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20-Year-Old British Man Dies In Hotel Lift Shaft During Holiday In Turkey, Family Seeks Probe
His family is devastated and seeking a thorough investigation into the circumstances of his death, which remain unclear.
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Mystery Behind Neanderthals’ Usage of Tar Might Have Been Solved With the Discovery of a Hearth
A fire pit from 60,000 years ago has revealed the innovative techniques Neanderthals used to produce tar. Scientists determined that tar, derived from rockrose (Cistus ladanifer), was created in a layered fire pit designed specifically for this purpose. The tar was used to bind stone tools to wooden shafts, demonstrating resourceful adaptation to a...
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6,000-Year-Old Wheel Origin Discovered in Carpathian Mountains; Study Suggests Copper Miners Created World's 1st Wheel
A recent study proposes that copper miners in the Carpathian Mountains may have developed the wheel 6,000 years ago. Using advanced modelling techniques, researchers explored how miners likely invented crucial wheel innovations to transport heavy loads in narrow mine shafts, suggesting a possible origin of one of history’s most transformative inv...
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Israel Says Found Tunnel Shaft, Grenades And Bullets Inside School In Gaza
Israeli soldiers in Gaza discovered a tunnel shaft located inside a school, the Israel Defence Forces said on Wednesday.
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Hamas Tunnel Found Underneath Baby's Crib In Gaza House: Israel Army
Soldiers discovered a tunnel shaft underneath a baby's bed in a children's room in the Jabaliya area of northern Gaza, the Israel Defense Forces announced on Sunday.
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Hamas' Tunnel Network: Israeli Military Finds 800 Shafts, Destroys Over 50%
Israeli forces have found 800 shafts leading to Hamas' vast subterranean network of tunnels and bunkers since a Gaza ground operation began on Oct 27, and have destroyed more
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"Sufficient Water, Oxygen Inside": Officials On What Next In Uttarakhand Tunnel Op
The fresh five-point rescue plan for the 41 men trapped in a tunnel in Uttarakhand, is focussing on the horizontal drilling that will create a shaft, Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain, a member of NDMA (National Disaster Management Authority), told reporters.
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Two New Tunnels And A Vertical Shaft: New Plan To Rescue Trapped Workers
Rescue operations at the collapsed Silkyara tunnel in Uttarakhand were temporarily halted today as authorities prepared for the next phase of the operation, which will involve a multi-pronged approach to reach the 41 men trapped inside for a week.
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Veteran Actor Richard Roundtree, Star Of Shaft, Dies At 81
Richard Roundtree was heralded as "the first Black action hero" for his role in the iconic 1971 hit Shaft
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Opinion: The Curious Case Of Vasundhara Raje And Shivraj Chouhan
It is baffling to see heavyweights like Vasundhara Raje Scindia and Shivraj Singh Chouhan shafted on their own turf by the BJP leadership.
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China Goes Underground In Aksai Chin - What It Means For Indian Forces
Sixty kilometres east of the Depsang Plains in Northern Ladakh, Chinese forces have begun carving tunnels and shafts into a hillside along a narrow river valley to construct multiple reinforced shelters and bunkers for soldiers and weaponry.
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India Successfully Tests Critical Homegrown Equipment In LCA Tejas
A successful flight-test of power take off (PTO) shaft was conducted on the Light Combat Aircraft Tejas in Bengaluru on Tuesday, the defence ministry said.
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15-Year-Old Crushed To Death After Falling Into Elevator Shaft: Delhi Cops
The boy was working near the elevator when he accidentally slipped and got trapped in the elevator shaft on the second floor.
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Man Crushed To Death In Shaft Of Delhi Pedestrian Bridge Elevator
A 25-year-old man was killed after getting trapped between the lift and the walls of a foot overbridge in Delhi's Malviya Nagar, said police, adding that three trapped students were successfully rescued.
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Coffee Powder, Water Drops: How 2 Men Survived 9 Days After Mine Collapse
Two South Korean miners survived by eating coffee powder and drinking water that dripped inside the vertical shaft that they were trapped in for nine days after a zinc mine collapsed.
