2026

NASA administrator has defended and thanked the billionaires who have poured their personal fortunes into the space race. Jared Isaacman, who was confirmed as NASA administrator late last year, slammed those who argue that wealthy individuals like Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Sir Richard Branson should be directing their resources toward problems on Earth rather…

JAIPUR: A video from Rajasthan’s Ranthambore National Park has gone viral, showing a tiger surrounded by several safari vehicles. The video, shared by Instagram user Monty Bhatt, shows many jeeps crowding a narrow road while the tiger stands in the middle with very little space to move. More vehicles arrive, making the situation look like…

US President Donald Trump has announced a two-week suspension of planned military strikes on Iran, linking the move to Iran’s willingness to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and engage in negotiations. The temporary halt in hostilities between Washington and Tehran has offered a narrow window for diplomacy, but there is little indication yet that the…

Amazon Web Services CEO Matt Garman has reportedly accepted that the ongoing Iran war poses challenges for the world’s biggest cloud service provider. Speaking to CNBC at the HumanX conference in San Francisco, AWS CEO Garman termed it a difficult situation and said that Amazon employees are working round the clock to prevent service disruption…

CongressMP Rahul Gandhi; PM Narendra Modi; TVK chief Vijay The demand for statehood for Puducherry—pending for decades—has now become the most talked-about political issue in the former French colony ahead of the upcoming assembly elections.Since the 1960s, after its merger with India, Puducherry has remained a Union territory. In this system, the lieutenant governor, who…

Oil prices fell sharply on Wednesday with Brent crude and US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude both slipping below the $100 per barrel mark after President Donald Trump announced a two-week ceasefire with Iran, subject to the immediate reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.In the early hours of trade, Brent crude dropped 13.6 per cent…