Spread the love BENGALURU: India’s first space mission for 2026 will launch a defence satellite built by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), a satellite for ministry of external affairs (MEA) to be used by Nepal, test on-orbit refuelling technology of a Bengaluru-based startup, aside from 13 other satellites, including foreign ones from UK, France and Brazil.The launch of...
ICE shooting in Minneapolis: Woman killed by officer; DHS says it was an act of self-defense
Spread the love A woman was fatally shot in Minneapolis by an ICE agent in a major immigration crackdown in the city Wednesday. The Donald Trump administration confirmed the shooting and said the wooman was a rioter who in her vehicle attempted to run over law enforcement officers. “Today, ICE officers in Minneapolis were conducting targeted operations when rioters began...
House of Cards gamble: Netflix founder spent $100M on series; what Co-CEO said
Spread the love Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos has revealed a major decision that he took without asking for permission from founder Reed Hastings. In a recent interview, Sarandos said that he once spent $100 million on the series House of Cards without asking Hastings. Sarandos noted that he committed to two seasons of the show as a major financial risk...
Jana Nayagan postponed: Madras HC reserves order on plea to issue censor certificate for Vijay’s movie
Spread the love The planned January 9 release of ‘Jana Nayagan’, the much-anticipated film widely billed as actor-politician Vijay’s final appearance on screen, was postponed on Wednesday, hours after the Madras High Court reserved its order on a petition challenging the Central Board of Film Certification’s decision to withhold a censor certificate. Justice P T Asha, after hearing detailed arguments...
Vijay film Jana Nayagan postponed ‘due to unavoidable circumstances’: ‘New release date will be announced at the earliest’
Spread the love KVN Productions, the production house behind Jana Nayagan, announced on Wednesday night that the Vijay-starrer “has been postponed due to unavoidable circumstances beyond our control.” The film was originally scheduled for release on January 9. The announcement came hours after the Madras High Court reserved its order on the plea filed by KVN Productions over the non-issuance...
Origins of COVID still unclear, but climate is driving new viral threats, says top scientist Soumya Swaminathan
Spread the love The jury is still out on the origin of the SARS‑CoV‑2 virus, although several hypotheses exist, including the possibility that the virus may have jumped from a secondary animal host, former World Health Organisation (WHO) chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan said here on Wednesday. “We did not receive the data from the Wuhan lab needed to draw a...
Govt approves Rs 1,800 cr for new high-security printing line for banknotes, passports
Spread the love NEW DELHI: The govt has approved a Rs 1,800 crore proposal for setting up a new cylindrical mould watermark banknote (CWBN) line with an annual capacity to produce 6,000 tonnes of high-security, durable paper, which is used for printing currency notes, non-judicial stamp papers and passports.The move is aimed at meeting the increasing demand for such high-security...
Gulshan Devaiah quits Yash’s ‘Toxic’ midway, cites non-payment issues
Spread the love Gulshan Devaiah has opened up about his decision to quit the much-anticipated Yash-starrer Toxic: A Fairy Tale for Grown-Ups. In a recent interview, the actor revealed that he walked out of the project midway due to multiple reasons, including payment issues and alleged mistreatment of his manager. “It just didn’t work out for a variety of reasons”...
Explained: Will Trump’s play for Greenland break Nato?
Spread the love US secretary of state Marco Rubio on Wednesday announced that he will be meeting officials in Denmark next week.“I’ll be meeting with them next week,” Rubio told news agency APThe demand for Greenland is not a hidden fact. Earlier, the Danish PM said that if the United States decided to attack another Nato country, which is Greenland,...
‘We will take all the oil’: US reveals plan for Venezuela; what are the 3 phases?
Spread the love US secretary of state Marco Rubio on Wednesday said the United States has a “three-fold process” planned for Venezuela following the removal of President Nicolás Maduro, outlining steps focused on stabilisation, recovery and political transition.“We have a three-fold process in Venezuela,” Rubio told reporters after briefing lawmakers on Capitol Hill. He said the first phase would focus...
