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New Delhi: India's industrial production growth slowed to a nine-month low of 1.2 per cent in May 2025 due to poor performance of the manufacturing, mining and power sectors, according to official data released Monday. The factory output, measured in terms of the Index of...

A viral video shows tree branches "raining" liquid like a sprinkler system, sparking hilarious reactions online. But what's really happening?

New Delhi: Indian IT majors are aggressively repositioning themselves as AI-native firms, focusing on high-margin applications and integration over high-risk, capital-intensive foundational research. A deep dive into the FY25 annual reports from the industry behemoths --- TCS, Infosys, Wipro, and Tech Mahindra -- indicates that...

Mumbai: In the backdrop of curbs over the use of loudspeakers, half-a-dozen mosques in Mumbai have registered on a dedicated mobile phone application which relays the 'azan', or call to prayer, directly to the faithful in real-time. The app, Online Azan, has been developed by...

New Delhi: India's Shubhanshu Shukla and other astronauts on the International Space Station relished delicacies such as 'gajar ka halwa', 'moong dal halwa' and 'aam ras' as they began their 14-day stay on the orbital lab. Shukla shared these details in an 18-minute interaction with...

New Delhi: The 'Bharat Mata ki Jai' slogan reverberated on the International Space Station as Prime Minister Narendra Modi told astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla that his space travel marked the beginning of a new era and was the first step towards Mission Gaganyaan, India's own human...

New Delhi: In a giant leap for India, IAF Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla Thursday scripted history by becoming the first from the country to enter the International Space Station (ISS). After a long and ardent wait of 41 years, India now has an astronaut in...

New Delhi: Astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla Thursday said he was learning to live in microgravity conditions "like a baby" and it was an amazing experience to float in vacuum as the Dragon spacecraft circled the Earth in its journey to dock at the International Space Station....

New Delhi: IAF Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla is on his way to create history by becoming the first Indian to reach the International Space Station (ISS). Shukla, along with three others from the US, Poland, and Hungary, is expected to dock at the orbiting laboratory...

New Delhi:  “Kya kamaal ki ride thi (what an amazing ride),” India's astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla remarked as SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft entered orbit around the Earth within 10 minutes of launch from NASA's spaceport in Florida. Shukla, who became the second Indian to travel to space,...