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Blizzard

Blizzard: A severe blizzard struck the eastern face of Mount Everest in Tibet, trapping nearly 1,000 trekkers in the remote Karma valley. A blizzard is a severe mid-latitude snowstorm characterized by strong winds (≥56 km/h), low temperatures, and near-zero visibility caused by blowing snow. It occurs when polar or continental cold air masses interact with […]

Multiple landslides In Darjeeling And Kalimpong

Multiple landslides In Darjeeling And Kalimpong: Heavy rainfall triggered multiple landslides in Darjeeling and Kalimpong, killing at least 14 people and destroying vital infrastructure including the Dudhia bridge and Teesta Bazaar link road.A landslide is the downward movement of rock, debris, or soil along a slope under gravity. It occurs when the shear stress exceeds […]

Dark Stars

Dark Stars: Astronomers recently unearthed evidence that some of the earliest luminous objects in the universe may be “dark stars”, stars powered not by nuclear fusion but by dark matter annihilation. Dark stars are hypothetical objects that may have inhabited the early universe. Scientists believe that dark stars might be the oldest stars in the […]

Cyclone Shakhti

Cyclone Shakhti: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) confirmed the formation of Cyclone Shakhti over the northeast Arabian Sea. A tropical cyclonic storm that developed in the northeast Arabian Sea, ~340 km west of Dwarka (Gujarat). Named “Shakhti” under the World Meteorological Organisation’s regional naming system. Formed due to low-pressure development over warm Arabian Sea waters […]

Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai (HTHH) Volcano

Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai (HTHH) Volcano: A collaborative research team recently returned from a major 54-day voyage on CSIRO research vessel (RV) Investigator to explore the impacts of the devastating 2022 eruption of Tonga’s underwater Hunga Volcano. It is a submarine stratovolcano in the Tongan archipelago in the southern Pacific Ocean. The HTHH volcano includes the […]