Lockheed Martin has unveiled a new lower-cost interceptor Lockheed Martin has unveiled a new lower-cost interceptor for the Patriot air defence system, aiming to help the US and its allies counter the growing threat from drones, cruise missiles and ballistic missiles without the high cost of existing interceptors.Announced at the Farnborough International Airshow on Monday,...
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‘Let the noise be there’: Rohit Sharma brushes aside retirement talk after Lord’s ton
Rohit Sharma (BCCI Photo) NEW DELHI: There was plenty of speculation before the third ODI against England at Lord’s that Rohit Sharma could be playing his final one-day international for India. The veteran opener answered those rumours in his own style, smashing a superb 138 off 110 balls. His innings included 17 fours and five...
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Tech haze: IT cos revisit campus hiring playbook, defer onboarding
Representative image Bengaluru:It’s no country for freshers.Campus offers are being delayed, onboarding schedules are being pushed back, and in some cases, roles are quietly withdrawn. Joining dates are increasingly tied to shifting business demand, leaving thousands of engineering graduates waiting months—sometimes over a year—for jobs they once assumed were guaranteed. For decades, a campus offer...
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‘Not talking about some 56-year-old youth’: PM Modi takes apparent swipe at Rahul Gandhi
PM Modi takes apparent swipe at Rahul Gandhi NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday took a veiled swipe at leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi while praising India’s growing space capabilities, saying he was referring to the “28-year-old youngsters and not any 56-year-old.“Addressing reporters ahead of the commencement of the Monsoon Session of Parliament,...
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Space Exploration Day| Meet the parts that make space exploration possible
Launch Vehicle A launch vehicle, commonly known as a rocket, is the powerful vehicle that carries a spacecraft from Earth into space. Its primary job is to generate enough thrust to overcome Earth’s gravity and place the mission on the correct path. Once it has completed this task, the rocket’s role ends. What does it...
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July 20, 2026July 20, 2026Children, Science & Tech
Space Exploration Day | Life at the International Space Station
In low Earth orbit can be found the International Space Station — a large laboratory where astronauts from different countries live and work together while circling Earth every 90 minutes. What began as a project involving the United States, Russia, Europe, Japan, and Canada is today a strong symbol of cooperation among countries for the...
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As BSF mulls 90-km Sundarbans fence, security clashes with ecology
Just a few months after the Border Security Force (BSF) explored the curious prospect of releasing snakes and crocodiles into rivers at the Indo-Bangladesh border to deter “illegal activities,” the security force has now initiated another controversial feasibility study for a colossal project to safeguard the area. This time, as The Hindu reported, it is...
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CJP’s ‘Chalo Sansad’ march: Police use lathis to stop protesters heading towards Parliament
Police and RAF personnel used lathis to disperse the crowd and prevent the march from proceeding. NEW DELHI: Protesters participating in the Cockroach Janta Party’s (CJP) ‘Chalo Sansad’ march clashed with police and Rapid Action Force (RAF) personnel near Jantar Mantar on Monday after attempting to march towards Parliament despite prohibitory orders in force.Police and...
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Google DeepMind CEO has a message for those fearing AI job cuts
Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis has once again predicted that artificial intelligence is close at hand, telling an audience at Stanford Graduate School of Business that AGI could arrive around 2030, plus or minus a year. He called it an “enormous transformative technology” that will usher in “a new human era.” Hassabis also added that...
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Wangchuk’s wife challenges HC order, says it ‘illegally confines’ him to Safdarjung hospital
A day after the Delhi high court declined to direct the transfer of climate activist Sonam Wangchuk from Safdarjung Hospital to a private hospital, his wife Dr Gitanjali J Angmo on Monday challenged the order before a Division Bench, alleging that it “illegally confines” him to the government hospital despite him not being under arrest.According...
