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Topic: bomb blast

‘Real-time, all-climate’ explosives detector could enhance airport & border security—no dogs, no swabs

Bengaluru-based CeNS designs accurate, portable, and cheap sensor using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. It could significantly reduce risks at vulnerable choke points. 

11 dead in Pakistan blast near mine in Balochistan region, 6 injured

A Pakistan paramilitary official said an improvised explosive device planted on the road exploded when a truck carting coal miners reached the site.

Blast at a railway station in Quetta in southwestern Pakistan, at least 24 killed

Over 40 have been injured. No group has claimed responsibility yet. Police say blast seemed to be a suicide bomb and investigations are underway.

Blast outside CRPF school in Delhi caused by ‘crude bomb’, ‘glass of nearby shops, cars found damaged’

According to Delhi Police, no one was injured. The spot has been cordoned off and is being mapped. Police not ruling out a conspiracy angle, it is learnt.

Political turmoil in Kerala’s Vadakara: CPI(M) and Congress clash amid Panoor bomb-making allegations

CPI (M)’s Shailaja and Congress’ Parambil face off as bomb blast investigations intensify in Kerala’s Panoor shaken by pre-election violence. CPI (M) denies involvement.

Bomb blast kills 5 Pakistan policemen on polio vaccination guard duty, TTP claims responsibility

More than 20 were wounded in latest in a series of attacks by Islamist militants ahead of 8 February national elections.

Islamic State claims responsibility for Iran attack that killed nearly 100, Tehran vows revenge

By Parisa Hafezi, Elwely Elwelly and Clauda Tanios DUBAI (Reuters) - Islamic State claimed responsibility on Thursday for two explosions in Iran that killed nearly 100 people and wounded scores at a

No birthdays, no blood transfusions. Jehovah’s Witnesses have a ‘committed way of life’

Kochi: Doctors at Kochi’s Aster Medcity are struggling to treat the victims of the Kalamassery bomb blast — several of them are refusing to accept...

‘After 15 yrs of gloom, this Ramzan has brought light’, say families of men acquitted in 2008 Jaipur blasts

Mohammed Saif, Saifurrehman Ansari, Mohammed Salman and Sarvar Azami have spent 15 years in prison and had previously been awarded death penalty by a trial court in the case.

Blast at mosque in Pakistan’s Peshawar kills at least 28 worshippers, over 150 injured

The blast occured during prayers while 260 people were inside the mosque, located close to a police housing block. A two storey building has collapsed, based on local news reports.

On Camera

Youth Congress, your foolish protest helped the Modi govt climb out of the AI summit hole

In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

MoD, IAF agree on some exemptions to HAL for Tejas Mk1A, but no compromise on ‘must-have’ capabilities

IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.