SpaceX’s massive Starship spacecraft exploded in space on Thursday minutes after lifting off from Texas, causing the FAA to halt air traffic in parts of Florida, in the second straight failure this year for Elon Musk’s Mars rocket program. Several videos on social media showed fiery debris streaking through the dusk skies near south Florida...
New Delhi Union minister for road transport and highways Nitin Gadkari on Thursday said the government aims to reduce road accident rates by half by 2030 and said accidents contribute to an economic loss of 3 % to GDP. “India witnessed 4,80,000 road accidents, 1,80,000 deaths, and about 4,00,000 serious injuries. Out of these 1,40,000...
India on Thursday condemned a security breach incident during External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar’s trip to the UK, saying it deplored “the misuse of democratic freedom by such elements”. According to a purported video of the incident circulating on social media platform X, a man with the tricolour is seen rushing towards the car in...
Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta conducted an inspection in Shalimar Bagh on Thursday, assessing the state of drinking water, sanitation, and roads in the constituency. As part of her visit, she inspected a girls’ school and interacted with local residents to understand their concerns. CM Gupta visited key locations, including Shalimar Village Chowk, Max Road,...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday chaired a high-level meeting to review the progress of the cooperative sector, where he stressed the expansion of the sector, especially in trade of organic products, an official statement said. The PM suggested focusing on export markets and developing a soil-testing model through cooperatives to improve agricultural practices, an...
The Reserve Bank of India said on Monday that it will inject further liquidity into the banking system by conducting open market operation purchase auctions and long-tenure dollar-rupee buy/sell swaps. The RBI will conduct OMO purchases of government securities worth Rs 1 lakh crore in two tranches of Rs 50,000 crore each. The first auction...
US President Donald Trump has issued a final ultimatum to Hamas, demanding the immediate release of all living hostages and the bodies of those they “murdered.” “’Shalom Hamas’ means Hello and Goodbye – You can choose. Release all of the Hostages now, not later, and immediately return all of the dead bodies of the people...
A Khalistani protestor blocked Foreign Minister S Jaishankar’s convoy and ripped apart India’s flag during the latter’s London visit. The protest took place outside a venue where Jaishankar was participating in a discussion organised by Chatham House. The protester was swiftly removed by security personnel stationed at the venue. A video circulating online captures the...
Ekta Kapoor is working on a sequel to Udta Punjab (2016), the crime drama that highlighted Punjab’s drug crisis. The project is still in its early stages, but reports suggest that filmmaker Aakash Kaushik has been brought in to write and direct. However, the makers have not officially confirmed anything yet. There is also buzz...
David Miller has scored a sensational 67-ball century on the last ball of the innings. The southpaw smashed ten fours and two sixes in his innings. However, his knock ended in vain as South Africa lost by 50 runs. David Miller brings up his 25th ODI half century off 46 balls as he remains the...