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Topic: Volcano

ISRO’s Mars mission discovers how dust storms expand the red planet’s atmosphere

ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week.

Evidence of brain surgery in ancient Greece, a sharp spike in methane emissions in 2019

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

Indians likely survived super-destructive Toba volcano 74,000 years ago: Study

Archaeological evidence found at Dhaba in MP debunks the long-held theory that Indonesia's Mount Toba eruption led to the death of majority human population.

Volcano erupts on New Zealand’s White Island, kills 5 and injures dozens

About 50 people, many of them tourists, were on or around White Island, about 48 kms off News Zealand's east coast, when the volcano erupted.

A volcano, not earthquake, triggered Indonesian tsunami that killed over 200

The volcano was too close to land to give people enough time or warning to move to higher ground. 

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.

US clears $686-mn package to breathe fresh life into Pakistani F-16s

Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).

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.