BENGALURU: India’s astronaut cadre is expected to open to civilians for the first time, marking a shift in how Isro is preparing for the future of human spaceflight beyond the first few Gaganyaan missions. Isro’s committee on astronaut selection and management, after deliberation, has recommended that the second batch of Indian astronauts include four civilian…
There was an abnormal gleaming halo that formed around New Zealand’s Chatham Islands early this year because there was a large amount of plankton blooming on Earth that was observable through the use of a satellite run by NASA. The formation of such a shine is a result of the high concentration of coccolithophores, caused…
Mamata Banerjee’s visit to a local market in Kolkata NEW DELHI: With the West Bengal assembly elections entering a crucial phase, chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday took her poll campaign to the local streets and visited a busy local market in Kolkata to interact directly with vendors and shoppers.Dressed in her trademark white saree…
A dietician was murdered by her husband, who then concealed her body in a cement-filled wooden box at their old residence. SURAT: A chilling murder case of a 39-year-old dietician came to light in Surat on Sunday, with police detaining her husband who allegedly killed her on April 20 and concealed the body in a…
Zoho founder Sridhar Vembu Zoho founder Sridhar Vembu has shared an open letter addressed to Indians living in the United States. Posted on X (former ly known as Twitter), the letter urges “brothers and sisters from Bharat” to consider returning to India and contribute to the country’s growth. In the post, Vembu reflected on his…
NEW DELHI: Seven rebel Rajya Sabha parliamentarians from the Aam Aadmi Party were officially inducted into the Bharatiya Janata Party, as the Rajya Sabha Secretariat updated party positions in the Upper House.This comes days after Raghav Chadha, along with six MPs, left AAP and decided to merge with the BJP after being removed from the…
When you move to a different country, there’s a lot you expect to change. Language, food, social rules; they’re obvious. But honestly, it’s the little things that catch you off guard. Like, what exactly does “spicy” mean? Is “five minutes” actually five minutes? Where does personal space begin and end?Kristen Fischer, an American mom with…
Image Used For Representational Purpose Only In many parts, that moment still carries an unspoken question: Is it a boy?Behind this question lies the weight of cultural expectations, financial anxieties and patriarchal norms that continue to place sons above daughters.A study by academics from the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia,…
Amid ongoing efforts to land a deal between the United States and Iran, an Iranian MP on Sunday cast serious doubts on Pakistan’s ability to act as a mediator, claiming Islamabad “always takes US President Donald Trump’s interests into account and does not speak against the Americans’ wishes.”In a post on X, Dashtestan representative and…
Asian markets traded mixed on Monday, with Japan’s benchmark index scaling fresh highs, as investors balanced strong cues from Wall Street against rising oil prices and geopolitical uncertainty.Japan’s Nikkei 225 surged 1.4% to 60,564.18, hitting a new intraday record, while South Korea’s Kospi jumped 2.1%.Taiwan’s Taiex also rallied 2.6%, supported by renewed buying in technology…