Central Vista: PM's residence to be ready by Dec 2022

The construction of the prime minister's residence under the ambitious Central Vista project will be completed by December 2022, the Central Public Works Department has informed a......

NASA's new 1.6 million-km view of Earth is a stunner

EPIC view: Earth seen from a distance of 1.6 million km captured by a NASA scientific camera aboard the Deep Space Climate Observatory spacecarft on July 6, 2015. Photograph: NASA NASA......

A second more to live on June 30

Adjust your watch accordingly... June 30 this year will officially be a bit longer than usual because an extra second, or 'leap' second, will be added to the day, according to American space......

Curiosity rover finds evidence of ingredients for life on Mars: NASA

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration's rover Curiosity has detected the first traces of nitrogen on the surface of Mars, a discovery that adds to the evidence that the red planet could......

Green nod sought for projects worth Rs 60,000 cr

The fate of industrial projects worth over Rs 60,000 crore will be decided by an expert committee of the environment ministry at a two-day meeting beginning Wednesday. The committee will take up 32......

DLF strikes costliest land deal

DLF Ltd has paid a whopping Rs 1,675 crore (Rs 16.75 billion) for 38 acres of land in west Delhi to DCM Shriram Consolidated Ltd and the Lohia Group. This is the most expensive land deal in the......

Mukesh Ambani: The Mogul of Mumbai

At dusk the port city of Jamnagar glitters like a vast diamond brooch. The port's 600,000-barrel-per-day oil refinery is the jewel in the crown of the largest private-sector enterprise in India,......