Weeks after Moscow forced the 11th-hour cancellation of a rocket launch for British satellite venture OneWeb from Russia’s Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the company said on Monday it has contracted with Elon Musk’s SpaceX to send its satellites into orbit. Terms of the deal with California-based…
The Madras High Court on Monday, March 21, granted interim bail to former Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) national president, Dr Subbiah Shanmugam in the case of harassing his woman neighbour. Justice Jayachandran granted interim bail to Dr Subbiah Shanmugam, who was arrested on Saturday, March 19, 2022. Paul…
When humans began space exploration, the first question that appeared was how did our planet form? With the discovery of many other planets, it changed to how the solar system was formed? A long-standing theory remains that the system was shaped by mega-collisions between rocky bodies. Astronomers have now spotted a…
When the Europa Clipper mission arrives on Jupiter’s distant Moon, it will look to find sources of water that are speculated to be present under the surface in the form of ice. Ahead of its launch, scientists have discovered a new form of ice that could be present in these distant worlds. Scientists studying the…
The depression over southeast Bay of Bengal is expected to intensify first into a deep depression and later into a cyclonic storm on Monday, the India Meteorological Department has said. If it does indeed develop into a cyclonic storm, it will be called ‘Cyclone Asani’. The name has been given by Sri…
As the Russia-Ukraine war drags on into the fourth week, Ukraine has said that Russian President Vladimir Putin is continuing to send militia from the Wagner Group to assassinate its President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other high-ranking Ukrainian politicians. ALSO READ | Conspiracy theory: Putin’s killer Wagner Group…
As Ukraine mourns its dead, scores of empty strollers were lined up in the cobbled central square of the city of Lviv on Friday to commemorate the children killed in the country since Russia’s invasion. Lviv city hall placed 109 strollers, or prams, in neat rows — one for each child killed since the start of the…
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is set to announce a plan to invest 5 trillion yen ($42 billion) in India over the next five years during his maiden diplomatic visit to the country since assuming office. Kishida is likely to announce the public-private funding plan during the 14th India-Japan Annual…
Black holes are known to be the villains that have the capability of ending worlds as and when they desire and nothing remains thereafter. This time it had set its eyes on the world of physics itself. A theory around black holes laid out by Stephen Hawking could have turned the world of physics upside down as it…
The efficiency-based promotion system in Kerala government offices will be effective only from 2023. The proposal put forth by the Kerala government for its employees will face some delay in implementation as almost all government employees have already submitted their confidential reports for the year 2021. The next…