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A rare and unsettling health situation has unfolded on a cruise ship travelling across the South Atlantic, pulling multiple countries into a coordinated alert. What began as a few cases of fever and respiratory illness among passengers has now escalated into confirmed hantavirus infections, suspected cases, and several deaths. The vessel, carrying fewer than 150…
Picture this: You’re on a dream voyage across some of the most remote waters on Earth, and one fine day, it turns into a chilling public health case study.The Hantavirus outbreak on the MV Hondius cruise ship has turned into the kind of nightmare public health officials dread. What’s even more concerning is the fact…
Sørvágsvatn, the largest lake in the Faroe Islands, which is also known as Leitisvatn, lies above the Atlantic Ocean and is an intriguing example of a masterclass in geology and forced perspective. The famous optical illusion caused by Sørvágsvatn challenges the laws of gravity. The photos captured from the Trælanípa cliff have created an illusion…
This sea creature survived for over 500 years beneath the Atlantic Ocean (Image Source – Museum Wales) Cold Atlantic waters do not often produce headlines, yet one clam drawn from the seabed near Iceland shifted scientific records. In 2006, researchers collected a specimen later named Ming. At first, growth rings on its shell suggested an…
Marine life recorded 3,800 metres deep on Titanic in the North Atlantic (Image Source – Science Direct ) More than a century after it sank, the RMS Titanic continues to change in ways that are not only structural but also biological. A new survey of the wreck and a nearby deep-sea ridge has documented the…
Why does Bermuda exist in the middle of the Atlantic when geology says it should not be there? Far out in the Atlantic, Bermuda rises from the ocean floor with no obvious reason to be there. It is not perched on a spreading ridge, nor does it sit above a classic deep mantle plume like…
MUMBAI: US-based private equity (PE) firm General Atlantic is buying a minority stake in Rajkot’s Balaji Wafers amid growing investor appetite for local snack food brands. The companies did not disclose the financial terms of the deal announced on Thursday. General Atlantic, it is learnt, is picking up a 7% stake for over Rs 2,000…
Denmark’s foreign minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen and Greenland’s foreign minister Vivian Motzfeldt (AP) TOI correspondent from Washington: They came, they cried, and they left without any conciliation. A pleading, deferential presentation on Wednesday by foreign ministers of Denmark and Greenland to the Trump administration that the United States could have whatever it wants in Greenland…
Something in the Atlantic is shifting, though it is not easy to see from the surface. There are no dramatic waves or sudden storms to mark it out. Instead, the change is slow and buried deep in the ocean, tracked quietly by scientists who watch how water moves rather than how it looks. Over time,…
US-based private equity firm General Atlantic (GA) is close to acquiring a 7% stake in Balaji Wafers for about Rs 2,500 crore (approximately $282 million), valuing the Gujarat-headquartered snack maker at nearly Rs 35,000 crore (around $4 billion). Two people familiar with the matter confirmed that the deal is in its final stages.As per ET,…
