Nasa has taken another step towards building a permanent human presence on the Moon by awarding almost $600 million in fresh contracts for a new series of robotic lander missions. Rather than focusing on a single spacecraft, the agency is spreading the work across several commercial partners, continuing its strategy of using private companies to…
Santos’ Neymar (AP Photo) Brazil have been handed a major injury concern ahead of the FIFA World Cup, with Neymar now doubtful for the opening phase of the tournament after suffering a calf injury.The 34-year-old forward is expected to spend the next two to three weeks recovering after medical examinations confirmed a grade two muscle…
FILE – United States’ Allyson Felix competes in the women’s 4×400-meter final during the World Athletics Championships in London on Aug. 13, 2017. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File) Allyson Felix, the most decorated woman in Olympic track and field history, is planning a return to competition with the aim of reaching the 2028 Olympic Games in…
Three firefighters were killed and two others injured while battling wildfires along the Colorado-Utah border, the US Wildland Fire Service said on Sunday, as extreme fire conditions continued to fuel rapidly spreading blazes across the western United States.The firefighters were part of an interagency response to the Knowles and Gore fires on Saturday, the agency…
Rajkot: Police in Surendranagar district have invoked the Gujarat Control of Terrorism and Organized Crime (GujCTOC) Act against an alleged gang of burglars accused of carrying out organized property crimes across the region, officials said on Friday.A case was registered at Surendranagar City A Division police station. Three accused — Jayanti Sarvaiya, Shakti alias Lalo…
RCB qualify for playoffs; DC’s chances rise. (Pics credit: IPL) With 8 games remaining in the league stage, LSG and MI are already out of contention for the playoffs. RCB have qualified and GT can only miss out through the net run rate route while SRH would have to do really badly from here on…
NEW DELHI: The Gauhati high court on Friday rejected Congress leader Pawan Khera’s anticipatory bail plea in a case filed by Riniki Bhuyan Sharma, wife of Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.The FIR stems from Khera’s allegations that Sharma held multiple foreign passports and undisclosed overseas assets. During the previous hearing, Khera’s counsel, led by…
Times News NetworkChandigarh: Chandigarh police have arrested a couple for allegedly stealing cash and valuables from a gift shop in Sector 35 in the guise of customers. The accused, Harpreet and his wife Tamanna, residents of Togan village in Mohali, were produced before a local court and remanded in one-day police custody.At around 5:40pm on…
Stretch leading to lady doctors hostel at NRS —— Kolkata: The arrest of four men accused of harassing junior doctors at NRS Medical College has brought a sense of security back to the campus, even though the accused, residents of neighbouring Convent Road, were released on bail.Women doctors and students on Monday told TOI that…
New Delhi/Bengaluru: Seeking to underscore Karnataka’s deepening water crisis, chief minister DK Shivakumar on Wednesday invited his Tamil Nadu counterpart C Joseph Vijay to undertake an aerial survey of the Cauvery basin and inspect the state’s reservoirs before or after the proposed bilateral talks on Aug 3.“We have invited Vijay to inspect the Cauvery reservoirs…
