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Flying above weather, watching for weeks: How HAPS will strengthen India’s armed forces

National Aerospace Laboratory’s high-altitude pseudo-satellite flying above the clouds. (Image credit: NAL) NEW DELHI: The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), chaired by defence minister Rajnath Singh, has cleared the procurement of High Altitude Pseudo Satellites (HAPS) for the Indian Air Force. The move is expected to significantly enhance the armed forces’ intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities.HAPS…

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Vrinda Rathi set to become first Indian woman umpire to officiate in an ICC Women’s World Cup final | Cricket News

Umpire Vrinda Rathi pictured during the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup England & Wales 2026 match between Pakistan and Netherlands at Bristol County Ground on June 27, 2026 in Bristol, England. (Photo by Matthew Lewis-ICC/ICC via Getty Images) MUMBAI: The Indian women’s cricket team may have suffered an early exit from the 2026 Women’s T20…

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Sadhguru explains why today, many youngsters do not want to marry, and those who are married are getting divorced |

Yogi Sadhguru offers a fresh perspective on marriage, explaining its origins in the need for stable child-rearing rather than tradition. He notes that questioning marriage is common during hormonal youth but less so in childhood or later life. Sadhguru advises against planning for divorce, emphasizing that successful marriages stem from personal integrity, honesty about needs,…

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‘Cruelty at its peak’: PoJK leader seeks support of Indians in protest against Pakistan | India News

In PoJK, the JAAC has accused Pakistani authorities of denying people their basic rights. A senior leader of the Jammu Kashmir Joint Awami Action Committee (JKAMMC), one of the main groups leading protests in Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK), has appealed to people across Jammu and Kashmir to support demonstrations planned on July 5 against…

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Meet Santosh Yadav: Once lived in Mumbai slums, now builds AI tools in Germany, became India’s first GitHub Star

Not everyone at the top has had it easy in life. Some have struggled for years, survived on the bare minimum and given their all to be where they are today. One such personality is Santosh Yadav, an Indian-origin man who once lived in a Mumbai chawl and now owns a multi-storey apartment in Germany.His…

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China’s Tianwen 2 spacecraft begins investigating an asteroid that could be a fragment of the moon |

A tiny asteroid no wider than a football pitch has been quietly puzzling astronomers for years, and a Chinese spacecraft is now closing in on the answer. The asteroid, called Kamo’oalewa, is one of only a handful of objects known as Earth’s quasi moons, small bodies that circle the sun in near lockstep with our…

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Land pooling explained: How Delhi plans to build new housing zones without acquiring land |

(Representative AI image) Delhi remains one of North India’s principal economic and employment hubs. However, the process of acquiring land for planned development has grown increasingly tedious, often delayed by litigation and procedural bottlenecks.This has left the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) unable to keep pace with the city’s rising population and market demand. In response,…

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Scientists transform waste plastic bottles into battery-grade graphite for electric vehicles |

That empty plastic water bottle sitting in your recycling bin might have a second life ahead of it, one that involves powering an electric vehicle, a smartphone or even a renewable energy storage system. Researchers at Penn State University have developed a new method to convert waste PET plastic, the same material used in most…

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Centre puts Ram temple recce operative, Hafiz Saeed’s son-in-law on terror list | India News

Hafiz Khalid Waleed, identified as Hafiz Saeed’s son-in-law, has also been put on terror list. NEW DELHI: The home ministry on Saturday designated 23 Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir based operatives as terrorists under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, with the list including the alleged operative behind the reconnaissance of the Ram Janmabhoomi complex…

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In his speech commemorating the 250th anniversary of American Independence, Zohran Mamdani takes an open dig at Elon Musk; responding to him Tesla CEO says: Mamdani has built …

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani used his address commemorating the 250th anniversary of American Independence to spotlight wealth inequality, taking a thinly veiled swipe at Tesla CEO Elon Musk. According to a report by The Hill, speaking from behind George Washington’s historic desk at City Hall, Mamdani described the US as ‘a city of…

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