical South America, and the eastern Caribbean, are cold-blooded. With dipping mercury, their internal body temperature also drops, leading to a loss of muscle control. As the temperature…

World

Nearly 37 killed in north Syria clashes between pro-Turkey, Kurdish forces in Manbij region: war monitor

January 9, 2025 admin

Turkish-backed factions in northern Syria resumed their fight with the SDF at the same time as Islamist-led rebels were launching an offensive on November 27 that overthrew Syrian president Bashar al-Assad just 11 days later. File | Photo Credit: Reuters “Battles between Turkish-backed groups, supported by air strikes, and Kurdish-led forces killed 37 people on…

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Separatists attack government office; burn police station in restive southwest Pakistan

January 9, 2025 admin

Representational image only. File | Photo Credit: Reuters “Dozens of armed Baloch separatists seized a government office, robbed a bank and partially burnt a police station in a remote district in southwestern Pakistan before fleeing when security forces arrived,” police said on Thursday (January 9, 2025.) The outlawed Baloch Liberation Army claimed responsibility for the…

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Gaza rescuers say children among 12 killed in Israeli strikes

January 9, 2025 admin

Smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip, as seen from Sderot, southern Israel, Monday, Jan. 6, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Gaza’s civil defence agency said Israeli forces pounded the Palestinian territory on Thursday (January 9, 2025), killing at least 12 people including three girls, 15 months into the war. The latest…

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