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Astronomers spot flares travelling at 30% the speed of light outside Milky Way black hole

A summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to the best sources to read them.

On its 10th anniversary, here are 5 key facts about India’s first space probe Chandrayaan

ISRO probe Chandrayaan was aimed at mapping the entire surface of the moon.

Why two NASA space telescopes went offline in a week

ScientiFix, our weekly feature, will offer 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. 

US silence over Jamal Khashoggi’s disappearance, and the bad Instagram business

Ethiopian PM does press-ups with protesting soldiers, and a new rule for overweight people in a Greek island. 

Junk in space is a huge threat to everything from Internet to GPS & weather forecasts

More than 20,000 satellites, rocket pieces and collision fragments are orbiting earth & present a clear and present danger to satellite operations.

Why you need to stop trusting the thermometer to gauge fever

ScientiFix, our new weekly feature, will offer you a summary of the top global science stories of the week

What is wrong with Bloomberg comparing Modi to JFK?

Your daily news capsule

As spacecraft finds lake on Mars, Earthlings may discover alien cousins

Enough meteorites have flown between here and Mars to open the possibility that we’ll find our own relatives up there.

When NASA probe kisses the Sun, a star will spill long-held secrets

Why are the fringes of the Sun's atmosphere hotter than the surface? The Parker Solar Probe may tell us.

NASA reaches for the Sun, and a mother whale in mourning in the Pacific

Dementia patients in the US are being given unapproved drugs 'with possibly fatal consequences', and China's crackdown.

On Camera

Fauja Singh’s death shows Indian roads remain a national emergency—474 lives lost every day

Fauja Singh, 114, died after being hit by a speeding car. His death renews questions about India’s deadly roads, rising accidents, and poor traffic discipline.

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.