Spread the love The Environmental Control and Life Support System (ECLSS) replicates the earth’s atmosphere in earth orbit by managing air, water, temperature, and waste. In short-term space missions, all supplies are carried from the earth and waste is stored for disposal later. Long-duration missions recycle the waste back into useful resources like breathable air and clean water. What is...
Assam MLAs take oath in 9 languages
Spread the love Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma Guwahati: Personifying the diverse nature of the state’s culture and heritage, the newly elected members of Assam assembly etched a new record on Thursday as they took oaths in as many as nine languages.Marking a departure from the usual practice of adhering to English and languages listed in the Eighth Schedule...
Fire scare on B’luru-Delhi Air India flight: Pilots declare full emergency; all onboard safe
Spread the love Representative image NEW DELHI: Pilots operating Air India’s Bengaluru-Delhi flight on Thursday night declared a full emergency after getting engine fire warning in the flight deck. The aircraft landed safely at IGI Airport’s runway 29R at 9.30 pm, where operations were suspended for a while. The airport’s follow me and other emergency vehicles sent to the runway...
Not seen or heard for two months: Where is Iran’s Supreme leader?
Spread the love File photo: Mojtaba Khamenei Two months after taking over as Iran’s supreme leader following the death of his father, Mojtaba Khamenei has still not appeared publicly — triggering growing speculation over his health, whereabouts and grip on power during one of the most volatile periods in the country’s recent history.The secrecy surrounding the 56-year-old cleric has deepened...
Is a heatwave really a wave of heat?
Spread the love A: A heatwave is not like a wave or pulse of heat travelling through the air. The name probably comes from the way a heatwave feels, as something that spreads, surges, and overwhelms before subsiding. Some meteorologists prefer the team “heat event” instead. For example, in April and May, the sun is almost directly overhead over most...
Madhavan’s GDN brings India’s most underrated inventor to the screen, see first poster
Spread the love 3 min readHyderabadMay 21, 2026 10:07 PM IST He dropped out of school in the third standard, started life as a bus cleaner, and went on to manufacture India’s first electric motor, build a prototype car, and earn the title “Edison of India” from the scientific community of his time. His name was Gopalaswamy Doraiswamy Naidu aka...
East Bengal end 22-year wait, lift national title by winning ISL
Spread the love East Bengal have won the national league title after a 22 year gap, winning the 2025-26 ISL season. (Image: AIFF/ISL) New Delhi: East Bengal on Thursday were crowned the 2025-26 Indian Super League (ISL) champions, fending off the challenge of four other clubs in what was a blockbuster final matchday of the truncated season.The last time East...
Pa Ranjith welcomes Tamil Nadu CM Vijay’s cabinet expansion as a historic step for social justice
Spread the love 3 min readHyderabadMay 21, 2026 09:25 PM IST When Pa Ranjith speaks about politics, he does not speak as a casual observer. He speaks as someone who has spent his entire career, across films like Kabali, Kaala, Madras and Sarpatta Parambarai, arguing that the stories a society tells about itself are inseparable from the power structures it...
‘No NEET paper leak through NTA system’, testing agency chief tells MPs
Spread the love NEET (Representational) NEW DELHI: NTA director general Abhishek Singh on Thursday told the parliamentary panel that the NEET-UG 2026 paper was not leaked “through their system” and said the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is probing the matter.Several MPs on Thursday grilled top National Testing Agency (NTA) officials over the alleged NEET paper leak during a meeting...
AI-AI-YO! America’s new revolt against Big Tech
Spread the love TOI correspondent from Washington: For years, American commencement (convocation) speakers could safely rely on formulaic speeches involving inspirational cliches, autobiographical struggles, and exhortations to new graduates to “dream big” and not fear failure. In 2026, there’s a new guard rail: mention artificial intelligence at your own risk.Across the United States this commencement season, graduation ceremony speakers invoking...
