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Wednesday, July 23, 2025
TopicAsteroids

Topic: asteroids

On Asteroid Day, a look at 1908 event that released 1,000 times more energy than Hiroshima

On 30 June 1908, a huge explosion occurred over the Russian Podkamennaya Tunguska river and completely flattened 2,000 sq. km of area.

Giant asteroid and its moon to come close to Earth this weekend

The asteroid, named 1999 KW4, and its 500-m radius moon will move past Earth at 4.35 am Sunday, but it will not be visible to naked eye.

Indonesia is looking for a new capital, and climate change is to blame

ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to the best sources to read them. It's your fix to stay on top of the latest in science.

In a first, scientists photograph how a (dead) star is born

Scientists may have just captured the birth of the objects left behind when a star explodes.

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Bihar mimics 19th-century American South. Citizenship is now weaponised to exclude voters

Disenfranchisement by institutional fiat is profoundly undemocratic. The effect of the ECI's new documentary process in Bihar will tilt the scales in favour of the BJP.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.