NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has reached Kennedy Space Center in Florida, where it has begun final preparations for launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket. The observatory arrived on NASA’s Pegasus barge on June 21, 2026, after travelling in a protective, environmentally controlled container from Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland. Roman is…
NEW DELHI: An Indian Navy unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) crashed into an open field near Gujarat’s Porbandar city during a training sortie on Wednesday, with no casualties or damage to property reported, PTI reported, quoting officials.Confirming the incident, the Indian Navy said the crashed aircraft was a Drishti-10 uncrewed aerial vehicle.“Indian Navy confirms the crash…
Former US president Barack Obama on Sunday denounced the shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner, stressing that violence has no place in a democratic society and praising the response of security personnel.In a post on X, Obama said, “Although we don’t yet have the details about the motives behind last night’s shooting at…
Five weeks after its record-breaking initial public offering (IPO), Elon Musk’s SpaceX has lost about $1 trillion in market value from its post-IPO peak as its stock continues to slide. According to a Business Insider report, the decline comes after the company called off its first Starship launch since going public, adding to investor concerns….
Arogyaswami Paulraj: The Indian engineer whose MIMO breakthrough powers 4G, 5G and Wi-Fi In 1971, a naval officer was asked to solve a problem that India could not simply buy its way out of. The Indian Navy needed better anti-submarine sonar, but access to advanced foreign systems was restricted. The officer tasked with finding an…
AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami speaks to reporters outside Tamil Nadu assembly on Wednesday. Photo by B A Raju CHENNAI: AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami on Wednesday slammed treasury bench legislators for thumping their desks and laughing while his party walked out of the assembly to protest what he said the House’s failure…
The Cockroach Janta Party criticized the Centre’s spending on ministers’ residences NEW DELHI: The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) targeted the Centre over the Rs 92.35 crore spent on the upkeep of official residences of Union ministers in 2025-26, saying the money could instead have been used to build government schools.“Stop fixing your lavish homes, and…
NEW DELHI: The BJP on Monday hit the reset button as party president Nitin Nabin announced a new national team of office-bearers to prepare the party for the upcoming round of assembly elections, leading up to the 2029 Lok Sabha challenge. The party leaders described the newly constituted team as a strategic blend of seasoned…
Kanav Jain, a student from Broxburn, Scotland has been crowned UK Young Engineer of the Year for building a low-cost autonomous aircraft to deliver medicines to remote communities. His project titled ‘AeroAid: autonomous VTOL quadplane’ won at The Big Bang UK Young Scientists & Engineers Competition held at The Big Bang Fair.According to a report…
The Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority, which oversees the planning and development of infrastructure along the region covered by the Yamuna Expressway, has a plan in action called the YEIDA masterplan 2041.The proposed master plan aims to create a sustainable, efficient, and well connected region that is globally recognised. It aims to capitalise on the…