What Chandrayaan-3 Discovered

Three Wednesdays ago, on August 23, Chandrayaan-3 landed close to the Moon's south pole, making space history. Over the next 10 days, Chandrayaan's lander Vikram and rover Pragyan sent images of......

Chandrayaan-3 rover put to 'sleep, may wake up on...

Chandrayaan 3's rover 'Pragyaan' has completed its assignments on the lunar surface and set into sleep mode, ISRO said on Saturday. The space agency's announcement came hours after its chief S......

Chandrayaan lander finds plasma sparse on Moon, records event

The initial assessment of the first-ever measurements of the near-surface lunar plasma environment over the south pole region by RAMBHA-LP payload onboard Chandrayaan-3 lander indicates that plasma......

Chandrayaan's Pragyan rover finds Sulphur on Moon, detects oxygen

The Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscope instrument onboard 'Pragyan' rover of Chandrayaan-3 has unambiguously confirmed the presence of sulphur on the lunar surface near south pole, through......

Despite slew of records, problems still plague MGNREGA

MGNREGA scheme: A significant Rs 17,370.58 crore has been carried forward over to the next financial year as unpaid dues as demand for work continued unabated for the scheme in rural areas.......

The man who cost Greece billions

Once again Alexis Tsipras (see left) was struggling to make a decision. For hours on July 13, the Greek prime minister and Europe's leaders had been trying to thrash out a new deal to bail out......

UK minister admits deadlock over visa bond scheme

UK home secretary Theresa May, the driving force behind plans to introduce a controversial 3,000 pound visa bond for visitors from certain countries including India, has admitted the scheme remains......

You can order a book from e-libraries!

With the proliferation of e-readers and development of e-ink technologies, there are those who have already begun to put chisel to headstone of traditional reading. On the other hand, technology......

Why Aattam Is A Masterpiece

What follows is essentially a long scene set in a single location, and you watch in amazement as the scene grows into one of Indian cinema's funniest and most spectacular pieces of sustained......

The Great Weddings of Munnes Review

If disbelief can be suspended in the quest for a few laughs, then some of the encounters are genuinely hilarious, and one with a ghost, particularly bizarre, observes Deepa Gahlot. If a series is......

John Abraham Wants A Woman To Beat Him Up

'Let's get a woman to be the antagonist, who really throws me around and hammers the s**t out of me. That would be fun.' Photograph: Kind courtesy John Abraham/Facebook John Abraham told us he is......

Why Will Smith PUNCHED Chris Rock at the Oscars

'Wow. Will Smith just smacked the s**t out of me.''Keep my wife's name out of your f**king mouth!' IMAGE: Chris Rock gets punched by Will Smith. Photograph: Neilson Barnard/Getty Images In a wild......

I Don't Get this Indian Cricket Team

They represent a new tribe whose grace and skill-sets lie well beyond my comprehension, notes Sreehari Nair. IMAGE: Mohammed Shami celebrates with team-mates after taking Rassie van der Dussen's......

Dubai Open chess: Gupta, Negi in joint lead

Grandmaster and defending champion Abhijeet Gupta showcased his positional acumen to outwit Grandmaster Amin Bassem of Egypt in the sixth round of 14th Dubai International Open chess tournament in......

Harika moves to sole second place

Top seed D Harika scored a thumping victory over Sabrina Vega Gutierrez of Spain to reclaim sole second spot after the end of the eighth round in the World Junior Girls' chess championship in......

Tania Sachdev wins Asian Chess

Grandmaster-norm holder Tania Sachdev won the Asian Women's Chess Championship after drawing with Chinese Ju Wenjun in the ninth and final round in Tehran on Tuesday. Tania, who turned 21a few......

Pinki claims golden double

Teenager Pinki Pramanik stole the show with her second consecutive golden double in the 400 and 800 metres, while Anju Bobby George was again forced to settle for silver in the women's long jump,......