Sunita Williams retires after 27 years: A look into the career that led to 600+ days in space

Sunita Williams has retired from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) after a 27 year career that placed her among the most experienced astronauts in the agency’s history. Her retirement took effect at the end of December 2025, closing a career that included three long-duration missions aboard the International Space Station (ISS) and more…

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Mahieka Sharma: When Hardik Pandya revealed what made him connect with girlfriend Mahieka Sharma: “We started talking…” |

With the 2026 IPL season in full swing, the spotlight on Mumbai Indian’s player Hardik Pandya has shifted from cricket to his personal life. While he’s always been the Mumbai Indians’ flashiest all-rounder, lately there’s a different kind of energy behind his performance – and he’s not shy about giving the credit to his girlfriend,…

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Budget and the great Indian middle-class delusion

This is my twenty-fifth year in journalism, and my twenty-fifth Union Budget. Once upon a time, it was a three-day carnival. It began with the Railway Budget, moved to the Economic Survey, peaked with the Union Budget, and spilled over into thick, ink-stained newspapers dissecting the Finance Bill the morning after. Newsrooms hummed, and readers…

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Meet Kristine McDivitt Tompkins: The former CEO who helped create one of the world’s largest national parks | World News

Kristine McDivitt Tompkins (Image source: Wikipedia) Kristine McDivitt Tompkins is an American environmentalist and the former CEO of Patagonia, one of the most important outdoor clothing brands in the world. After working in business for many years, she quit her job as a business leader to focus on protecting the environment on a large scale….

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‘We’re scared to drink tap water’: After Indore contamination tragedy, trust on municipal supply dries up; residents turn to bottled supply | Indore News

INDORE: The water contamination tragedy in Madhya Pradesh’s commercial capital Indore — repeatedly ranked India’s cleanest city over the past decade — has triggered widespread distrust of municipal tap water, forcing residents to rely on bottled water and adding to the financial burden of low- and middle-income households. Officials confirmed that at least six people…

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