A powerful earthquake, measuring some 5.5 in magnitude, has rocked Turkey’s eastern province of Elazig. The location had already been devastated by a mighty jolt early this year, with at least 41 killed and over 1,500 injured. The earthquake shook eastern Turkey early on Sunday. According to the US Geological Survey (USGS), the tremor measured […]
A 6.3 magnitude earthquake has been registered near the Philippine city of Calatagan, the US Geological Survey said on Friday. According to the USGS, the quake was recorded 2.3 kilometres (over 1 mile) northwest of Calatagan on the island of Luzon. The epicentre was located at a depth of 114 kilometres. Full story: sputniknews.com Sputnik […]
A recent review published by the Swizterland-based “Journal of Fungi” claimed the prevalence of mucormycosis or black fungal infection in India is about 80 times higher than in developed countries, being approximately 0.14 cases per 1,000 individuals. Only 851 cases have been reported since 2000. After creating ripples among local authorities in Delhi, Rajasthan, Mumbai, […]
An internal probe by a state government agency found that Apple supplier Wistron’s Indian factory in Karnataka could not cope up with the rapid scaling up of manpower and breached several laws. Thousands of contract workers at the plant expressed their anger over non-payment of wages by destroying property worth millions on 12 December. Taiwanese […]
A young Russian has frozen to death in his car in the notoriously cold Yakutia region, after getting lost while driving in extreme temperatures. Following a week-long search, the 18-year-old was found dead. Incredibly, his friend and companion survived. According to the region’s investigative committee, the temperature in this area at night is around -50°C, […]
TOKYO (Sputnik) – A passenger aircraft Boeing 777 owned by the Japan Airlines (JAL) company has made an emergency landing at the Japanese airport located in the northern city of Naha due to a malfunction in the plane’s left engine, the NHK broadcaster reported on Friday. According to the Japanese media, the aircraft left Naha […]
Videos have been shared on YouTube, showing the Lewotolo volcano on Lomblen island in southern Indonesia erupting and spewing smoke and ash into the sky. Footage shows people, some of them with little children in their arms, running in panic from the area surrounding the volcano. According to VolcanoDiscovery, seismologists had warned local residents about […]
The coronavirus did not start in Wuhan but instead emerged in India last summer, Chinese academics have boldly claimed, as tensions continue to flare between the two states amid the ongoing search for the origins of Covid-19. Researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences claim the pandemic actually originated in India, explaining that a heatwave […]
