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Power of Siberia 2 pipeline: Russia, China sign landmark oil deal | Key details

Details about the pricing and construction responsibilities for the pipeline remained unanswered in the agreement.
Updated on Sept 02, 2025 04:09 pm IST

NASA confirms COWECP5 asteroid will produce harmless fireball over Siberia

There will be a spectacular, dazzling fireball in the sky for hundreds of km. Instructor Fitzsimmons stated
Published on Dec 04, 2024 09:19 am IST

Russia and Kazakhstan battle record floods as rivers rise further

A general view shows a flooded residential area in Orenburg, Russia
Published on Apr 11, 2024 05:55 pm IST

Russia threatening to bury Alexei Navalny on prison grounds, says his team

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is seen on a screen via video link from the IK-2 corrective penal colony.
Published on Feb 23, 2024 11:10 pm IST

6 killed, 7 injured after Russian helicopter crashes in Siberia

Helicopter crash
Published on Jul 27, 2023 04:09 pm IST

Scientists revive 48,500-year-old ‘zombie virus’ buried in ice: What it means

Siberia: A man shovels snow in the Siberian town of Tara in the Omsk region.
Published on Nov 29, 2022 06:20 pm IST

Video: Russian military plane crashes into building in Siberia, 2 pilots die

Russian military plane crashed into a residential building.
Updated on Oct 23, 2022 04:46 pm IST

Siberian town recorded 38 degrees Celsius last year, UN agency confirms

A man digs a control line during the work on extinguishing a forest fire near the village of Magaras in the region of Yakutia, Russia July 17, 2021. 
Published on Dec 14, 2021 02:00 pm IST

Let us not try to bring back Woolly Mammoth

It may be released in icy Siberia, living in its ancestral home 6000 to 10,000 years ago.
Published on Sept 27, 2021 02:14 am IST

Russian plane that went missing found, survivors seen: Officials

Russian plane with at least 13 onboard goes missing near Siberia.
Updated on Jul 16, 2021 09:27 pm IST

Avian flu causing migratory birds’ death at HP’s Pong Dam, toll rises to 2,400

Wildlife officials collecting carcasses of birds that died under mysterious circumstances in the Pong wetland in Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh over the past week.
Published on Jan 04, 2021 09:54 pm IST

34,000-year-old well-preserved woolly rhino from Ice Age found in Siberia

This photo shows the carcass of a woolly rhino, taken in Yakutia, The well-preserved carcass with most of its internal organs still intact was released by permafrost in August and scientists hope to transport it to the lab for studies next month.
Updated on Dec 31, 2020 01:00 pm IST

Man’s post about frozen breakfast in Siberia may make you go brrrr

The image shows a frozen bowl of noodles and a frozen egg.
Published on Dec 30, 2020 04:19 pm IST

Mike Pompeo offers US help in cleaning huge Russian oil spill

Russian officials said Friday that the spill was probably caused when long-frozen permafrost under the fuel tank melted and gave way, and ordered a review of infrastructure in vulnerable zones.
Published on Jun 07, 2020 04:59 am IST

Emergency declared in Siberia after 20,000 tons of diesel fuel leaks from power plant

Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting on dealing with consequences of a fuel spill in the Krasnoyarsk Region, via teleconference call at Novo-Ogaryovo state residence, outside Moscow, on June 3, 2020.
Updated on Jun 03, 2020 10:04 pm IST

Fire at sawmill in Siberian village, 11 Uzbek labourers killed

The fire broke out in a single storey wooden building in a village in Russia’s Siberia, used as a dormitory for sawmill workers.
Updated on Jan 21, 2020 02:13 pm IST

18,000-year-old ice age ‘puppy’ could be world’s oldest

The 18,000-year-old ice age animal is perfectly preserved.
Published on Nov 27, 2019 03:19 pm IST

Rude food by Vir Sanghvi: Kolkata diary

There are three basic criteria to judge a luxury hotel: the space, the service and the food
Updated on Jul 15, 2019 12:57 pm IST

Russia uncovers 40,000 year-old wolf head, preserved in ice

Experts believe the wolf roamed the earth about 40,000 years ago, but thanks to Siberia's frozen permafrost its brain, fur, tissues and even its tongue have been perfectly preserved.
Updated on Jun 14, 2019 07:09 pm IST

Perfectly preserved head of 40,000-year-old wolf found in Siberia

Scientists said it was an adult, about 25% bigger than today’s wolves.
Updated on Jun 14, 2019 10:14 am IST

Drunk passenger demands Russian plane flies to Afghanistan, forces emergency landing in Siberia

It was not immediately clear if the man was armed and what his demands were. Police have cordoned off the area, and ambulances are on the standby.
Updated on Jan 22, 2019 09:55 pm IST

Smoke forces Air France-Shanghai flight to divert to Siberia

An Air France flight carrying 282 passengers from Paris to Shanghai made an unexpected stop in Siberia on Sunday after smoke and a bitter smell filled the cabin, the company said.
Published on Nov 11, 2018 09:25 pm IST

Nagaland welcomes its winged guests from Africa

Amur falcons are likely to stay in Nagaland for about a month before taking off for their wintering grounds in southern Africa
Updated on Nov 02, 2018 06:32 pm IST

Helicopter crash in Siberia kills all 18 people aboard

The crashed helicopter was carrying 15 passengers and three crew.
Updated on Aug 04, 2018 11:31 pm IST

Russian helicopter crash in northern Siberia kills 18: Ministry

(FILES) This file photo taken on March 23, 2014 shows a Mi-17 helicopter.
Updated on Aug 04, 2018 01:50 pm IST

Trapped for 42,000 years, worms return to life after being defrosted

An iceberg melts in Kulusuk, Greenland near the Arctic circle.
Updated on Jul 29, 2018 02:25 pm IST

Siberia movie review: Keanu Reeves jumps into an icy matrix of doom, and pulls us along with him

Ah, well, at least Keanu Reeves has John Wick to fall back on.
Updated on Jul 20, 2018 09:05 am IST

FIFA World Cup 2018: For this British journalist, Russia is one freewheeling road show

Football journalist Andrew Flint is looking forward to travelling to all the 11 host cities of FIFA World Cup in his car.
Updated on Jul 08, 2018 09:46 pm IST

Russian man accidentally digs up bones of partner’s murdered ex whom she killed 21 years ago

A Russian man found the bones in his partner’s garden in the village of Luzino, around 2,200 kilometres (1,400 miles) east of Moscow, the regional Investigative Committee said in a statement.
Updated on Jun 06, 2018 09:02 am IST

Six killed in Russian helicopter crash

The Mi-8 helicopter belonging to Vostok airline crashed on a street in the city of Khabarovsk, Russia, at 11.30 am local time.
Updated on Apr 11, 2018 01:35 pm IST