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Ammonium Nitrate Used in Red Fort Blast — How It Differs from RDX

12-11-2025 / 0 comments

New Delhi, November 12, 2025 The car explosion near Delhi’s Red Fort that killed nine people has put two explosive chemicals in the spotlight: ammonium nitrate (used as ANFO with fuel oil) and RDX. Both can cause terrible damage, but they are very different in how they work, how powerful they are, and how they are handled. What was used in the Red Fort blast? Investigators say the bomb used in the Hyundai i20 was an ANFO-type device — that is, ammonium nitrate mixed with fuel oil and triggered...

Senior Citizens, Book Smart: How to Secure Lower Berths on Indian Trains

12-11-2025 / 0 comments

New Delhi, November 11, 2025 A viral video from the Dibrugarh Rajdhani Express is helping senior citizens navigate a common confusion: why lower berths aren’t always allotted to them even under the senior citizen quota. In the clip, a Travelling Ticket Examiner (TTE) explains the rules clearly, shedding light on a simple booking mistake many make. The TTE shared an example of four senior passengers on a single ticket. Despite qualifying for the quota, none were assigned lower berths—they...

Sebi Issues Warning on Digital Gold: What Investors Should Know and Safer Alternatives

10-11-2025 / 0 comments

New Delhi | November 10, 2025 The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has issued a fresh warning about the growing trend of digital gold investments, cautioning that many of these products are unregulated and may pose serious risks for investors. The advisory, released on November 8, 2025, aims to alert the public that most digital gold platforms are not monitored by any government body, including Sebi or the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). Digital gold lets users buy, sell, and store...

Chandrayaan-2 Maps Water Ice and Lunar Soil at Moon’s Poles

09-11-2025 / 0 comments

New Delhi, November 9, 2025 India’s Chandrayaan-2 mission has once again delivered groundbreaking insights, this time revealing detailed radar images of water ice and soil on the Moon’s polar regions. Operating since 2019, the Chandrayaan-2 Orbiter has collected and analyzed nearly 1,400 radar datasets over the past five years, covering latitudes from 80 to 90 degrees in both the northern and southern hemispheres. Scientists at ISRO’s Space Applications Centre (SAC) in Ahmedabad used...

Video Of QR Code Scam At Delhi Parking Lot Goes Viral, Founders Of Paytm And Razorpay Respond

07-11-2025 / 0 comments

New Delhi, November 7, 2025 A viral video from a Delhi parking lot has sparked major discussion online after revealing a clever new scam involving digital payments. The video shows a man posing as an official parking attendant, allegedly working under the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), collecting parking fees using a Razorpay point-of-sale (POS) machine. However, instead of showing the official MCD payment screen, he displayed a PhonePe QR code — a detail that immediately raised suspicion...