Spread the love S. Somanath, Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), told The Hindu that scientific missions ought to be more important in the future. Excerpts: The LVM3 launch vehicle successfully placed 36 satellites of the privately owned OneWeb consortium. However, you have recently indicated that the Chandrayaan-3 mission (to place a rover on the moon) will now likely...
Where is ISRO heading?
Spread the love Only three decades ago, the Indian space programme was a diminutive affair, dominated by the newfound successes of the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) and a then-fledgling clump of communications satellites. Today, the programme is a large tree with a flourishing canopy. There is a slew of ongoing projects accompanied by projects being ideated, developed, tested as well...
‘Entire system working to protect Brij Bhushan’: Vinesh Phogat on ex-MP’s acquittal
Spread the love Phogat accused the authorities of shielding the former BJP MP throughout the case NEW DELHI: Wrestler Vinesh Phogat said the women wrestlers would appeal against the acquittal of former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh. She alleged that “the entire state machinery, the government, and the system have been working to protect Brij...
Mark Zuckerberg lays off 8,000 employees, spends $130B on AI
Spread the love Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has a message for anyone anxious about AI taking their job: the technology is actually hiring. Speaking to the Wall Street Journal hours before Meta’s June quarter earnings, Zuckerberg said that “all the work around AI has net created a lot of jobs because there’s all this infrastructure that needs to get created,”...
Lauren Sanchez worked at waterpark; 40 years later, she takes luxurious ocean trips
Spread the love Lauren Sanchez worked at The Beach Waterpark in Albuquerque during its first summer in 1987 Lauren Sanchez’s latest trip to the Galápagos Islands has put the spotlight on a journey that began far from the ocean conservation projects she supports today. In 1987, the Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ wife and former journalist Lauren Sanchez worked an hourly...
Karnataka cabinet expansion: 12 new faces out of 20 MLAs being inducted – full list
Spread the love Shivakumar leads Karnataka cabinet revamp Twenty new ministers are set to be inducted into the Karnataka government as the state cabinet undergoes a major expansion, with the swearing-in ceremony likely to take place at 4 pm on Monday, after the governor approved their inclusion.G S Patil has been chosen as the new speaker of the Karnataka Legislative...
Glasgow restaurant deletes Instagram account after Lovlina flags ‘incorrect map’
Spread the love NEW DELHI: A Glasgow-based Indian restaurant deleted its Instagram account after Olympic medallist Lovlina Borgohain pointed out that its logo and napkins showed an incorrect map of India. The incident happened after the Indian boxing team visited Mister Singh’s India – The Home of Curry to celebrate its historic Commonwealth Games 2026 campaign. India finished with a...
Jamie Dimon: JPMorgan very protective of data, assume it’ll do everything it can
Spread the love Jamie Dimon, CEO of America’s biggest bank says that the era of unchecked AI spending is over, warning that businesses must treat AI ‘like any other resource’ as costs rise sharply. According to a report by Business Insider, speaking in an interview on CNBC, Dimon said that the companies are becoming more disciplined about token spend which...
Battling depression, 40-year-old psychiatrist jumps to death in Ghaziabad
Spread the love The woman, identified as Dr Hemika Agrawal GHAZIABAD: A 40-year-old psychiatrist allegedly died by suicide after jumping from the fifth floor of her apartment in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, police said on Monday.The woman, identified as Dr Hemika Agrawal, allegedly jumped from her flat in Officers City-2 Society in the Raj Nagar Extension area on Sunday. She was...
Scientists survey Mount Ararat glacier above 5,000m for first ice core
Spread the love The research team at 5,050 metres altitude (University of Munster photo) The glacier on Mount Ararat, Turkey’s highest mountain, has been surveyed for the first time as scientists race to study its shrinking ice before more evidence is lost.Researchers believe the shrinking glacier could preserve valuable information about both climate change and human history. While archaeologists usually...
