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NYT hails India's space programme as 'counterweight' to China

Lauding India's ambitious space programme, The New York Times has said the country, currently witnessing an 'explosive' growth in space-tech start-ups, is set to 'transform the planet's connection......

No action against jail officials over attack on Sarabjit

Reports about the suspension of several Pakistani jail officials after the brutal assault on Indian death row prisoner Sarabjit Singh last week have turned out to be an eyewash as authorities are......

Indian beaten to death in Pak jail: Lawyer seeks probe

A Pakistani lawyer has filed a petition in the Lahore high court seeking a thorough investigation into the death of an Indian prisoner who was allegedly assaulted by prison staffers at Kot Lakhpat......

Pak court issues NBWs against Musharraf, others

A Pakistani anti-terrorism court on Wednesday issued non-bailable arrest warrants for several persons, including former President Pervez Musharraf, who have been accused of involvement in the 2006......

Is this Pakistani POW still holed up in an Indian jail?

Some families in Pakistan are still holding on to the hope of seeing their loved ones -- soldiers of the Pakistan Army who went missing during the 1971 War and never returned. Tahir Ali reports......

Pixxel Gets An Order From NASA

This is the first deal by an Indian startup after the sector was opened to private companies in 2020. IMAGE: Pixxel founder and CEO Awais Ahmed and Cosmonaut Rakesh Sharma during the 'Youth Sabha......

Funding for space start-ups zooms

The race for space has got real, and it is attracting funding like never before. In 2022 so far, funding to private players in the space sector has jumped a whopping 61.5 per cent — soaring......

Space tech firms urge PM to expedite approvals, fine tune rules

Space technology entrepreneurs, including Bharti Enterprises chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal, on Monday requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to expedite regulatory approvals, provide his personal......

Deregulation to make India a trillion-dollar geospatial economy

A business in India wanting access to maps and geospatial data would typically have to wait months before it got what it wanted. All this is set to change with the new guidelines on geospatial......

U-19 WC PIX: Musheer's century powers India to big win

Images from the Under-19 World Cup between India and New Zealand in Bloemfontein on Tuesday. SCORECARD IMAGE: Musheer Khan celebrates his century against New Zealand during the U-19 World Cup......

U19 Asia Cup: Bangladesh stun India; UAE shock Pakistan

Photograph: Kind Courtesy ACC/X Ariful Islam's counter-punching fifty and a fiery spell by left-arm pacer Maruf Mridha helped Bangladesh secure a comfortable four-wicket win over India, propelling......

U-19 World Cup: England, Pakistan cruise to quarters

IMAGE: England skipper Tom Prest celebrates his century in their win against the UAE at the Under-19 Cricket World Cup in Basseterre, St Kitts, on Thursday. Photograph: ICC/Twitter Skipper Tom......

T20: Sarfraz guides Pakistan to victory over New Zealand

Pakistan opener Sarfraz Ahmed's belligerent 76 not out secured a comprehensive seven-wicket victory over New Zealand in the first Twenty20 International in Dubai on Thursday. Sarfraz hit two sixes......

Pakistan drop Misbah, recall Kamran for World T20

Test and ODI captain Misbah-ul Haq was dropped from Pakistan's provisional 30-man squad for September's World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka, but the PCB recalled Kamran Akmal after the wicketkeeper-batsman......

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