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Kestrel Initial Demonstrator capsule NEW DELHI: When its third phase failed on Monday, Isro’s PSLV-C62 launch vehicle lost 15 satellites from several countries and Indian companies, including the primary payload. However, a football-sized Spanish satellite called KID (Kestrel Initial Demonstrator), survived, though it transmitted “critical data” back to Earth for only about 3 minutes.The 25-kg…

NEW DELHI: Election Commission on Tuesday told Supreme Court that scrutiny of citizenship during SIR of voter lists was only meant to ensure deletion of non-citizens from electoral rolls and did not extend to termination of citizenship or deportation. EC, through senior advocate Rakesh Dwivedi, told a bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice…

NEW DELHI: Invoking Manusmriti which says no mother, no father, no wife, and no son deserves to be forsaken and a person who abandons them should be fined, Supreme Court Tuesday held that a daughter-in-law who becomes a widow after the death of her father-in-law is entitled to claim maintenance from his estate under the…

LONDON: Two Indian-origin people have been caught in a sting operation in the UK selling British visas illegally for thousands of pounds and even offering them to migrants without any requirement to work.The Daily Mail said its undercover investigation found an Indian-origin female student in Britain selling work visas on Facebook Marketplace using forged documents…

Harmanpreeet Kaur, Amanjot Kaur NEW DELHI: Two Kaurs, a Carey , and a handful of dropped catches – that was all Mumbai Indians needed to chase down Gujarat Giants’ 193 and secure a seven-wicket win at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai. Mumbai Indians comfortably achieved the target in the sixth match of the…

NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday held a conversation with US secretary of state Marco Rubio, during which the two discussed a range of bilateral and strategic issues, including trade, critical minerals, nuclear cooperation, defence and energy.Sharing details of the exchange in a post on X, Jaishankar said “Just concluded a good…

Nvidia has denied a report which claimed that the American chipmaker has imposed certain payment terms on Chinese customers for its advanced H200 AI chips. The report, published by the news agency Reuters, suggested that Nvidia was demanding these “upfront payments” to protect itself from uncertainty on H200 chip sales in China. However, Nvidia says…

NEW DELHI: Maharashtra is ready to host its Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation polls. Announcing the schedule at a press conference, state election commissioner Dinesh Waghmare said the model code of conduct has come into effect across the concerned districts.The announcement follows the Supreme Court’s order with an extended deadline to complete the local body election process…

NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday alleged that the Election Commission has unilaterally deleted 54 lakh names from the draft electoral rolls during the special intensive revision (SIR) in the state by using AI tools devised by the BJP and misusing the powers of electoral registration officers (EROs). Addressing a press…

Makar Sankranti is one of the biggest and most auspicious festivals celebrated in India. Unlike many festivals that follow the lunar calendar, Makar Sankranti is based on the solar calendar and is celebrated as the Sun moves into the Capricorn or Makara zodiac. This cosmic movement ushers in Uttarayan-the northward journey of the Sun, associated…