The Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) is bringing in international well-control specialists to help contain an uncontrollable gas leak that has persisted for a week at one of its wells in Assam.The leak began on June 13 around 11:45 am during routine servicing operations at Well No. RDS-147, when sudden gushes of natural gas…
A blowout at an Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) crude well in Assam’s Sivasagar district continued flowing uncontrollably for the second day. Officials on Friday confirmed that no injuries have been reported, and emergency protocols remain in place. The incident occurred at Well No. RDS 147A, operated by private firm SK Petro Services on…
CAPE CANAVERAL (FLORIDA): Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla’s lift-off to Indian space history will have to wait. As D-Day dawned in India, Elon Musk-owned SpaceX announced that the Axiom-4 launch had been indefinitely deferred, citing a LOX (liquid oxygen) leak in the Falcon-9 rocket that engineers were unable to troubleshoot immediately.Axiom-4 was to start its journey…
Shubhanshu Shukla with his crewmates (Pic credit: X) The much-anticipated Axiom-4 mission, which aims to send Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla and three other international crew members to the International Space Station (ISS), has faced yet another delay. Originally scheduled for May 29, the mission has been postponed multiple times due to a combination of technical…
The Axiom-4 crew CAPE CANAVERAL (FLORIDA): SpaceX early Wednesday morning called off the Axiom-4 launch owing to a snag it has been unable to fix in the Falcon-9 rocket. The Elon Musk firm had, earlier on Monday, said that the issue could be fixed before the launch scheduled for 5.30pm on June 11. Late Tuesday…
United States President Donald Trump’s national security adviser Mike Waltz and his deputy Alex Wong will step down from their White House posts, news agency Reuters quoted sources briefed on the matter as saying. In March, Waltz, 51, drew sharp criticism after he created a Signal group chat and accidentally added The Atlantic journalist Jeffrey…
The image has been used for representational purposes. NEW DELHI: The government’s Press Information Bureau (PIB) on Monday flagged false claims circulating on social media alleging that “confidential documents” related to the army’s preparedness have been leaked. The PIB Fact Check team, in a post on X, dismissed the documents as “fake” and urged citizens…
The White House has reportedly begun searching for a new Defence Secretary to replace Pete Hegseth, following explosive revelations that he leaked classified military information through private group chats on the encrypted app Signal. The move comes on the heels of a New York Times expose on April 20, which revealed that Hegseth shared minute-by-minute…
President Donald Trump came to the defense of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday, dismissing fresh reports that Hegseth shared sensitive military information in a private Signal messaging chat with his wife, brother, and others. “I guess it sounds like disgruntled employees,” Trump told reporters at the White House. “You know, he was put there…
US President Donald Trump has launched a revamped government website centered on the COVID-19 pandemic, asserting that the virus likely originated from a lab leak in China’s Wuhan. The updated version of the covid.gov site also hit out at prominent figures and institutions involved in the US pandemic response, including former president Joe Biden, Dr…