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The proposed ‘US Space Academy’ intends to strengthen the nation’s space workforce and develop the next generation of space leaders (Photo: Nasa). US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday to establish the country’s first space academy and interacted with astronauts stationed at the International Space Station, during a visit to Nasa’s Mission…
As West Nile Virus creeps into California, a new AI-powered mosquito killer could be just what Californians need to protect them from the world’s deadliest creature.The Photon Matrix is a high-tech zapper that combines futuristic light detection and ranging technology (LiDAR), radar, with AI directing a precision laser to detect mosquitoes and zap them dead…
File photo: Army personnel continue to remain vigilant and guard the borders of the country across the LoC Security forces along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir have been put on high alert after fresh aerial activity originating from across the border was detected in the Poonch district.According to inputs from Army…
He scored more than 400 goals, inspired India’s dominance of world hockey and was the central figure in the country’s first hat-trick of Olympic gold medals. Decades after his playing career ended, Major Dhyan Chand remains one of the most revered figures in Indian sporting history.His contribution is remembered every year on August 29, his…
‘Toxic_ A Fairy Tale for Grown-ups’ box office collection day 3_ Yash and Nayanthara’s ‘Toxic: A Fairy Tale for Grown-ups’ continued its theatrical run on Friday. The movie recorded a drop in its domestic earnings on Day 3. However, it managed to take its India net collection beyond the Rs 150 crore mark within three…
Trump had discussed bringing US oil companies back to Venezuela shortly after Maduro was removed. US President Donald Trump on Friday announced what he described as an agreement with Venezuela that would give the US control over 65 billion barrels of the South American country’s oil reserves.Trump said the deal was negotiated by Secretary of…
Nepal hydel capacity hit, may import from India NEW DELHI: In a possible reversal of the usual power flow between the two neighbours, India may have to export electricity to Nepal during the season when it typically imports hydropower from the land-locked country to meet high domestic demand.The move may be needed to bridge the…
Trump names himself ‘Greatest President’ and ‘Lake America’ joins his growing brand empire The TOI correspondent from Washington: In what was widely seen as part trolling and part wishful fantasy, MAGA supremo Donald Trump on Friday declared himself in a social media post to be the “greatest” president in US history, ahead of George Washington,…
NC MP Aga Ruhullah Mehdi announces resignation from Lok Sabha and party after Farooq Abdullah’s public dare to contest on his own. SRINAGAR: National Conference’s Srinagar MP Aga Ruhullah Mehdi announced Friday that he would resign from both Lok Sabha and the party, taking up patriarch Farooq Abdullah’s public dare to quit and contest an…
The survivors arrived by an Air India flight from Delhi and were received at the airport by ministers N Anand and D Sarathkumar CHENNAI: Twenty-one members of a Tamil Nadu tourist group who escaped from a devastating flash flood in Nepal’s Rasuwagadhi area reached Chennai on Friday, recounting how they narrowly escaped as muddy water,…
