- Sunday, June 15, 2025
INDIAN astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla blasts off into space next week as the first Indian to join the International Space Station (ISS), bearing with him New Delhi's dreams of its manned space flight. The spaceflight mission Axiom Mission 4 (Ax-4) by a private company Axiom Space, was originally scheduled for May…
TECH giant Apple has brought in Tata Group to handle repairs for iPhones and MacBook devices in India, the world's second-biggest smartphone market, two people familiar with the matter said. The move signals the Indian salt-to-software conglomerate's deepening role in Apple's supply chain. As Apple looks beyond China for manufacturing,…
TECH billionaire Elon Musk, who had called US president Donald Trump's tax-cut and spending bill a "disgusting abomination", continued his tirade along with hardline conservative Republicans. The world's richest man on Wednesday (4) invoked Quentin Tarantino’s "Kill Bill" and in series of posts on social media platform X called upon…
AN INDIAN student from Telangana was arrested in Hyderabad after being deported from the United States for using fake educational certificates to obtain a student visa. The student, identified Pakiru Gopal Reddy from Nalgonda (28), had traveled to the US in 2023, using counterfeit a BSc computer science certificate, according…
IN a further escalation of hostility towards Ivy League universities, US president Donald Trump has banned visas for all foreign students coming to attend Harvard and threatened to strip Columbia of its academic accreditation. Trump claims their international students pose a national security threat, and the universities have ignored anti-Semitism…
ERROL MUSK, father of tech billionaire Elon Musk, visited the Ram temple in Ayodhya and Hanumangarhi temple nearby on Wednesday and described the experience as one of the "best things" he has ever done. "It's wonderful, absolutely wonderful (Ayodhya visit). It's one of the best things I've ever done. "I'm…
AT LEAST 11 people died and several others were injured in a stampede on Wednesday near the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, after a large number of people gathered to participate in the RCB victory in the Indian Premier League. Karnataka deputy chief minister D K Shivakumar on Wednesday (4) said…
AFTER an 18-year-long wait, the newly-crowned IPL champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) fans got a chance to say "Ee Sala Cup Namdu" (this year the cup is ours). Bengaluru witnessed a semi-Diwali ambience with people bursting crackers well past midnight after the news trickled in. The final at Narendra Modi…
THE TEXAS state appears to be intensely divided over a bill that would ban products containing tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, the compound that gives marijuana its psychoactive properties. Texas has strict marijuana laws, but thousands of retailers in the state sell THC consumables made from hemp that come in the form…
OVER six months after losing the US presidential elections to Donald Trump, Kamala Harris appears uncertain about her future plans. The former vice president has been keeping a low profile and stayed out of the limelight since leaving Washington in January. She only made a handful of public appearances, including…
