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Topic: Glaciers

‘Placed under house arrest’ — Ladakh-based innovator Sonam Wangchuk’s hunger strike enters day-4

Wangchuk claims was asked to sign bond under section 107 of CrPC. He is demanding 6th Schedule for Ladakh, and govt’s intervention against mining & unplanned development in region.

‘All is not well in Ladakh’, Sonam Wangchuk urges PM Modi for climate mitigation

Innovator Wangchuk stressed that if the 'carelessness' continued and Ladakh isn't provided protection from the industries, 2/3rd of glaciers in the UT will be extinct.

Covid-19 vaccine alters menstrual cycle, finds study & a Cretaceous era turtle the size of a car

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

Melting glaciers, water scarcity, exodus: How climate change reality is biting Ladakh villages

Global warming has been leading to melting glaciers in the Hindu Kush Himalayan Range, where Ladakh’s located. This has caused a water crisis in the region.

West Antarctica glacier disintegrating faster than thought

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

Sample from speeding asteroid shows its made of stuff similar to that which formed the Sun

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

Earth’s shrinking glaciers contain less ice than scientists thought, study shows

Scientists for first time measured the thickness & movement of over 250,000 glaciers. It found wide variations in ice volume and freshwater reservoirs that millions of people depend on.

Scientists find world’s oldest flower bud fossil, and China makes ‘artificial moon’ on Earth

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

If this ‘doomsday’ glacier melts, there will be global floods and vanishing of islands

A sea level rise of several metres would inundate many of the world’s major cities – including Shanghai, New York, Miami, Tokyo and Mumbai.

Found in Australia — a ‘true’ millipede with more than 1,000 legs

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

On Camera

IndiGo cancellations made TV news do the unexpected — question the Modi government

Republic TV was the harshest of them all: “The (civil aviation) minister has done a bad job,” said prime time anchor Arnab Goswami.

IndiGo’s profits dipped, most airlines sunk into losses last fiscal even as flier numbers soared

Despite growing passenger volume, 11 out of 14 carriers reported losses in 2023-24. IndiGo recorded profit of Rs 8,167 crore, which reduced to Rs 7.253 crore in 2024-25.

Dubai Tejas crash revives focus on advanced, fully automated safety systems

Dubai airshow crash & pilot death have rekindled concerns over pilot safety, and need for smarter automated systems that can step in when G-forces, temporary loss of consciousness hit the pilot.

Asim Munir & Pakistan’s Failed Marshal Doctrine

None of Pakistan’s PMs has lasted 5 years. That the current PM has given Asim Munir 5 years shows that of all military dictatorships history has seen, Pakistan’s is most creative.