New Delhi: Group Captain Shubanshu Shukla, the 39-year-old Indian Air Force pilot and now astronaut, sent his first message from orbit on Wednesday, just hours after launching aboard the Axiom-4 mission to the International Space Station. “Namaskar, mere deshvasiyon,” Shukla said from inside the SpaceX Dragon capsule, calling the journey “one hell of a ride.”…
Amaravati: Former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy on Thursday accused the TDP-led NDA government of lacking fiscal discipline and exceeding 50 per cent of the borrowings incurred by the previous YSRCP regime in just 13 months. Reddy said that the Andhra Pradesh Mineral Development Corporation (APMDC) concluded the second tranche of…
New Delhi: India has evacuated 272 Indian and three Nepalese nationals from Iran following the conflict with Israel, officials said on Thursday. A special flight carrying them arrived in Delhi a little past midnight from the Iranian city of Mashhad. “#OperationSindhu update 272 Indian and 3 Nepalese nationals were evacuated from Iran on a special…
Los Angeles: “Normal People” star Daisy Edgar-Jones will essay the lead character of Elinor Dashwood in a fresh cinematic take on the classic Jane Austen novel “Sense and Sensibility”. The project, which will be directed by Georgia Oakley from a script by bestselling author Diana Reid, comes from Focus Features and Working Title Films. It…
Qingdao: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has refused to sign a joint statement at a Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) meet because it did not mention the 22 April Pahalgam terror attack that killed 26 people, mostly tourists, news agencies reported on 26 June. While skipping any mention of Pahalgam, the document mentioned Balochistan, tacitly accusing India…
New Delhi: A clerk working at the Indian Navy’s headquarters in New Delhi has been arrested on charges of espionage, accused of leaking sensitive military information to Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), including during the recently concluded Operation Sindoor, according to media reports. The accused, identified as Vishal Yadav, a resident of Haryana, was nabbed by the…
Qingdao: The perpetrators, financiers and sponsors of terrorism must be held accountable, and there should be “no double standards in combating the menace, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Thursday, taking a swipe at Pakistan. In an address at a conclave of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), Singh said some countries are using cross-border terrorism…
In a nation where crime often outpaces punishment and legal loopholes let the guilty walk free, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has once again demonstrated why he remains one of India’s most feared and admired administrators. His latest brainchild, Operation Langda—unofficially christened so by the state’s own cops—is not just an anti-crime initiative. It’s…
Mumbai: Gold Price Today, Gold MCX Rate: Gold prices gained in futures trades on Thursday, June 26, 2025, amid global uncertainty and a weaker dollar index. However, the precious metals remained volatile. The gold August 5 contract on the Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX) opened with a gain of Rs 243 at Rs 97,600 per 10…
Mumbai: India’s IPO market seems to have finally picked up pace as several companies have opened their initial public offerings for subscription, and several others are lined up in the coming months. Among the companies that are set to tap the capital markets are HDB Financial Services, a subsidiary of HDFC Bank, Kalpataru, Rubicon Research;…
