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       Source: Google Map Taiwan, for the first time, sent warning message to China by the means of shooting live at drones hovering above its outer islands. The drones, after being shot, have been driven away. Taiwan has been complaining about military intimidation by China, however the latter has dismissed any such behaviour from its side. Although, China has been exercising military drills near Taiwan after US politician Nancy Pelosi made her visit to Taipei.     Increasingly, the Chinese drones have been flying over or near Taiwan's territory. Taiwan has expressed its displeasure over this act and called it a harassment and intrusion by the neighbour.  As per Kinmen Defence Command, three civilian drones were found flying over Kinmen Islands, very close to Xiamen, on the evening of 30th  August. After firing warning flares, the Taiwan military shot live fire at drones, thus, driving them away. Tsai-Ing-Wen, the president of Taiwan, h...

(Source of Images: Google Search from different reported news on Sri Lanka Crisis) Millions of families in Sri Lanka are struggling to meet their daily food requirements. Most of them are skipping meals, perhaps, surviving on just a meal a day. Even children have not been spared and are suffering due to the lack of basic resources including food and education. The United Nations reports (based on assessment by World Food Programme (WFP)), more than a quarter of the country's 22 million people (around 6.26 million) are grappling with food crisis, unable to procure basic nutritious food.  The country is witnessing a record 90% food inflation, turning basic food such as rice unaffordable for the common people of the nation. Staggering inflation and skyrocketing oil and commodity prices have crippled the whole nation.  WFP reports, about 61% of households is using coping strategies, i.e., reducing amount of food they eat and consuming increasingly less nutritious meals. Adults in ...

                                         Noida's twin towers, taller than Qutub Minar, demolished in 10 seconds  The famous Supertech twin towers of Noida were brought down to ground in no time using over 3,700kg explosives. The Supreme Court of India, considering these constructions in violation of norms, ordered the demolition.   The twin towers were demolished within 10 seconds by Edifice Engineering's team, with the help of South Africa's Jet Demolitions. Demolition did not cause any damage to other parts of the Supertech Emerald Court Society in which the towers were located. Supertech Ltd has incurred a loss of about Rs 500 crore, as per its Chairman. The loss includes cost of land and construction, fees paid to authorities, bank's interest and 12% interest paid back to the buyers. Cost of demolition, around INR 17.5 crore, was also paid by Supertech. Anant, Muke...

  NASA releases blackhole sound - sounds hellish! Recently, NASA released an audio clip that represents the sound coming from the center of the Perseus galaxy cluster. NASA's website states, "... astronomers discovered that pressure waves sent out by the black hole caused ripples in the cluster’s hot gas that could be translated into a note – one that humans cannot hear some 57 octaves below middle C." It further states, " The popular misconception that there is no sound in space originates with the fact that most of space is essentially a vacuum, providing no medium for sound waves to propagate through." As per their official website, NASA has used a new sonification (the translation of astronomical data into sound)  of Perseus -- the sound waves astronomers previously identified were extracted and made audible for the first time. What it means is that the signals were  resynthesized into the range of human hearing by scaling them upward by 57 and 58 octaves ab...

Image by J Lloa from Pixabay  (for representation purpose) Worst flood hits Pakistan as heaviest rain continues, 1000s displaced, millions affected Pakistan has declared a national emergency after it suffered the worst flood in decades. The disaster has already claimed over 1000 lives, displaced thousands and affected millions. The country is struggling to manage its worst hit areas, which include Sindh province of southern Pakistan. Army and rescue organizations are helping in the evacuation of thousands. Some areas have witnessed somewhere between 450% and 800% more rains than average. Large parts of Balochistan is submerged in water and highways and bridges have been swept away by flood water.  Huawei's founder's leaked memo sparks speculation on global economic meltdown As per Ren Zhengfei's internal memo, which went viral over social media sites, he does not appear very optimistic about the world economy in the near future. His memo states, "The next decade will b...