New Delhi: The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday approved the incentive scheme for low-value BHIM-UPI transactions with an estimated outlay of Rs 1,500 crore. The aim is to achieve the target of 20,000 crore total transaction volume in FY 2024-25,...
New Delhi: Telecom operator Vodafone Idea is "in conversation" with satcom players to explore potential partneships, a senior company official said. The telco believes that use cases for satellite communications would be in areas where traditional connectivity infrastructure, such as fibre optic cables or cell...
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New Delhi: Seeing astronauts floating around weightlessly inside the International Space Station may be fun but the absence of gravity has its effects on long-duration space travellers, who experience dizziness, nausea and an unstable gait when they return to earth. NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and...
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday welcomed NASA astronaut Sunita Williams and her fellow Crew-9 members as they returned to Earth after a prolonged mission to the International Space Station, saying their unwavering determination will forever inspire millions. "Welcome back, Crew9! The Earth missed...
Washington: NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore have begun a 45-day rehabilitation program to help them adapt to Earth's gravity after spending nine months in space. The duo returned early Wednesday (Indian time) aboard SpaceX's Crew-9 mission, splashing down off the coast of Florida....
In a scene straight out of a sci-fi movie, astronauts returning from an extended space mission were greeted by an unexpected audience -- dolphins! NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore, along with NASA’s Nick Hague and Russian cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov, finally made it back...
Washington: Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore returned to planet Earth Tuesday evening ending an unplanned protracted stay on the International Space Station. The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft carrying them and two other astronauts -- Nick Hague and Russian cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov—splashed down into the waters off...
Cape Canaveral: NASA's two stuck astronauts headed back to Earth with SpaceX on Tuesday to close out a dramatic marathon mission that began with a bungled Boeing test flight more than nine months ago. Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams bid farewell to the International Space...
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has written to NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, who is scheduled to return to Earth early Wednesday after a nine-month stay at the International Space Station, and invited her to visit India. The letter, written March 1 and sent through...
Every few years, India calls in its envoys for a reality check. At the 11th Heads of Mission Conference recently,...
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The growing tendency of different state police forces to cross jurisdictional boundaries in order to arrest individuals for their opinions...
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In the past, it was considered rather difficult to contest assembly elections without a recognisable chief ministerial candidate’s face as...
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The Pentagon’s announcement on 2 May to significantly reduce American troop presence in Germany marks a pivotal moment in the...
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