Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla is set to make history as the first Indian astronaut to travel to the International Space Station (ISS). He has been selected as the pilot for Axiom Mission 4 (Ax-4), a private astronaut mission launching aboard a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft no earlier than spring 2025. Shukla, a Indian Air Force (IAF)…
NEW DELHI: Consumption inequality, both in rural and urban areas, has declined in 2023-24 from the previous year for almost all the 18 major states, the detailed results of the Household Consumption Expenditure Survey (HCES) showed on Thursday.Earlier a fact sheet released on HCES by the statistics office last month had shown that the Gini…
CHANDIGARH: Cross-voting by three councillors helped BJP candidate Harpreet Kaur Babla get elected Thursday as the new mayor of Chandigarh Municipal Corporation (CMC). She defeated AAP nominee Prem Lata by two votes – 19 against 17.In the 35-member house, BJP has 16 councillors while AAP and Congress alliance is in a majority, with 13 and…
NEW DELHI: While physical inactivity, junk food and other factors have drawn a lot of attention for their role in causing lifestyle disorders, and rightly so, edible oil has mostly escaped scrutiny. PM Modi, in his address at the 38th National Games opening ceremony, focused on it and called its excessive use a key factor…
NEW DELHI: Probing a complaint on the cVIGIL mobile application about money being allegedly distributed from the official residence of Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann in the city, a team of election officials, along with police, reached Kapurthala House on Thursday evening. They were stopped by the security personnel and had to wait for 90 minutes…
NEW DELHI: With former Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal sticking to his guns on “Haryana poisoned Yamuna waters” allegations and launching a scathing attack on the Election Commission, all options are open for the EC. This could include ordering a criminal FIR if it concludes that he has failed to back up his claims with facts…
LUCKNOW: The 39-year-old Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, the fighter pilot of Indian Airforce (IAF) and ISRO’s astronaut, has been official named pilot for Axiom Mission 4 (Ax-4), a private spaceflight for International Space Station (ISS), scheduled for post spring of the current calendar year.NASA and its international partners have approved the crew of the Ax-4…
BENGALURU: The Karnataka HC stayed on Wednesday the investigation and further proceedings against Infosys co-founder and Indian Institute of Science governing council chairman Senapathy Kris Gopalakrishnan and 15 others in a complaint filed under provisions of the SC & ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.Justice SR Krishna Kumar also directed the issuance of an emergent notice…
NEW DELHI: An NRI, who was prima facie held guilty for contempt of court by Supreme Court and was restrained from leaving the country with his passport deposited in court, has managed to leave the country for the US. Taking exception to his conduct, the court directed the Centre to take steps to get him…
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala’s govt has, citing the financial crisis, slashed scholarships for minority community students by 50%, leaving the education of thousands of students in limbo. The decision affects nine of the 11 scholarship programmes – originally allocated Rs 13.6 crore – offered by the department of minority welfare.Govt insists that the reduction in plan size…
