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Explained: What Is Coal Gasification And Can It Cut India's Fuel Imports?
India wants 100 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) of coal gasification by 2030. Gasification is more efficient and cleaner than direct burning.
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Astronomers Detect Exceptionally High "Alcohol" Levels In Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS
The comet contains higher levels of this simple alcohol than almost all known comets from our solar system.
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SPHEREx Captures Dramatic Outburst of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS
NASA’s SPHEREx telescope captured a dramatic outburst from interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS after its close solar flyby in October 2025. Infrared observations in December revealed water vapor, carbon dioxide, methanol, methane, and cyanide erupting from the comet’s nucleus. Scientists say the chemical makeup suggests formation in a relatively warm e...
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40 Indians Hospitalised After Drinking Toxic Alcohol In Kuwait
Kuwait's health ministry said 63 people had suffered methanol poisoning from contaminated alcoholic drinks in the five days to Wednesday, resulting in 13 deaths and 21 cases of blindness or impaired vision.
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James Webb Telescope Detects Methanol and Ethanol Near Young Stars, Hinting at Life’s Origins
NASA’s James Webb Telescope has identified ethanol and methanol isotopes around protostars and HD 100453. These discoveries offer valuable clues about the cosmic origins of life, indicating that comets filled with organic molecules might have seeded early Earth.
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UK Couple Died In Vietnam Villa After Drinking Contaminated Alcohol: Cops
A British woman and her South African finance who were found dead at a villa in Vietnam last month were killed after consuming a contaminated drink.
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Tanker Carrying Methanol Overturns On Jaipur-Delhi Highway, Leak Reported
A major disaster was narrowly averted on Saturday when a tanker carrying methanol overturned on the Jaipur-Delhi highway near Chandwaji in Jaipur.
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Danish Backpackers Vomited Blood In Final Moments Before Deaths In Laos
Anne-Sofie Orkild Coyman, 20, and Freja Vennervald Sorensen, 21, were found dead at Nana Backpackers Hostel in Vang Vieng on November 14.
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"Profoundly Saddened": Laos Government After 6 Tourists Die Of Contaminated Alcohol
Alcohol tainted with methanol, a toxic alcohol usually used in industrial and household products like antifreeze, is suspected to be the cause of the deaths.
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Explained: How Contaminated Alcohol In Laos Led To Multiple Tourist Deaths
The recent deaths of at least six tourists in Laos after they allegedly drank methanol-spiked alcoholic drinks have led to massive concerns, sparking international warnings about the dangers of consuming such beverages.
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Who Was Simone White, UK Lawyer Killed In Suspected Methanol Poisoning
Simone White, from Orpington, Kent, was among the five tourists who allegedly died after consuming drinks thought to have been spiked with methanol in the backpacker hub of Vang Vieng.
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Four Tourists Die After Suspected Laos Methanol Poisoning
Four foreign tourists have died after a suspected mass methanol poisoning from drinking tainted alcohol at a backpacker hotspot in Laos, Western government officials and media said Thursday.
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3 Workers Killed In Blast At Chemical Factory In Maharashtra: Police
Three workers were killed and as many injured after a storage tank containing methanol exploded during welding work at a chemical factory in Maharashtra's Raigad district on Thursday, police said.
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Alcohol With Methanol Used To Make Toxic Liquor That Killed 20: Punjab Cops
Alcohol containing methanol content was used for making spurious liquor which left 20 people dead in Punjab's Sangrur district, police said on Saturday.
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5 Die In Gujarat After Consuming Ayurvedic Cough Syrup, 3 Arrested: Cops
At least three persons, including two grocers, have been arrested, days after five persons died due to suspected consumption of an Ayurvedic syrup containing methanol sold by their shop in Gujarat's Kheda district, police said on Saturday.'
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Explained: What Is Coal Gasification And Can It Cut India's Fuel Imports?
India wants 100 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) of coal gasification by 2030. Gasification is more efficient and cleaner than direct burning.
-
Astronomers Detect Exceptionally High "Alcohol" Levels In Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS
The comet contains higher levels of this simple alcohol than almost all known comets from our solar system.
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SPHEREx Captures Dramatic Outburst of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS
NASA’s SPHEREx telescope captured a dramatic outburst from interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS after its close solar flyby in October 2025. Infrared observations in December revealed water vapor, carbon dioxide, methanol, methane, and cyanide erupting from the comet’s nucleus. Scientists say the chemical makeup suggests formation in a relatively warm e...
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40 Indians Hospitalised After Drinking Toxic Alcohol In Kuwait
Kuwait's health ministry said 63 people had suffered methanol poisoning from contaminated alcoholic drinks in the five days to Wednesday, resulting in 13 deaths and 21 cases of blindness or impaired vision.
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James Webb Telescope Detects Methanol and Ethanol Near Young Stars, Hinting at Life’s Origins
NASA’s James Webb Telescope has identified ethanol and methanol isotopes around protostars and HD 100453. These discoveries offer valuable clues about the cosmic origins of life, indicating that comets filled with organic molecules might have seeded early Earth.
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UK Couple Died In Vietnam Villa After Drinking Contaminated Alcohol: Cops
A British woman and her South African finance who were found dead at a villa in Vietnam last month were killed after consuming a contaminated drink.
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Tanker Carrying Methanol Overturns On Jaipur-Delhi Highway, Leak Reported
A major disaster was narrowly averted on Saturday when a tanker carrying methanol overturned on the Jaipur-Delhi highway near Chandwaji in Jaipur.
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Danish Backpackers Vomited Blood In Final Moments Before Deaths In Laos
Anne-Sofie Orkild Coyman, 20, and Freja Vennervald Sorensen, 21, were found dead at Nana Backpackers Hostel in Vang Vieng on November 14.
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"Profoundly Saddened": Laos Government After 6 Tourists Die Of Contaminated Alcohol
Alcohol tainted with methanol, a toxic alcohol usually used in industrial and household products like antifreeze, is suspected to be the cause of the deaths.
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Explained: How Contaminated Alcohol In Laos Led To Multiple Tourist Deaths
The recent deaths of at least six tourists in Laos after they allegedly drank methanol-spiked alcoholic drinks have led to massive concerns, sparking international warnings about the dangers of consuming such beverages.
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Who Was Simone White, UK Lawyer Killed In Suspected Methanol Poisoning
Simone White, from Orpington, Kent, was among the five tourists who allegedly died after consuming drinks thought to have been spiked with methanol in the backpacker hub of Vang Vieng.
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Four Tourists Die After Suspected Laos Methanol Poisoning
Four foreign tourists have died after a suspected mass methanol poisoning from drinking tainted alcohol at a backpacker hotspot in Laos, Western government officials and media said Thursday.
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3 Workers Killed In Blast At Chemical Factory In Maharashtra: Police
Three workers were killed and as many injured after a storage tank containing methanol exploded during welding work at a chemical factory in Maharashtra's Raigad district on Thursday, police said.
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Alcohol With Methanol Used To Make Toxic Liquor That Killed 20: Punjab Cops
Alcohol containing methanol content was used for making spurious liquor which left 20 people dead in Punjab's Sangrur district, police said on Saturday.
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5 Die In Gujarat After Consuming Ayurvedic Cough Syrup, 3 Arrested: Cops
At least three persons, including two grocers, have been arrested, days after five persons died due to suspected consumption of an Ayurvedic syrup containing methanol sold by their shop in Gujarat's Kheda district, police said on Saturday.'