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20-Year-Old British Man Dies In Hotel Lift Shaft During Holiday In Turkey, Family Seeks Probe
His family is devastated and seeking a thorough investigation into the circumstances of his death, which remain unclear.
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Mystery Behind Neanderthals’ Usage of Tar Might Have Been Solved With the Discovery of a Hearth
A fire pit from 60,000 years ago has revealed the innovative techniques Neanderthals used to produce tar. Scientists determined that tar, derived from rockrose (Cistus ladanifer), was created in a layered fire pit designed specifically for this purpose. The tar was used to bind stone tools to wooden shafts, demonstrating resourceful adaptation to a...
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6,000-Year-Old Wheel Origin Discovered in Carpathian Mountains; Study Suggests Copper Miners Created World's 1st Wheel
A recent study proposes that copper miners in the Carpathian Mountains may have developed the wheel 6,000 years ago. Using advanced modelling techniques, researchers explored how miners likely invented crucial wheel innovations to transport heavy loads in narrow mine shafts, suggesting a possible origin of one of history’s most transformative inv...
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Israel Says Found Tunnel Shaft, Grenades And Bullets Inside School In Gaza
Israeli soldiers in Gaza discovered a tunnel shaft located inside a school, the Israel Defence Forces said on Wednesday.
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Hamas Tunnel Found Underneath Baby's Crib In Gaza House: Israel Army
Soldiers discovered a tunnel shaft underneath a baby's bed in a children's room in the Jabaliya area of northern Gaza, the Israel Defense Forces announced on Sunday.
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Hamas' Tunnel Network: Israeli Military Finds 800 Shafts, Destroys Over 50%
Israeli forces have found 800 shafts leading to Hamas' vast subterranean network of tunnels and bunkers since a Gaza ground operation began on Oct 27, and have destroyed more
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"Sufficient Water, Oxygen Inside": Officials On What Next In Uttarakhand Tunnel Op
The fresh five-point rescue plan for the 41 men trapped in a tunnel in Uttarakhand, is focussing on the horizontal drilling that will create a shaft, Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain, a member of NDMA (National Disaster Management Authority), told reporters.
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Two New Tunnels And A Vertical Shaft: New Plan To Rescue Trapped Workers
Rescue operations at the collapsed Silkyara tunnel in Uttarakhand were temporarily halted today as authorities prepared for the next phase of the operation, which will involve a multi-pronged approach to reach the 41 men trapped inside for a week.
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Veteran Actor Richard Roundtree, Star Of Shaft, Dies At 81
Richard Roundtree was heralded as "the first Black action hero" for his role in the iconic 1971 hit Shaft
-
Opinion: The Curious Case Of Vasundhara Raje And Shivraj Chouhan
It is baffling to see heavyweights like Vasundhara Raje Scindia and Shivraj Singh Chouhan shafted on their own turf by the BJP leadership.
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China Goes Underground In Aksai Chin - What It Means For Indian Forces
Sixty kilometres east of the Depsang Plains in Northern Ladakh, Chinese forces have begun carving tunnels and shafts into a hillside along a narrow river valley to construct multiple reinforced shelters and bunkers for soldiers and weaponry.
-
India Successfully Tests Critical Homegrown Equipment In LCA Tejas
A successful flight-test of power take off (PTO) shaft was conducted on the Light Combat Aircraft Tejas in Bengaluru on Tuesday, the defence ministry said.
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15-Year-Old Crushed To Death After Falling Into Elevator Shaft: Delhi Cops
The boy was working near the elevator when he accidentally slipped and got trapped in the elevator shaft on the second floor.
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Man Crushed To Death In Shaft Of Delhi Pedestrian Bridge Elevator
A 25-year-old man was killed after getting trapped between the lift and the walls of a foot overbridge in Delhi's Malviya Nagar, said police, adding that three trapped students were successfully rescued.
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Coffee Powder, Water Drops: How 2 Men Survived 9 Days After Mine Collapse
Two South Korean miners survived by eating coffee powder and drinking water that dripped inside the vertical shaft that they were trapped in for nine days after a zinc mine collapsed.
