Category: Events

Elon Musk’s SpaceX is likely to be on the cusp of making history, and this may also change aerospace engineering for good. SpaceX has officially fired the ignition switch on the largest initial public offering (IPO) the world has ever seen. The private space giant has formally submitted its Form S-1 paperwork with the US...

NEW DELHI: Former Tamil NaduBJP chief K Annamalai, in a rare dissent, has publically opposed the CBSE’s revised three-language mandate, triggering a fresh political chatter in Tamil Nadu.Annamalai urged the Union education ministry to withdraw the CBSE notification that made three languages compulsory for Class IX students from the current academic year, saying the abrupt...

Photo credit: Zen technologies As low-cost drones, swarm UAVs and first-person-view attackdrones increasingly reshape modern warfare from Ukraine to West Asia, India is accelerating efforts to build indigenous counter-drone systems capable ofdetecting, jamming and physically destroying hostile aerial threats.Zen Technologies unveils AI-powered anti drone systemAt the North Tech Symposium 2026 in Prayagraj, Hyderabad-based Zen Technologies...

A dispute over housing goats for Bakrid rituals inside a Mira Road housing society escalated into protests and a bizarre pig-carrying incident. MIRA BHAYANDAR: The Mira Road area in Thane witnessed an extraordinary scene on Tuesday, a policeman running frantically with a pig in his arms while a crowd chased him, trying to grab the...

NEW DELHI: The Indian Navy on Wednesday successfully foiled a suspected piracy attempt near merchant vessel MV Mashallah 1 in the Western Indian Ocean, once again underlining India’s growing maritime surveillance and rapid response capabilities in one of the world’s most strategically sensitive sea routes.The operation was carried out by Indian Naval Ship (INS) Kolkata,...

Poor nighttime cooling disrupts sleep & increases risk of heat stroke: Expert MUMBAI: In Mumbai, the number of ‘unusually warm nights’ in a year more than doubled from an average of 12 nights in 1981-2010 to 26 in 2011-2024, according to an analysis of IMD data by the Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW).“Poor...

New Delhi: After 145 weekly international flights, loss-making Air India will now slash its domestic flights by about 22% this summer due to rising jet fuel prices. The airline has reported a loss of about Rs 25,000 crore last fiscal and is pulling all stops to cut costs at a time when operating costs have...

US President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace has “zero” cash in its official fund despite billions of dollars in pledges from member countries, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday.The board, created to support the reconstruction of Gaza, was established in January following the October ceasefire agreement aimed at ending three years of conflict in Gaza.Trump...

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to examine the validity of the CBSE‘s three-language formula for Class IX students, who now have to choose two native languages.A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi sought a comprehensive response from Centre, CBSE and NCERT. The court, however,...

NEW DELHI: CPM workers on Wednesday attacked a vehicle of Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials during protests outside the residence of former Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan in Thiruvananthapuram.The workers are protesting against the central agency over its searches at 10 premises in Keralam, including the residences of Pinarayi Vijayan, in the Cochin Minerals and Rutile...