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Last Updated: August 28, 2022, 09:52 ISTThe IndiGo flight from Chennai to Dubai was operated after a delay of six hours. (Image used for representation: Reuters/File)An IndiGo Chennai-Dubai flight got delayed by almost six hours due to a bomb threat which eventually turned out to be fakeAn IndiGo flight from Chennai to Dubai got delayed by nearly six hours because of a bomb threat which eventually turned out to be fake, officials said on Saturday. Officials said that a comprehensive investigation exercise was taken by the…

A bomb threat call was received to a Dubai-bound private carrier on Saturday following which the checks were underway to ascertain if any explosive items were planted in the aircraft, officials said. An anonymous call was received at the police control room in this connection following which the airport police were alerted. Subsequently, security agencies were conducting searches inside the Indigo aircraft that was ready for departure at 7.20 am with around 160 passengers, airport officials said. An inquiry was on to…

Credit: NASA/GOES/NESDIS The eruption of the underwater volcano in Tonga that triggered a tsunami earlier this year (January 2022), released more energy than the Tsar Bomba—the most powerful nuclear bomb ever detonated—according to a new study. …

Fishermen discovered the American-made bomb on July 25, near the northern Italian village of Borgo Virgilio, near the city of Mantua, according to Reuters.The bomb appeared to have been submerged there for more than 70 years.  However, water levels in the River Po – which stretches east-west across northern Italy and is the country's longest river – have diminished significantly this summer, following multiple heat waves that hit many parts of Europe (including Italy) with record high temperatures.According to military…

Filmmaker Kevin Smith is a man who wears many hats, and I don’t just mean the literal ones for his head. Along with his extensive movie and TV work both on and off camera, which includes serving as one half of the Jay and Silent Bob duo with longtime friend Jason Mewes (although another actor almost ended up playing Jay), he’s also a podcaster, comic book writer, comic book store owner and podcast theater owner. Now we can also add movie theater owner to his list of bonafides, since it was recently announced that Smith…

via Summit Entertainment Having instantly marked himself out as a filmmaker to keep an eye on after blowing everyone away with his debut feature Moon, Duncan Jones was under pressure to deliver with his sophomore effort from behind the camera. Sticking to what he knew best, Source Code took him back into the realm of high concept sci-fi, and we’d be selling things short to say it worked a treat. The fast-paced and frantic time loop tale netted almost $150 million at the box office on a budget just shy of $32…

In May, a portrait of a woman sold at auction in New York for $195m (£157m): a record for an artwork by an American artist and by any artist in the 20th century. That month, also in New York, there was a furore when a dress the woman had once worn was paraded at the Metropolitan Museum of Art gala by a reality TV star. The gown is said to be “the most expensive dress in the world”; its owner paid nearly $5m for it. To ensure its safety, it is normally kept in special conditions in a darkened vault.The woman in the…

At 5:29 am on the morning of 16 July 1945, in the state of New Mexico, a dreadful slice of history was made.The dawn calm was torn asunder as the United States Army detonated a plutonium implosion device known as the Gadget – the world's very first test of a nuclear bomb, known as the Trinity test. This moment would change warfare forever.  The energy release, equivalent to 21 kilotons of TNT, vaporized the 30-meter test tower (98 ft) and miles of copper wires connecting it to recording equipment. The resulting fireball…

via Warner Bros. Even though legacy sequels are all the rage these days, it nonetheless came as a surprise when Lana Wachowski announced she was jacking back into the world of alternate realities and digital constructs to fly solo on The Matrix Resurrections. Fans were naturally skeptical when the classic 1999 original had already been followed by a pair of subpar sequels, which ended in pretty definitive fashion with Keanu Reeves’ Neo sacrificing himself for the greater good. Following a lenghty…

Oppenheimer's first poster was unveiled by Hollywood director Christopher Nolan. The film starring Cillian Murphy, Robert Downey Jr, Matt Damon, Emily Blunt, and Florence Pugh is all set to hit the theatres in July 2023. First look poster of Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer was released on Thursday. The Oppenheimer poster shows a huge ball of fire and smoke in the background as a figure – Cillian Murphy – is seen in front of it, along with the tag line, ‘The World Forever Changes’. The highly-anticipated drama stars…