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At least 100 people are involved in search operations at the world’s largest underground copper mine.Rescue teams in Chile are searching for five miners trapped after a partial collapse triggered by a tremor killed one colleague and halted operations at the world’s largest underground copper mine.At least 100 people were involved in the perilous search effort, said Andres Music, general manager of El Teniente mine in Rancagua, some 100km (62 miles) south of Santiago.“So far, we have not been able to communicate with them. The tunnels are closed, they are collapsed,” he told reporters on Friday.The miners had been working…

Analysing samples of human tissues across five decades, researchers have found that age 50 might be an inflexion point, after which ageing accelerates — blood vessels age early and are markedly vulnerable, they said.The findings, published in the journal Cell, add to evidence emerging from analysing proteins from humans to understand ageing processes, researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences said.ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW VIDEO A study published last year in August in the journal Nature Ageing showed that ages 44 and 60 might be when a human body experiences changes in molecules and microbes, significantly impacting heart and immune function.The…

Kolkata: Trinamool Congress (TMC) national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee is set to virtually address over 9,000 party leaders and functionaries on August 5, while the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) launched a four-day organisational meet in Kolkata on Friday. Both parties are finalising their strategies before the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise starts in West Bengal, ahead of the 2026 assembly elections. Trinamool Congress (TMC) national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee is set to virtually address over 9,000 party leaders and functionaries on August 5 (HT Photo/Samir Jana) “Banerjee is likely to lay out a strategy for party leaders on crucial issues…

There have been plenty of chatter over Akash Deep’s sending off of Ben Duckett in the 2nd Day of the 5th and final Test between India and England where the pacer put his arm around the batter’s shoulder and walked a few steps with him. There was also a brief exchange between the two before KL Rahul pulled Akash deep away.ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW VIDEO Ravi Shastri and Michael Atherton shared their thoughts on the incident before the start of Day 3’s play at the Oval on Sunday. “You imagine doing that to Viv Richards? I would have hated that if…

There’s a reason your child covers their ears every time you walk past a construction site. Little ears are sensitive—and they’re especially vulnerable in the presence of fireworks, race cars, and screaming Taylor Swift fans. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, prolonged exposure to noise above 85 decibels (dB)—the typical volume of a hair dryer—can cause permanent hearing damage, even for adults. Now imagine your child at a Fourth of July firework festival, where pyrotechnics displays can top 150 dB, and you understand why packing ear protection is just as crucial as sunscreen and snacks.“Our ears are…

Donald Trump has ordered the repositioning of two United States nuclear submarines to “appropriate regions” relative to Russia, as the US president grows frustrated over stalling peace talks aimed at bringing an end to Russia’s war in Ukraine.On Friday, Trump exchanged heated words with Dmitry Medvedev, Moscow’s military leader and former president.The day before, Trump had issued an ultimatum to Russia: If it does not agree to a ceasefire by next Friday, August 8, he will impose a package of economic sanctions.The next day, Medvedev posted on social media, describing Trump’s threat as “a step towards war”. He wrote that…

Humans are the dominant species on a dying planet, and we’re still clinging to the idea that we can think our way out, invent our way out, maybe even upload our way out.But what if the solution isn’t more mastery or more control? What if the only way to survive is to become something else entirely?Mark C. Taylor is a philosopher, a cultural critic, and the author of After the Human. It’s a sweeping, sometimes dizzying book, one that moves from Hegel to quantum physics to the ethics of soil and fungi. It’s packed with hand-drawn diagrams and photos of…

A painter working in solitude, ; a theatre director steering a bunch of actors in a play-process; a chef transforming a simple dish into something exotic with just one ingredient — these were the imageries Karl Lutchmayer’s piano playing conjured up in one’s mind. His lecture-recital performed at Bangalore International Centre (BIC) was themed around the nocturnal, but Karl’s musical storytelling covered an emotional range that allowed for independent interpretations too.  Diverse stylesKarl introduced each of the chosen composition, mostlyfrom the Romantic and Modernist eras of Western classical music. From “religious ecstasy” and “gothic horror” to tender reminiscences, the music…

The heat is on Janata Dal (United) MLA Chetan Anand, with resident doctors at AIIMS Patna accusing him and his wife, Ayushi Singh, of allegedly assaulting security personnel and threatening resident doctors in the hospital premises. Chetan, 33, belongs to a political family. His father Anand Mohan has been a former MP and was one of the founding members of Samata Party along with George Fernandes and Nitish Kumar. His mother Lovely Yadav is currently the JD(U)’s Sheohar MP. Anand had staunchly opposed Lalu Prasad and the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) during the mid-1990s. He formed his own outfit, Bihar…