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Thursday, January 29, 2026
TopicBlackholes

Topic: blackholes

Secret behind luminous jets at centre of galaxies solved after 40 yrs, shock waves hold key

Gaurvi Narang -
In a study in the journal Nature, scientists found that particles surrounding blackholes are accelerated by shock waves to nearly the speed of light, that look like luminous jets.

Space is not silent. New NASA audioclip reveals what blackholes sound like

Mohana Basu -
ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.

When fish do the ‘wave’ to keep predators at bay & bird-like dinosaurs from 100 mn years ago

Mohana Basu -
ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.

15,000-yr-old viruses found in China & the unique shark intestines that work like a Tesla valve

Mohana Basu -
ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.

How NASA translated images of galaxies, blackholes into music

Mohana Basu -
ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.

2 possible gravitational waves spotted, scientists suspect black hole mergers caused both

Mohana Basu -
Gravitational waves — ripples in the fabric of space and time caused by cosmic events — were first predicted by Albert Einstein in 1916.

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Opinion

India is resigned to a new status quo with China

Mihir Sharma -
India may be willing, for now, to be China’s market again, but will never be easy in that role unless Beijing becomes its market in turn.

India’s bravest fought the battle of Rezang La in 1962—yet there’s no official record of it

As tech and tariffs collide, pharmaceuticals become the next weapons in global trade

Economy

Congress calls India’s GDP numbers ‘suspect’, alleges manipulation by Modi govt

Sourav Roy Barman -
In AICC report ‘Real State of the Economy 2026’, Congress flags ‘central contradiction’ in economy, calls for data review pointing to jobs, FDI, manufacturing slump & inequality.

Defence

Indian Army ties up with US drone company that made its name in the Ukraine conflict

Debdutta Chakraborty -
Shield AI will provide V-BAT vertical takeoff & landing drones along with licences for software, which will be integrated into aircraft and made available to select Indian partners.

National Interest

Non-alignment is coming back in a new avatar: Trump-peedit alliance

Shekhar Gupta -
No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.

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