ISRO to put first astronaut on Moon by 2040

After the historic success of its Chandrayaan-3 lunar mission, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is going full throttle with its plans to send Indian astronauts for the first time to the......

Gaganyaan test flight successful, crew module recovered from Bay of Bengal

India on Saturday successfully completed the first unmanned test flight in its ambitious human space flight mission Gaganyaan, less than two hours after the launch was aborted with just four......

ISRO's Gaganyaan test vehicle to soar on Oct 21 morning

The Indian Space Research Organisation on Monday said it would commence unmanned flight tests for the Gaganyaan human spaceflight mission with the launch of a test vehicle between 7 am and 9 am on......

Kerala village spooked by mysterious underground sound

Mysterious underground sounds caused concern among local people residing in a tiny hamlet in Kottayam district of Kerala. IMAGE: Kindly note that this image has been posted for representational......

Did poverty and inequality spike during Covid?

Claims of a spike in poverty and inequality in India during the Covid-19 pandemic are patently false as such claims are based on uncomparable different surveys, according to a paper co-authored by......

Apply for Maharashtra licence in 3 weeks, SC tells Uber

The Supreme Court on Mon­day directed Uber to apply for a licence within three weeks to operate in Maha­rashtra, stressing that cab aggregators cannot function without one. Illustration:......

Households must prepare for hefty rise in LPG prices

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman cut fuel subsidies while slapping additional fuel taxes on unblended transport fuels in the latest Union Budget. Photograph: Rupak De Chowdhury/Reuters The......

Hindujas sell health care unit to Baring Private Equity for $1.2 billion

The Healthcare Services vertical has over 20,000 employees across four geographies – India, the Philippines, the US and Jamaica – and recorded revenues of approximately $400 million in......