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SpaceX's Starship rocket explodes, debris grounds flights

SpaceX launched the eighth test of its Starship rocket on Thursday, successfully conducting and completing the 'catch' of the Super Heavy booster. IMAGE: A formation is seen from SpaceX's......

'As Tunnels Increase We See More Incidents'

'Balancing tunnel developments with ecological realities is a major challenge and, when overlooked, can contribute to mishaps.' IMAGE: Army Engineer Task Force with medical teams deployed for the......

Conveyor belt fixed to ease Telangana tunnel rescue op

The conveyor belt at the partially collapsed Srisailam Left Bank Canal (SLBC) tunnel, under which eight persons are trapped for the past 11 days, was repaired and made operational on Tuesday.......

China hikes defence budget, 3 times higher than India

China on Wednesday announced a 7.2 per cent increase of its national defence budget totalling to USD 249 billion this year amid its hectic efforts to modernise armed forces, including fast paced......

Army, IAF, Navy Promised Faster Defence Buys

'Currently, it takes between two and three years to formulate the request for proposal for procuring specific military equipment for the armed forces. It should not be this way.' IMAGE: DRDO......

Ola Electric is accelerating profitability drive

Ola Electric has eliminated its regional warehouses across India, and will now leverage its 4,000 retail stores nationwide for maintaining vehicle inventory, spare parts, accessories, and last-mile......

'Oracle Was Little Late To Cloud Game'

'We realised that locking customers to our Cloud was not fair to them.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Oracle India Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), the data management giant's Cloud services......

How India can become a high-income country

For India to transform into a high-income country with a projected gross domestic product (GDP) of $23-35 trillion, will need a sustained annual growth of 8 per cent to 10 per cent. Photograph:......

Qcom industry may add 150,000 gig workers in 2025

Quick commerce (qcom) industry is poised to lead gig workforce hiring in 2025, propelled by a surge in demand for faster deliveries, expansion by existing players, entry of new competitors, and......

RBI sees 'sequential pickup in economic activity'

High frequency indicators, like vehicles sales, air traffic, steel consumption and GST E-way bills, point towards a sequential pickup in momentum of economic activity during the second half of the......

'Ancient Mantras In A Global Bed Of Music'

'It was great to have the Indian roots reflected in full force.' IMAGE: Chandrika Tandon after winning the Grammy's. Photographs: Kind courtesy Chandrika Tandon/Instagram.com Borders and......

Gukesh hails Anand, India's chess boom

Unfazed by the evolving chess landscape, reigning world champion D Gukesh is open to compete in all formats but asserted that while freestyle chess brings excitement, the classical chess, with its......

WPL: Ecclestone, Voll lead Warriorz to victory, RCB exit

IMAGES from the WPL match between UP Warriorz and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) played in Lucknow on Saturday SCORECARD IMAGE: Sophie Ecclestone of UP Warriorz celebrates the wicket of......

How GM Chitambaram scripted history in Prague

IMAGE: Indian Grandmaster Aravindh Chithambaram won the Prague Masters, his first major title, finishing ahead of established names like compatriot R Praggnanandhaa, in Prague on Friday.......

Lyon coach Fonseca banned for 9 months!

IMAGE: Olympique Lyonnais coach Paulo Fonseca will be barred from accessing the bench, the officials' dressing rooms, and participating in any official functions before, during, or after matches......

India Needs To Watch Out For 'Prince' Rachin

IMAGE: Rachin Ravindra has surged to second place on the Champions Trophy run-scoring charts, amassing 226 runs in just three matches. Photograph: Akhtar Soomro/Reuters Rachin Ravindra......

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