Micron Technology is putting $250 million into Trump Accounts, the government’s new savings scheme for American children, days before the program opens for contributions on July 4. President Donald Trump called it the “biggest corporate investment of its kind,” praising CEO Sanjay Mehrotra on Truth Social for a move he says will make “millions of...
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July 3, 2026July 3, 2026Science & Tech
Six sluggish months later, ISRO looks to reset with satellite launches
There is nothing to write home about the Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) performance in the first half of 2026, with just one launch in January, the PSLV-C62 mission/EOS-N1 mission that ended in a failure. However, on the positive side, the anomaly in the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) seems to have been resolved with...
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IRGC heavyweight resurfaces as Iran prepares days of mourning for Khamenei
Iranian media releases image of Gen Ahmad Vahidi sitting alongside Khamenei’s casket in a mourning hall (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP) General Ahmad Vahidi, a senior commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), has reappeared in public in Tehran ahead of the state funeral for former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei,...
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Why OpenAI, Anthropic, Amazon & now Microsoft is sending employees to customers’ offices
Big Tech has found a new obsession, and it isn’t another chatbot. Over the past few months, five of the world’s most powerful technology companies have quietly reached the same conclusion: selling AI software isn’t enough anymore. Amazon, Microsoft, Meta, OpenAI and Anthropic have all announced plans to physically send thousands of their own engineers...
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July 3, 2026July 3, 2026Science & Tech
Vikram-1 launch will be great boost for India’s private space sector: Skyroot Aerospace co-founder & CEO Pawan Kumar Chandana
Pawan Kumar Chandana, co-founder & CEO of Skyroot Aerospace, spoke to The Hindu after the Hyderabad-based private space launch company announced the launch window for Vikram-1’s first test flight named Mission Aagaman from July 12 to August 4, 2026. The Vikram-1 launch vehicle is India’s first privately developed orbital-class rocket designed to carry small satellites...
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‘We were fortunate’: Martinez defends VAR review; Croatia coach laments ‘bad refereeing’
Portugal coach Roberto Martinez Portugal head coach Roberto Martinez defended the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) decisions that shaped his side’s dramatic 2-1 victory over Croatia in the FIFA World Cup 2026 Round of 32, while Croatia manager Zlatko Dalic criticised the officiating but refused to blame it entirely for his team’s exit.Portugal booked their place...
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Centre removes 2 apps from app stores after e-rickshaw remote shutdown reports
Two applications linked to reports of remotely disabling e-rickshaws have been removed from app stores The government on Friday said two smartphone applications linked to reports of remotely disabling e-rickshaws have been removed from app stores after they came to the authorities’ notice.Speaking on the sidelines of a CII Cybersecurity Summit, IT secretary S Krishnan...
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Pakistan: At least 40 dead as bus looses control; plunges into ditch in Balochistan
At least 40 killed in a bus tragedy in Balochistan (Representative image) At least 40 people, including women and children, were killed and eight others injured after a passenger bus plunged into a ravine in Pakistan‘s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Friday, officials said.The Peshawar-bound bus was travelling from Quetta in neighbouring Balochistan when the accident...
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Lesson from Operation Sindoor? Pakistan is raising a China-style rocket force
Indian Army’s Pinaka multi-barrel rocket launcher fires a round during an exercise. representative image. Image credit: Indian Army Within months of Pakistan’s inability to counter India during Operation Sindoor, the Pakistani armed forces launched the Army Rocket Force Command (ARFC). The move highlighted Pakistan’s understanding of the new normal, in which the Indian armed forces...
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Honeymoon murder case: Why SC refused to cancel Sonam Raghuvanshi’s bail order
SC refuses to overturn high court’s decision to grant bail to Sonam Raghuvanshi NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday refused to overturn Maghalaya high court’s judgement which granted bail to Sonam Raghuvanshi who is accused of killing her husband Raja Raghuvanshi during honeymoon in the northeastern state in 2025.Transport businessman Raja Raghuvanshi went missing...
