BENGALURU: After several delays, the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro), early Sunday completed the first integrated air-drop test (IADT-01), a critical exercise to validate the parachute system that will bring back astronauts safely under the Gaganyaan mission, from its spaceport in Sriharikota. “Isro successfully accomplishes IADT-01 for end-to-end demonstration of parachute based deceleration system for…
NEW DELHI: Congress leader and Lok Sabha leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi on Sunday alleged that the Election Commission of India (ECI) has institutionalised attempts to steal votes in Bihar through the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls and is working in favour of the BJP.“In Bihar, SIR is an institutionalised way for vote…
JABALPUR: Panic gripped Gopalpur village under Bhedaghat police station limits on Friday after the bodies of a youth and a teenage girl were found tied together with a dupatta on the banks of the Narmada river. The remains, badly damaged by aquatic creatures, were sent for a postmortem examination. Police identified the deceased youth as…
File photo: Congress MLA HD Ranganath (Facebook) NEW DELHI: Days after Karnataka deputy chief minister and state Congress chief DK Shivakumar surprised many by reciting the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) anthem, another party legislator followed suit on Sunday. Congress MLA HD Ranganath, speaking to reporters in his Kunigal constituency in Tumakuru district, recited the opening…
A file photo of Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Masood Azhar. NEW DELHI: After suffering severe setbacks during Operation Sindoor, Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) terror outfit has launched a massive fundraising drive in that country under the garb of building over 300 mosques to replicate Lashkar-e-Taiba’s decentralization policy, security officials said. The JeM has come out with a new…
BHUBANESWAR: A gang of hooligans brazenly demolished a citizen’s property in Patrapada, under the jurisdiction of Khandagiri police, on Friday. Sangram Das, the victim, lodged a complaint with the Khandagiri police on Saturday.The audacious act occurred in broad daylight, with police personnel present at the scene, as captured by CCTV footage. Das recounted the incident,…
The wife of former cricketer Duncan Pauline has died unexpectedly while shopping at a supermarket in Surrey. Wiyada Pauline, 46, collapsed during a visit to a Waitrose store in Esher earlier this week. Emergency services were called to the supermarket around 6pm on Wednesday following reports of a “concern for safety.” Despite efforts from medical…
At present, ‘Driving under influence’ (DUI) offences, especially if they are low-level, do not automatically lead to deportation from or inadmissibility into the US, however a bill that has been passed by the House in end-July and is garnering support at the Senate level could change the scenario. Understandably, it is causing jitters among the…
Elon Musk is calling on engineers to join his artificial intelligence (AI) company, xAI, to take on Microsoft’s software business. In a post shared on X, formerly Twitter, the world’s richest man explained that as software companies like Microsoft don’t manufacture physical hardware, it should be possible to “simulate them entirely with AI.” Taking a…
Shubhanshu Shukla (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, who recently returned from space, said on Sunday that the Indian Air Force (IAF) in general and a cockpit in particular have been great teachers in his life.Sharing his experience in space, Shukla India looks really beautiful from space and especially during the night, it’s…
