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Antarctica has whole mountain ranges and valleys buried deep beneath its ice

The land area of the frozen continent has whole mountain ranges and massive valleys that keep the ice sheet stable and prevent ice from East Antarctica from flowing through to West Antarctica and eventually out to the coast, influencing rising sea levels globally.

May 27, 2018

J&K CBSE topper Sama opens up about jailed father Shabir Shah, says his absence is 'traumatising'

Sama's father Shabir Shah, a separatist leader, is the founder and president of the Jammu and Kashmir Democratic Freedom Party (JKDFP). He is currently lodged in Tihar jail.

May 27, 2018

Modi faces revived opposition after setback in Karnataka

A coalition of Congress and a regional group said on Sunday they will establish a government in Karnataka state next week, after Modi's BJP failed to prove its majority despite bagging more seats than any other party in a closely-fought election.

May 20, 2018

PM Modi in J&K: Internet suspended, schools closed

Separatists leaders, including Syed Ali Geelani and Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, have been placed under house arrest while Yasin Malik has been taken into preventive custody.

May 19, 2018

NASA study shows freshwater decline in India

The first-of-its-kind study used 14 years of observations from the US/German-led Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) spacecraft mission to track global trends in freshwater in 34 regions around the world.

May 18, 2018

Security beefed up ahead of PM Modi's two-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir

Extra security forces along with the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and Indian army personnel have been deployed in various parts of the state. The prime minister's visit is scheduled just two days after the government announced a ceasefire during the month of Ramadan.

May 18, 2018

Woman sends man 65,000 text messages after just one date

The accused woman was arrested from the victim's residence while she was spotted in CCTV camera taking bath in his bathroom.

May 13, 2018

Raazi movie review roundup: What critics have to say about Alia-Vicky starrer

Raazi movie critics review: Critics have said that Alia Bhatt's performance as a spy and Vicky Kaushal's performance as a Pakistani Army officer are worth watching and so is Meghna Gulzar's directorial film. Read Raazi movie reviews by critics here.

May 11, 2018

Physicists to look for dark matter in a tunnel 2km underground

Dark matter, at least in theory, makes up 85 percent of everything in the universe. A new experiment deep underground will help scientists detect it, hopefully.

May 10, 2018

Bipin Rawat warns Kashmiri youth against fighting army, says azadi not possible

The chief of Army Staff General Bipin Rawat has asked the local Kashmiri youth to not use violent means to obtain "Azadi". He added that the Indian security forces are trying to avoid civilian casualty despite "huge provocation".

May 10, 2018

Asteroid spotted past Neptune and no one knows how it got there

There is an asteroid near Neptune which should not be there. Most space rocks float in a belt between Mars and Jupiter, and this is one of the first asteroids that has actually traveled across three gas giants and settled in the far outer reaches of the Solar System.

May 10, 2018