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India’s first indigenous super pressure balloon, developed by Red Balloon Aerospace, has successfully launched from Vijayawada HYDERABAD: Near space startup Red Balloon Aerospace, which was founded by former Skyroot Aerospace executives, successfully launched India’s first indigenous super pressure balloon at Vijayawada on Wednesday.The Vijayawada-based startup, which recently conducted tethered trials of its super pressure balloon,...

Reacting to a Singapore court’s decision against him, Byju’s founder Byju Raveendran said, “I am disappointed that the recent Singapore court matter has been pursued and reported in a manner that creates a misleading impression about me.”Byju Raveendran, the founder of failed edtech firm Byju’s, has been handed a six-month jail sentence by a Singapore...

File photo NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday held that the Election Commission of India (ECI) “did not act outside its statutory powers” while conducting the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), ruling that the exercise could not be termed “ultra vires merely because it differs from the ordinary revision process”.“SIR fulfils proportionality and are not...

Virat Kohli pulls off Cristiano Ronaldo’s ‘SIUUU’ after GT collapse (Image: X/Screengrab) Virat Kohli, known for his passionate on-field celebrations and animated gestures, was once again in the spotlight during RCB’s Qualifier 1 clash against Gujarat Titans after pulling off Cristiano Ronaldo’s iconic “SIUUU” celebration.A self-confessed admirer of football legend Cristiano Ronaldo, Kohli has often...

NEW DELHI: Massive forest fires broke out in Himachal Pradesh’s Solan and Kasauli regions amid extreme heatwave conditions affecting the hill state, with flames spreading through green orchard and forest areas. Videos from the affected areas showed the intensity of the blaze in Kasauli and Kyarighat village near Kandaghat.At least two Air Force choppers were...

TOI correspondent from Washington: For Republican politicians in Donald Trump’s America, there are now only two career paths: obedience or obituary.On Tuesday night in Texas, the political undertaker came for Senator John Cornyn — a four-term Republican heavyweight, former Senate whip, longtime conservative stalwart, and co-chair of the Senate India Caucus — who was steamrolled...

NEW DELHI: A traveller with recent travel history to Uganda has been isolated at a government hospital in Bengaluru after reporting mild body ache, prompting heightened surveillance by the Centre amid ongoing Ebola outbreaks in parts of Africa. Authorities, however, stressed that no confirmed case of Ebola Virus Disease has been detected in India so...

(ANI photo) NEW DELHI: The Indian Navy warship INS Kolkata responded to inputs of suspected pirate activity near merchant vessel MV Mashallah 1 in the Western Indian Ocean, helping prevent a possible piracy attack, as news agency ANI reported on Wednesday.The warship, deployed near the Gulf of Aden, launched an immediate operation after receiving inputs...

Byju Raveendran (file photo) Byju Raveendran, founder of the collapsed edtech company Byju’s, has been sentenced to six months in prison by a Singapore court in a contempt case, according to people aware of the development who told Bloomberg.The court directed Raveendran to undergo jail time after finding that he had failed to comply with...