Cape Canaveral: ISRO astronaut and Indian Air Force (IAF) officer Shubhanshu Shukla has been selected as the pilot for Axiom Mission 4 (Ax-4), a private spaceflight set to launch to the International Space Station (ISS) no earlier than spring 2025, NASA announced Thursday. Shukla will...
Ottawa: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that Canada is ready to deliver a "purposeful, forceful but reasonable, immediate" response if US President Donald Trump imposes tariffs on Canadian imports, local media reported. The prime minister, delivering remarks at a meeting of the Council on...
Philadelphia: A medical transport jet with a child patient, her mother and four others aboard crashed into a Philadelphia neighbourhood shortly after takeoff Friday evening, exploding in a fireball that engulfed several homes. All six people aboard were from Mexico. The child had been treated...
Washington: At least two Indian-origin persons are among the 67 people killed in a midair collision between an Army helicopter and a jetliner at Washington's Ronald Reagan National Airport, according to media reports. Vikesh Patel, a GE Aerospace engineer and Asra Hussain Raza, a Washington...
Canberra: The Australian government has nominated the goldfields in the country's southeast for World Heritage status. Tanya Plibersek, Minister for the Environment and Water, Friday announced that the goldfields in the state of Victoria have been added to Australia's World Heritage Tentative List. It is...
Arlington: A midair collision between an Army helicopter and a jetliner killed all 67 people aboard the two aircraft, officials said Thursday, as they scrutinised the actions of the military pilot in the country's deadliest aviation disaster in almost a quarter century. At least 28...
Washington: President Donald Trump said his 25 per cent tariffs on Canada and Mexico are coming Saturday, but he's still considering whether to include oil from those countries as part of his import taxes. “We may or may not,” Trump told reporters Thursday in the...
Washington: Former Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard, who has been picked by President Donald Trump to oversee spy agencies, Thursday alleged that Democratic senators are trying to foment religious bigotry against Hindus and Hinduism. Gabbard, 43, who was the first Hindu American elected to the House of...
New Delhi: Expressing his stance against de-dollarisation vehemently Friday, Donald Trump warned BRICS nations and threatened them with 100 per cent tariffs on their exports if they try to replace the US dollar as the main currency in global trade. President Trump has repeatedly said...
Jerusalem: Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has issued a statement welcoming home the three Israelis who were released Thursday from captivity in Gaza -- Agam Berger, Arbel Yehud and Gadi Moses. Netanyahu also criticised how Hamas handled their release. "Agam, Arbel, Gadi -- welcome home,"...
By Aakar Patel Attacks on Bengali Christians and their churches have begun following the BJP's victory in the state. Last...
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By Dilip Cherian The Centre appears keen to give young IPS officers early exposure to the workings and priorities of...
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The demonstration by scores of policemen and officers outside the Delhi Police headquarters on 2 November to protest against some...
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More than three years after ethnic violence erupted in Manipur, there is no let-up in the spiral of killings, displacement,...
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