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Smiling Shubhanshu Shukla comes out of Dragon spacecraft

Waving and smiling to cameras, Shubhanshu Shukla and three other Axiom-4 mission astronauts emerged from the Dragon Grace spacecraft on Tuesday, taking their first breath of fresh air after......

Splashdown! Shubhanshu Shukla Is Back On Earth!

With waves and smiles, Shubhanshu Shukla returned to Earth on Tuesday after an 18-day stay on the International Space Station, a feat that holds the promise to herald India's own human spaceflight......

ISRO Will Spend 550 Cr On Shukla's ISS Trip

If Rakesh Sharma represented the dreams of a nascent India looking outward, Shubhanshu Shukla embodies a confident India reaching for the controls. IMAGE: The Ax-4 crew and SpaceX teams completed......

Shubhanshu Shukla to dock at ISS on June 11 after 28-hr flight

Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla and three others are set to embark on the Axiom Space's fourth human spaceflight from National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Kennedy Space Centre......

Trump slaps 26% reciprocal tariffs on India, 34% on China

US President Donald Trump announced a 26 per cent “discounted reciprocal tariff” on India, half of the 52 per cent levies imposed by India on American goods, as he described India as......

Deeptech Now Dominates Indian VC Portfolios

Deep-tech now forms over half of VC portfolios in India as firms like Cornerstone, Unicorn India Ventures and All in Capital back startups combining research with scalable models. Kindly note the......

Sitharaman has a message for the fintechs

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday asked fintech startups to come out with solutions to deal with the rising incidence of digital arrests, cheating by fly-by-night operators, and......

'Bengal Is In Business'

'This is the Bengal story, where businesses are nurtured, dreams are realised, and legacies are built.' IMAGE: Mukesh Ambani, Amit Mitra, Sajjan Jindal, Sanjeev Goenka and Sanjiv Puri at the 8th......

Adani gives Teachers' Day lecture at college that rejected him

Gautam Adani had in the late 1970s applied to join a Mumbai college for education, but the college rejected his application. Photograph: Amir Cohen/Reuters He did not pursue education but turned......

Indian wins the World Environment Day logo contest

The World Environment Day 2015 logo has an Indian touch. With a thought provoking design, Shibin K K has won the United Nations Environment Programme’s competition for the best logo......

At 59, Shah Rukh Wins 1st National Award

Hindi cinema dominated the 71st National Film Awards on Friday with superstar Shah Rukh Khan winning his career's first best actor award for Jawan alongside Vikrant Massey for 12th Fail, which was......

'Wish a female-led film was championed more'

''It is definitely disheartening when (Ghoomer) doesn't reach a larger audience, especially when whoever's watched it has come out saying that "It is one of the best things we've seen in a decade"......

'No Time Till The Oscar Storm Passes'

'We have to do everything in our power to get as many Academy members to watch the film as possible.''After that, I am confident, my film will speak for itself.' IMAGE: A scene from Chhello Show.......

COMING UP In July At A Theatre Near YOU

The first half of the year saw some huge box office hits and some big misses, and Bollywood seems to have gotten the encouragement it needed. The second half sees many more theatre releases, and it......

Bollywood biggies losing the plot

The failure of big-budget Bollywood movies show that mega stars such as Salman Khan, Shah Rukh Khan, Hrithik Roshan, Ranbir Kapoor, Katrina Kaif and Anushka Sharma are struggling to impress the......

Plans to add corporate touch to India's Olympic dreams

IMAGE: Union Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said a comprehensive sports development plan is on the anvil. Photograph: Mansukh Mandaviya/X Union Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Thursday......

Will India's Olympic dreams depend on cricket?

Hailing cricket's inclusion in the 2028 Los Angeles Games, International Olympic Committee (IOC) president's post frontrunner Sebastian Coe says the move will open up new markets, which will be......

'More Gold, More Silver, More Bronze'

SEE: Virat Kohli urges all of India to back our Olympic Games-bound athletes. VIDEO: Kind courtesy, Virat Kohli/X Virat Kohli has urged the nation to get behind our Olympic-bound contingent. The......

PIX: Ceremonial outfits, kits for Paris-bound Olympians unveiled

IMAGE: Union Sports and Youth Affairs Minister Mansukh Mandaviya, Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri and Indian Olympic Association (IOA) President PT Usha with......

The World Cup That Cheers

In cricket, we have something that we can share with our families, neighbours and indeed, the whole country. It is colour-blind, language-neutral, truly secular and transcends all regions, from......