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A view of a collapsed building in Iskenderun, Türkiye, following the February 2023 earthquake. | Photo Credit: Çağlar Oskay/Unsplash — S. Prakash, TiruchiThe processes that produce earthquakes happen deep underground. These processes include stress building up in rocks and faults and the complex ways in which they transmit or release it. Faults may also rupture suddenly after centuries of accumulating stress, small ruptures may trigger larger ones, and some formations may release stress without causing earthquakes. Thus, a variety of outcomes remain possible.This is why scientists forecast rather than predict. They have no way to say if a quake of…

Indian powerlifter Keyaa Kunal Banerji’s remarkable 140kg deadlift was supposed to be a moment of sporting celebration. Instead, the viral attention surrounding her silver-medal-winning performance at the 2026 IPF World Sub-Junior & Junior Classic Powerlifting Championships has exposed her to a deeply disturbing side of online fame.The 21-year-old powerlifter has revealed that she has faced sexual harassment, impersonation, conversations about her ethnicity, ancestry and caste, and what she described as thousands of AI-generated images using manipulated versions of her face and body.Banerji opened up about the experience through a series of Instagram stories, explaining why she had created a new…

But when it comes to the gravest matters that prime ministers have to deal with – security, power around the world, or the country’s long-term economic stability, we’re perhaps yet to see if Burnham’s ambition for No 10 is accompanied by truly new big ideas that match the scale of his rhetoric.There are worries on the right of the Labour Party that Burnham has not absorbed the reality of the country’s economic position – years of stuttering growth, and sky-high levels of debt that leave the UK incredibly vulnerable to the financial markets’ judgements, whether he likes it or not.…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he has ordered the head of Ukraine’s SBU security service to carry out an “appropriate and tangible” response to a Russian drone strike against the agency’s headquarters in central Kyiv on Friday afternoon. In a post on X, Zelensky wrote that a Russian drone took direct aim at the office of SBU chief Oleksandr Poklad. Ukrainian media reported that Poklad was not in his office at the time of the attack, which took place at around 3:30 p.m. local time.  Heavy black smoke was seen rising in central Kyiv following the strike, which Ukraine’s foreign minister…

Mumbai: Mumbai has been specifically identified among major coastal cities facing significant risks from sea-level rise, with the United Nations warning that rising seas could intensify flooding, displacement and damage to critical infrastructure in low-lying coastal urban centres.The warning comes in a report of the UN Secretary-General on the “Challenges related to Sea-level Rise and ways and approaches to address them”, prepared for the 81st session of the UN General Assembly. The report places Mumbai alongside Kolkata and Dhaka as cities in the low-lying deltas of South Asia where the human consequences of rising seas could be particularly severe.The report…

Swatantra Bhardwaj (L) Nishu Azad (R) NEW DELHI: Swatantra Bharadwaj, accused of assaulting a student’s father during a protest at Jantar Mantar, fled Bulandshahr hours after the Delhi Police assured the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) that he would be arrested, sources told news agency PTI on Friday.According to PTI, Bharadwaj left Naithla village on a Bullet motorcycle towards Khurja and was wearing a helmet to conceal his identity.Several police teams in plain clothes were deployed to locate him. During the search, police also questioned local journalists. Efforts are underway to trace and apprehend Bharadwaj.The development follows the circulation of a…

Telangana Congress MLA Konda Surekha denied a viral Facebook post circulating in her name. HYDERABAD: Telangana Congress MLA Konda Surekha on Friday clarified that she had no connection with the Facebook post being circulated in her name.In a post on X, Surekha said only information shared through her official social media accounts should be considered authentic and urged the public to ignore unauthorised posts.“We hereby clarify that we have no connection whatsoever with the news or posts being circulated in our name on various social media platforms. We have attached below the details of our official social media accounts. We…

Coimbatore: Nearly 50kg of silver items were stolen from a locked house in the city, with the crime coming to light on Friday.Variety Hall Road police said the theft took place at the residence of Sheshathri, 73, on Oppanakkara Street in the city. Police said the crime took place when Sheshathri and his wife were visiting their son in Bengaluru. They were away for a month and returned to the city late on Thursday night.When they reached their house, the couple found that the lock on the front door broken open, and silver items including plates, glass, a water pot…

Mangaluru: Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) commissioner Rahul Ratnam Pandey conducted an extensive inspection of ongoing public works and facilities across the city on Friday, emphasising quality, hygiene, and strict adherence to project deadlines.Pandey reviewed the construction progress, infrastructure, and parking facilities at the new Central Market, which is being constructed on a PPP model. MCC consultant Dharmaraj explained the systematic layout of various shops, including the meat stalls. Raghunath Somayaji, director of Somayaji Estates Pvt Ltd (the project’s lead investor), was present.The commissioner stressed the need to beautify the market’s surroundings. He recommended planting lawns and ornamental plants in strategic…

The teachers worked towards improving the school and invested over Rs 3 lakh in developing its infrastructure Mysuru: Three teachers who helped reopen a govt school shut due to dwindling enrolment invested more than Rs 3 lakh from their own pockets to transform the century-old institution, which today has 160 students on its rolls and is giving nearby private schools stiff competition.The school in Lakvalli, established in 1917, was closed in 2012 because of low student strength.When HB Anandamurthy, Geethamani and Asha joined the school on additional charge in 2014, they were concerned by its condition. Along with local residents…