“We started working on the alternative material…at least about three or four months back. Now (the import of) that alternative material is not a major issue,” Eicher’s Managing Director B. Govindarajan told analysts in a post-earnings call. The shortage of the critical component stalled production of Royal Enfield’s Himalayan, Scram, and Guerilla motorcycles, Govindarajan added. […]
Used in electric vehicles, hard drives, wind turbines and missiles, rare earth elements are essential to the modern economy and national defence. AFP takes a look at how rare earths have become a key sticking point in talks between the US and China. Mining boom “The Middle East has oil. China has rare earths,” Deng […]
The partial eclipse, which is the first of the year and the 17th this century, will last around four hours from 0850 GMT to 1243 GMT. Curious observers making sure to protect their eyes might be able to see the celestial show in most of Europe, as well as in some areas of northeastern North […]
The “Indigenous sages” carried out an ancestral ceremony of the Anasazi people, who lived in the Chaco Canyon before European settlement in what was to become the US state of New Mexico. It was a ritual that, for the first time, brought together peoples from all over the planet — traveling together on a journey […]
On its website, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration explained that last year’s increase “was due to an unusual amount of ocean warming, combined with meltwater from land-based ice such as glaciers.” According to the analysis led by NASA, which monitors rising water levels using satellite imagery, the world’s seas rose by 0.23 inches (0.59 […]
NASA astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Sunita “Suni” Williams blasted off for the ISS on Starliner on June 5 for what was meant to be an eight-day stay. But their return has been delayed by thruster malfunctions that came to light during the first crewed mission to the ISS by the Boeing spacecraft. NASA officials, […]
As Pak-China cosmic collaborations go full steam ahead, China’s Chang’e 6 2024 lunar mission partnered with Pakistan’s science payload has been launched with high-octane enthusiasm on May 3 (Friday), offering a tenacious glimpse of a brand-new pivot in Pak-China space and lunar explorations. With the launch of Pakistan’s lunar satellite, “ICUBE-Q”, scheduled for liftoff with […]
Approximately 97% of the water on Earth is saltwater. Only 3% is freshwater. In freshwater 3%, most are frozen in the polar caps of Antarctica. The remaining 1% is found in lakes, reservoirs, rivers, streams, and beneath the ground. If all of the world’s water were fit into a gallon jug, the freshwater available for […]
