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Pup buried for 18,000 years found in Siberia

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New Delhi/Novosibirsk: A puppy said to be buried for 18,000 years has been found in amazingly perfect condition in Siberia, though the scientists are unable to decide if it is a dog or a wolf, a media report said. Named Dogor, a local word for friend, it was found near Yakutsk in eastern Siberia last summer, the Sky News reported. The male pup’s nose, teeth and fur were in remarkable condition. Researcher Love Dalen said it was possibly the oldest dog ever found and was “amazingly well-preserved”. It looked as if it was a “very recently dead animal”, he said. IANS

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A black hole 70 times bigger than Sun!

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Beijing: A team led by Chinese researchers has spotted a monster black hole with a mass 70 times greater than Sun — toppling the earlier assumption that the mass of an individual black hole in our Galaxy is no more than 20 times that of Sun. The team, headed by Professor LIU Jifeng of the National Astronomical Observatory of China of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, spotted a stellar black hole with a mass 70 times greater than the Sun. The monster black hole is located 15,000 light years from Earth and has been named “LB-1” by the researchers in a paper reported in the journal Nature. ians

Twitter shuts down Republican’s account

Los Angeles: : In an apparent warning to US President Donald Trump, Twitter has shut down Republican Danielle Stella’s account after she tweeted twice about hanging her Democrat opponent Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minnesota). Stella, a candidate in Minnesota’s 5th Congressional District, posted: “If it is proven @IlhanMN passed sensitive info to Iran, she should be tried for #treason and hanged.” According to a report in The Washington Post on Friday, Twitter permanently closed Stella’s campaign and personal accounts for “repeated violations of the Twitter rules”. PTI

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