From simulator sessions to yoga, astronauts train hard for Gaganyaan

Sessions on simulators, micro gravity familiarisation and survival in addition to flying practice and Yoga -- the training schedule of India's four astronaut-designates for the Gaganyaan human......

Modi reveals names of Gaganyan mission astronauts. They are...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday announced the names of the four astronauts--all IAF fighter pilots--for India's ambitious maiden human spaceflight mission Gaganyaan scheduled for next year.......

Gaganyaan astronaut Prasanth Nair is my husband, claims Kerala actor Lena

Malayalam actor Lena on Tuesday revealed on her Instagram account that she has been married to Indian Air Force fighter pilot Prasanth Balakrishnan Nair, hours after Prime Minister Narendra Modi......

4 Gaganyaan astronauts are among IAF's, and India's, finest

IAF's four fighter pilots undergoing rigorous training for the landmark Gaganyaan mission, and who earned the 'astronaut wings' on Tuesday, have a stellar resume. They have a flying experience in......

CAs' body asks govt help in accessing PNB fraud data

ICAI intends to investigate the chartered accountants of PNB but the bank allegedly refuses to give the information sought.  The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India has approached the......

CBI lodges fresh FIR against Nirav Modi, approaches Interpol

Central probe agencies, the Central Bureau of Investigation and the Enforcement Directorate, on Friday continued their crackdown in a Rs 11,400-crore bank fraud case involving billionaire jewellery......

Deaf-mute people can now 'talk' with this innovative device

The team is looking to raise funds, so that there can be mass production of the gloves and to make it commercially available, says Apurva Venkat. IMAGE: Mudra glove can be worn like any......

Captain Nair: A successful hotelier who began his career at 65

At the age of 65, when most retire to the countryside, Capt Nair decided to venture into the hospitality sector.  Chittarath Poovakkatt Krishnan Nair, or simply Captain, as he preferred to be......

Watched These Brilliant Malayalam Films?

Divya Nair lists 2023's Malayalam movies that can be enjoyed by all ages. 2023 was a year of rare hits for the Malayalam film industry. In a country where masala entertainers like Jawan and violent......

Jailer Review: A Rajinikanth You Have Never Seen Before

I don't remember Rajinikanth beheading anyone so brutally in any of his previous films. Or glamourising so much of blood and violence.This is an altogether different version of a brutal......

Beast Review

Leave logic behind, sit back and watch Vijay do the impossible, observes Divya Nair. It's 7.45 am and the mall in Thane has barely opened on a Wednesday. The security staff is trying to make sense......

Rajini@70: My Favourite Rajinikanth films

As Rajinikanth turns 70 on December 12, we look back at the megastar's movies that kept us enthralled. Divya Nair is spoilt for choice, but picks her favourite Rajini films.   Apoorva......

IPL 2025 Auction: 182 players sold; Rs 639.15 crore spent!

IMAGE: Rishabh Pant and Shreyas Iyer bagged the two biggest deals at the IPL 2025 mega auction in Jeddah on Sunday. Photograph: BCCI Rishabh Pant pipped Shreyas Iyer to emerge as the costliest buy......

Ranji Round-up: Rajasthan, J'khand post massive totals

IMAGE: Action from the match between Rajasthan and Uttarakhand in the Ranji Trophy. Photograph: BCCI Domestic / X Rajasthan's Mahipal Lomror put the IPL franchises on alert ahead of the mega......

World Jr Chess: Harshit Pawar shocks top seed USA's Mishra

IMAGE: Image used for representational purposes. Photograph: International Chess Federation/Instagram Playing the game of his life, India's Harshit Pawar shocked top seed and youngest ever......

'Shastri, Gavaskar ideal'

Readers' take on the newly-formed panel to select the new coach.*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*MVP WorldHi !What do u mean by the right coach? Are u saying that John Wright was not a right coach?I don't......

East beat South by one wicket

East Zone overcame a middle order slump to prevail over title-holders South Zone by one wicket and register their third victory on the trot in the Deodhar Trophy limited-overs cricket match in......