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ISRO lines up 7 launches by Mar, including Gaganyaan uncrewed mission

Indian Space Research Organisation has lined up seven launch missions by March next year, including one to demonstrate home-built electric propulsion systems for satellite and quantum key......

Trump-era H1B fee, tariffs hurt India ties, say US lawmakers

US lawmakers said measures undertaken by the Trump administration such as the $100,000 fee on H1B visas and 50 percent tariffs on India, hurt American businesses and threaten people-to-people ties......

Zero-Bid Satellite Deal Raises Questions

Pixxel has raised $95 million in funding and with the company's commercial Firefly satellites up in orbit selling data globally 'we know and seen what it takes to make this business work.' Kindly......

Digipin: Mapping Addresses Digitally

Digipin promises to revolutionise location-based services in India with safeguards. Kindly note the image has been posted only for representational purposes. IMAGE: Digipin will create a unique......

3 Indian-origin found dead after shooting at US home

Three Indian-origin people were found dead after a shooting at a home in the US state of Washington, according to local media reports. The incident took place on April 24 in Newcastle city. The......

Make demergers tax-neutral, biz houses nudge govt

Ahead of the Union Budget 2026-27, Indian business houses have urged the government to make demergers tax-neutral, particularly in cases involving transfer of investments in associate companies......

Space Milestones For India On Ganesh Chaturthi

India took another leap in space infrastructure with the foundation stone laid for a new launch pad at the country's second rocket port in Kulasekarapattinam. Photograph: Kind courtesy ISRO On the......

Pixxel to build India's 1st private Earth observation satellite

The private consortium would invest more than Rs 1,200 crore over the next five years to launch a constellation of 12 state-of-the-art Earth Observation satellites equipped with panchromatic,......

Indian Startups Team Up For Global Space Services Hub

The strategic partnership aims to unify the two companies' end-to-end, indigenously-developed capabilities across the upstream and downstream segments of the Space value chain. Photograph: Kind......

What You Must Know About New Income Tax Act

The contrast with the old Income-Tax Act is stark.The 1961 law ran into 512,000 words; the 2025 one pares that down to 259,000.Chapters have been cut from 47 to 23, while sections have reduced from......

COMING UP In Theatres This November

Diwali always means special for the theatrical business in India. This year has shown that big-ticket films have a ready audience for them, as seen in Pathaan and Jawan, and Salman Khan probably......

Ready For Shilpa Shetty's Gangsta Film?

What are the stars working on? Photograph: Kind courtesy Shilpa Shety/Instagram Shilpa Shetty looks unrecognisable in her new Kannada film, KD: The Devil. KD is directed by Prem, know for his......

In the Mood for LOVE This Week?

Sukanya Verma's OTT recommendations for the week. The Human VoiceWhere to watch? MubiLanguage: English Inspired by Jean Cocteau's 1930 stage play of the same name, Spanish auteur Pedro......

'It yet to sink in that I am an actor'

Rakul Preet Singh is now a much wanted heroine in Telugu films. Within a few years, she has steadily progressed in her career and is now acting with top Telugu heroes like Mahesh Babu, NTR Jr, Ram......

Meet the Band of boys of Kannada films

Recently several new young male actors have been trying to gain a foothold in the Kannada film industry. Who are we talking about and what are they up to? Read on to find out... Dhruva Sarja He......

Former Nepal and IPL cricketer Lamichhane convicted of rape

IMAGE: A wily leg-spinner, armed with a vicious googly, Sandeep Lamichhane, who played two seasons of the IPL, was a much sought-after cricketer in big-ticket T20 leagues around the world,......