NEW DELHI: A new international study involving researchers from Physical Research Laboratory (PRL), IISER and Institute of Remote Sensing, has revealed that water ice deposits in the Moon’s permanently shadowed regions are far more stable than earlier believed.“Moon’s permanently shadowed regions (PSRs) are capable of preserving water-ice and other frozen volatiles for billions of years…

US President Donald Trump ordered strikes on Iran hours after an American Apache attack helicopter was brought down near the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday.While Trump publicly promised retaliation, he had later sought to play down the helicopter incident, saying it was “not a big deal” because the pilots had survived. Meanwhile, Iran’s state media,…

Lights out in Havana: Protests erupt as ‘absolutely no fuel’ left in Cuba (Image credit: AP) Cuba has completely run out of diesel and fuel oil, energy minister Vicente de la O Levy has said, as a US-led blockade chokes supply and plunges parts of Havana into blackouts lasting up to 22 hours a day.“The…

KANPUR: The autopsy report of an 11-year-old student at a private school operating on a gurukul pattern in Alamnagar, Lucknow, who was murdered and whose body was found dumped outside his home in Kanpur on Wednesday, showed the child was burned with a cigarette 11 times and had 43 marks of serious injuries.Maharajpur Police registered…

Chief minister-designate DK Shivakumar on Sunday congratulated Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) after the franchise secured its second consecutive Indian Premier League (IPL) title by defeating Gujarat in the final.“I congratulate them on behalf of the RCB fans in Karnataka, and the state government,” Shivakumar told reporters, praising the team for maintaining its winning momentum from…