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  'Zombie Viruses' trapped in Siberia may trigger a new pandemic, warns study

  Health | January 23, 2024 13:29 IST

  Last year, scientists from Russia, Germany and France identified six ancient diseases trapped in permafrost that had the potential to wreak untold havoc on the world.

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  Russian plane with over 160 people aboard makes emergency landing in Siberia | WATCH VIDEO

  World | September 12, 2023 14:54 IST

  None of the passengers are hurt and they have been accommodated at a nearby population centre after the emergency landing.

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  Russian plane that went missing in Siberia found with all 19 passengers safe

  World | July 16, 2021 19:49 IST

  Russian plane goes missing in Siberia with at least 13 on board

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  46,000-year-old frozen horned lark bird found in Siberia

  Science | February 22, 2020 11:35 IST

  Scientists have recovered genetic material from the well-preserved remains of the bird horned lark, trapped in frozen Siberian soil, and have found that that the bird is 46,000-year-old, a finding that can help understand how the region transformed at the end of the last ice age when the Earth was largely covered in ice and snow.

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  Earth's Magnetic Field racing towards Siberia at unprecedented speed, scientists baffled

  Science | December 21, 2019 8:00 IST

  The Earth's magnetic North Pole has been racing towards Siberia at an increasing pace, according to a Science Alert report. For the first time in its recorded history, the magnetic north pole even crossed the Greenwich meridian, the invisible line that determines time zones.

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  Puppy buried for 18,000 years found in Siberia

  World | December 01, 2019 9:56 IST

  Named Dogor, a local word for friend, it was found near Yakutsk in eastern Siberia last summer. The male pup's nose, teeth, and fur were in remarkable condition.

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  Russian shopping mall fire kills at least 48, says report

  World | March 26, 2018 12:08 IST

  The fire at the four-story mall in Kemerovo was extinguished in the morning after burning through the night. Parts of the building were still smouldering and the floors of the cinema hall had caved in in places, an emergency official said.

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  Forget Delhi winters, in the world’s coldest village eyelashes are freezing, thermometers are breaking

  Trending | January 17, 2018 19:24 IST

  It was so icy in the Russian village that a new electronic thermometer conked out after recording a bone-cracking minus 62C.

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  Strange giant snowballs appear on beach In Siberia

  World | November 07, 2016 10:58 IST

  Thousands of natural snowballs have been formed on an 18-km stretch of a beach in the Gulf of Ob in northwest Siberia, puzzling the local people.

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  Kidnapped Siberian dog found tied to pole in Delhi

  India | June 09, 2016 21:47 IST

  New Delhi: Zoro, a Siberian Husky which was allegedly kidnapped by four men in an Innova car in south Delhi’s Vasant Kunj area last week, was found tied to a pole in the same park

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  Russian rocket carrying Mexican satellite crashes in Siberia

  World | May 16, 2015 18:45 IST

  Kiev, Ukraine: A Russian rocket carrying a Mexican satellite malfunctioned and crashed Saturday in Siberia shortly after its launch — the latest mishap to hit Russia's troubled space industry, whose Soviet-era glory has been marred

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  Watch these Siberian divers playing the first ever ice-hockey match underwater!

  Blah | February 27, 2015 16:21 IST

  If you thought underwater diving was a tough act, then you might want to watch this video.A team of divers from Siberia did the most unthinkable thing underwater - they ventured deep under the lake

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  Insensitive: UP Home Secretary says, nobody dies of cold, otherwise no one can survive in Siberia

  India | December 27, 2013 21:55 IST

  Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh government's Principal Home Secretary Anil Gupta has raised a storm by rejecting reports of death of children due to cold in Muzaffarnagar riot relief camps by saying "nobody dies of cold"."No person

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  Russian businessman digs 60-metre tunnel in Siberia, steals 30 tonnes of crude

  World | March 28, 2013 9:30 IST

  Moscow, March 28: A 52-year-old businessman in Siberia dug a 60-metre-long tunnel and siphoned off some 30 tonnes of crude oil from a pipeline, police said.The man dug the tunnel in the oil-rich Novosibirsk region

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  Siberians kill cat over Dec 21 Doomsday

  World | December 07, 2012 8:42 IST

  Moscow, Dec 7:  The upcoming "end of the world" has claimed a victim ahead of schedule. A cat in Siberia was killed by a duo of schizophrenics looking to claim its nine lives to survive

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  Plane Crash In Siberia Kills 31 Of 43 On Board

  World | April 02, 2012 13:13 IST

  Moscow, Apr 2: A passenger plane crashed in Siberia shortly after taking off Monday morning, killing 31 of the 43 people on board, Russian emergency officials said. The 12 survivors were hospitalized in serious condition.The

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  Russia Expresses Sadness Over Bhagwad Gita Controversy

  India | December 20, 2011 7:51 IST

  Moscow, Dec 20: In the wake of an uproar over a move to ban Bhagwad Gita in Siberia, Russia on Monday night expressed sadness over the development, saying it is “inadmissible” that a holy scripture