Nasa scientists tracking the movement of Apollo 13 (Image/Nasa) For the first time in more than 50 years, humans are once again venturing to the Moon. Nasa’s Artemis program had sent four astronauts aboard the Orion spacecraft on a mission lasting nearly 10 days.The crew’s journey combined scientific exploration, technical testing and human endurance: a…
Kolkata: A fire broke out on the top floor of a two-storey residential building on Ekbalpore Lane in Mominpore, located in the densely populated Naptani Bagan locality. No one was injured. An Ekbalpore PS officer said it was around 4.20 pm that thick plumes of smoke were seen billowing out of a room on the…
Edappadi K Palaniswami (File Photo) AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami dismisses the importance of Vijay’s TVK in this election, calling it a direct fight between his party and DMK. In an interview with Julie Mariappan , the former chief minister charges DMK leaders with prioritizing their family interests over public interest. ■ How confident…
Citigroup initiated its coverage of Pine Labs with a buy rating and a target price of Rs 235. Analysts said that India’s payments fintech is on a monetization improvement trajectory, with leading players increasingly entrenched in respective core areas of leadership. While product, services and distribution build-outs into comprehensive plays will continue across the fintech…
Ahmedabad: As Ahmedabad’s Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport (SVPI) gears up for a major infrastructure overhaul, the first visible on-ground activity is a large-scale tree transplantation drive. Over 200 trees have been identified for relocation as part of the proposed New Integrated Terminal Building (NITB) project.The first phase of the expansion, slated to be completed…
Crude oil prices plunged more than 10% on Friday after US President Donald Trump and Iran announced that the Strait of Hormuz is fully open again for oil tankers carrying crude from the Persian Gulf to customers worldwide, easing fears of supply disruptions.The sharp drop in oil prices lifted global markets, with US stocks rallying…
Guwahati: After the Supreme Court on Friday refused to extend the transit anticipatory bail protection for Congress leader Pawan Khera granted to him by the Telangana high court on an FIR filed by Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma’s wife, Sarma said it’s time for Khera to surrender in Guwahati.A bench of Justices JK Maheshwari and…
NEW DELHI: India’s crude imports from Russia surged in March, with purchases at nearly Rs 5.3 billion (about $6.2 billion) compared with Rs 1.4 billion ($1.6 billion) the previous month, amid the military conflict in West Asia and closure of the Strait of Hormuz.In its latest analysis of Russian fossil fuel exports and sanctions, Centre…
The speeding vehicle struck the three men as they stood behind the parked SUV Ghaziabad: Three persons, two of them of the same family and a bike taxi rider, were mowed down by a mini-bus on Delhi-Meerut Expressway (DME) near IPEM College on Friday.Among the deceased are Naveen Kumar (42) and his brother-in-law Deepak, who…
In terms of plant nutrition, the root system is traditionally viewed as the main access point to nutrients. Ground-breaking research, however, has demonstrated an additional survival strategy with elegant sophistication. Plants in some of the world’s highly nutrient-poor environments have developed a strategy for ‘eating’ minerals found in aerial dust and, subsequently, avoiding exhausted soil…
