The critical feature of detonation is that this chemical reaction propagates as a supersonic shock wave rather than a subsonic burn, which means energy is released extremely fast, in microseconds, ...

The Delhi Red Fort car blast, which killed at least nine people and injured around 20 others, might have been unintentional, according to sources.

Three hundred and fifty kilograms of ammonium nitrate – an odourless, white crystalline chemical that is a powerful oxidiser and, under the right conditions, can cause a massive explosion – were ...

Eight dead, thirteen injured after a late‑night ammonium‑nitrate explosion at Nowgam police station; officials call it an ...

As the probe into the Red Fort car explosion widens, investigators are weighing a troubling possibility. One line of inquiry holds that the blast may not have been a carefully timed attack.

Recently, the nation witnessed two major blasts: the first at the Red Fort complex in Delhi on November 10, and the second at ...

Ammonium nitrate, which was recovered from the ‘white collar’ module linked to Delhi’s Red Fort blast, is deemed a ‘special category explosive’ in India. Its manufacturing, sale, and transportation is ...

Iranian authorities have said there was a “failure to observe safety principles” at the port of Bandar Abbas, where an explosion Saturday killed dozens of people, but testing is required to determine ...

The Al Falah University has come under scanner after the Delhi blast that killed atleast 10 people, and the Faridabad terror module bust just hours before that.

Ammonium nitrate is a commodity chemical that is widely used as a fertilizer and as an industrial explosive, but it is well known that poor storage can significantly raise the risk of an explosion in ...