NASA has announced the crew assignments for its SpaceX Crew-13 mission, which is scheduled to launch no earlier than mid-September to the International Space Station. The mission brings together astronauts and cosmonauts from NASA, the Canadian Space Agency, and Roscosmos for a long-duration scientific expedition in low Earth orbit. The four-member team will join Expedition…
Global oil prices rose on Friday amid renewed fears of escalation in the Middle East after Iran released footage showing commandos boarding a cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz and reports of heightened military activity in Tehran.Brent crude futures rose $1.23, or 1.17%, to $106.3 per barrel by early trading, while West Texas Intermediate…
Deven Bhojani recalled avoiding Shah Rukh Khan on set due to rumours of arrogance and tantrums, but the superstar quickly proved him wrong with warmth and humility. Bhojani said Shah Rukh made him feel valued during their early film and Dunki. Shah Rukh will next appear in King releasing Christmas. Deven Bhojani recently opened up…
Representational file photo As the Uttarakhand Board of School Education (UBSE) prepares to declare the Class 10 and Class 12 results on April 25, a look at the past three years shows a steady improvement in student performance across both levels.In 2025, Class 10 students recorded a pass percentage of 90.77 per cent, with 99,725…
Harbhajan Singh (Image credit: X) NEW DELHI: In a major development, former India spinner Harbhajan Singh joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday, ending his stint with the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).Harbhajan, a member of India’s World Cup-winning squads in the 2007 ICC World Twenty20 and the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup, was nominated…
In 1974, farmers in Shaanxi, China, digging for water near the Li Mountains, unearthed fragments of terracotta figures. A terrible drought struck the province of Shaanxi in 1974. The farmers there, who wanted to help themselves out, began to dig a well on the hills around Li Mountains, not far from Xi’an. No water came…
The Centre for Theoretical Physics (CTP) at Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI), in collaboration with the Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA), on April 8 inaugurated a four-day international conference titled “Cross-Survey Cosmography: Precision Cosmology, Emerging Tensions and New Physics.” The conference, held at the CTP Seminar Hall, brought together leading experts, researchers, and young…
KOLKATA: At least four voters in West Midnapore, Malda and Birbhum died—two after returning from poll booths, one inside a booth and one on the way to the polling station —even as a scorcher of a sun beat down on Thursday, the day the first phase of the Assembly election was conducted in Bengal.The IMD…
Arvind Kejriwal and Raghav Chadha (R) NEW DELHI: Aam Aadmi Party supremo Arvind Kejriwal on Friday reacted to what is being seen as one of the strongest setbacks faced by his party after Raghav Chadha and six other MPs announced their decision to join the Bharatiya Janata Party. Directing his attack at the BJP, Kejriwal…
Adam Hall jailed for life after deliberately infecting seven victims with HIV/Image: BBC A man in the UK has been given a life sentence after he was found guilty of infecting several young men and teenage boys with HIV, in what the court described as a deliberate and harmful pattern of abuse.Adam Hall, 43, was…
