In 1946, the U.S. Army sent a radar pulse toward the moon: its echo returned 2.5 seconds later and proved space could answer back |

Representative AI-generated image of Project Diana, showing a radar antenna transmitting a signal toward the Moon and detecting its returning echo in 1946. Credit – Google Gemini On January 10, 1946, a team of military and civilian personnel at Camp Evans, Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, aimed a modified radar system at the rising Moon and…

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In 2008, Spain began filling a 300-metre-deep coal mine with 547 billion litres of water; four years later, it became one of the country’s largest artificial lakes | World News

What 547 billion litres of water can do to a coal mine. Image Credits: ChatGPT Think of the biggest hole you’ve ever seen. Now make it nearly as deep as the Eiffel Tower is tall and spread it out over an area about the size of 1,600 American football fields. This was the hole left…

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‘If you don’t kill my husband, I will’: Man uncovers wife’s chats with lover plotting his murder | Hyderabad News

HYDERABAD: A man approached the police after allegedly finding messages in which his wife discussed killing him with her alleged lover and suggested making his death look like a road accident.G Rajeshwara Rao of Chilkodu in Dornakal mandal lodged a complaint with Dornakal police, who registered a zero FIR and later transferred the case to…

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In 1982, an Arizona couple began building what became about 20,000 small rock dams across their desert ranch; one study found stream water increased 28% and flowed four weeks longer | World News

One rock at a time: how a simple structure changed a desert streambed (representative image). Image Credits: ChatGPT In 1982, Josiah Austin and his then-wife, Valer Clark, bought a worn-out cattle ranch known as El Coronado Ranch in the mountains of southeast Arizona. Soon after, Austin dumped concrete rubble and stones into a small wash…

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‘Last time, we failed to open locker’: Masked men return to advocate’s house, loot over Rs 3 crore | Chandigarh News

(AI image used for representative) A robbery took place when four masked intruders stormed the home of a senior advocate KURUKSHETRA: Four masked men allegedly broke into a senior advocate’s house in Kurukshetra after holding him and his wife at gunpoint, taking cash, jewellery, a licensed revolver and other valuables worth around Rs 3.15 crore,…

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A synagogue, awaits justice in Kolkata

Synagogue’s main entrance remains inaccessible due to encroachment, leaving Kolkata’s dwindling Jewish community dependent on an alternate rear entry. Neveh Shalome Synagogue is one of the oldest and magnificent Jewish Synagogues in Kolkata first built in 1830 and rebuilt in 1911 as it had to give space for another synagogue named after Magen David.As several…

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Jharkhand JPSC protest takes dramatic turn as students drop journalists, lawyer from talks panel | Ranchi News

The development comes against the backdrop of the state government’s repeated assertion that it is willing to engage directly with students. RANCHI: In a significant development in the ongoing agitation over alleged irregularities in the Jharkhand Public Service Commission (JPSC) recruitment examinations, protesting students on Friday removed the names of two journalists and a lawyer…

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Karnataka horror: Man gets life term for killing brother who discovered affair with his wife | Bengaluru News

Ravichandra’s brother Raja Naik (L), and his sister-in-law Savitri Bai who died of severe lung infection last month (R) TUMAKURU: A web of illicit passion, betrayal and a shallow grave beneath an unfinished house has culminated in a life sentence for a man convicted of murdering his younger brother, with DNA evidence and extra-judicial confessions…

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Education, jobs, inflation: CJP launches petition asking PM Narendra Modi to address India’s youth | Delhi News

The CJP also announced its National Working Committee, appointing Abhijeet Dipke as its national convener NEW DELHI: The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) on Friday launched an online petition urging Prime Minister Narendra Modi to use his Independence Day address to speak directly to India’s youth and outline the government’s roadmap on education, unemployment and the…

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