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Humanity’s fascination with gold stretches back thousands of years. Gold mining is described in ancient Greek and Roman sources, and gold rushes – especially in the 19th century – played a powerful role in shaping the modern world. The dense, yellow metal is often found in the veins of the rocky mineral quartz. This is because the two condense together from hot fluids underground as a result of changes in temperature, pressure and chemistry. Geologists understand this process quite well, but large gold nuggets have been a bit of a mystery. Gold is only dissolved in natural fluids at around one part per million, so how does it concentrate into lumps that weigh tens or… Read More »Geologists Say Quartz And Few Earthquakes Can Make A Giant Gold Nugget

Delhi University will release the upgraded allocations and Round-I results for Performance-Based Programs, CW (Children/Widows of Armed Forces Personnel), ECA (Extra-Curricular Activities), Sports, and Ward Quota today. The results will be announced on September 3, 2024 by 5 pm.  The upgraded window was open from August 31 to September 1 and allowed candidates who were admitted in the Round 1 and Round 2 to opt for upgradation based on their higher preference.  Candidates who opted  for Upgrade also had the option to reorder the programme + college combinations that were higher in preference.  Candidates will have time until 4.59pm on Wednesday, September 4, 2024, to accept their allocated seats. The colleges will verify and approve… Read More »DU To Announce Upgraded Allocations And Round-I Results For Performance-Based Programs Today

Record-breaking temperatures and prolonged drought in Greece have exposed a sunken village in Athens’ main reservoir for the first time in 30 years. The village of Kallio was submerged in the late 1970s when the Mornos dam was built 200 kilometres (124 miles) west of the capital, the artificial lake fed by the Mornos and Evinos rivers. With lake levels down by 30 percent in recent months according to state water operator EYDAP, the ruins of a school and houses have reappeared. “The level of Lake Mornos has dropped by 40 metres (131 feet),” said Yorgos Iosifidis, a 60-year-old pensioner who had to leave his home as a young man along with the other villagers… Read More »Sunken Village Emerges Amidst Greece’s Record Drought

<p>Eleven people were killed and 24 injured when a school bus crashed into students and parents in front of a junior high school in eastern China on Tuesday morning. The incident took place around 7.30 am, when students and parents were at the gate of Foshan Junior High School in Taian city, Shandong province.</p> <p>According to the South China Morning Post (SCMP), the police in Dongping, the county where the accident occurred, said in a statement that the 11 deceased include six parents and five children. Of the injured, one person was said to be in critical condition, while 12 people were said to be stable. Tuesday marked the second day of the new school… Read More »11 Killed As Bus Crashes Into Parents & Kids Outside China School, Driver Detained

It’s a dark, dark world out there and Kareena Kapoor is very much a part of it. This is what the trailer of her upcoming film The Buckingham Murders is all about. The film, directed by Hansal Mehta, is a classic case of a whodunnit thriller. Kareena Kapoor features as a detective named Jasmeet Bamra aka Jass, who is investigating a case about the death of a young man. “Where were you on 14th November,” she asks the first suspect, and then the second and the third and then some. There are multiple suspects, one innocent victim, whose life is at stake and a “volatile neighbourhood.” A teenager is arrested in Wycombe in connection with… Read More »The Buckingham Murders Trailer: How Far Will Kareena Kapoor Go To Find The Killer?