NEW DELHI: Long before towering cranes swung into action or steel arches touched the skies, it was the humble clip-clop of hooves that echoed through the Himalayas.To bring the dream of connecting Kashmir to Kanyakumari alive, the team building the Chenab Bridge, now the world’s highest railway bridge, first had to navigate a far less…
Chinese exporters are increasingly utilizing “origin washing” tactics to circumvent hefty US tariffs, according to a report by Radio Free Asia (RFA). These tactics are being promoted via Chinese social media platforms, offering methods to bypass tariffs by re-exporting goods or misrepresenting manufacturing locations.Promotional videos on platforms like Xiaohongshu (RedNote) and Douyin (the Chinese version…
China on Wednesday accused the United States of being the true source of the Covid-19 virus in a newly released government white paper. The move follows the launch of a US government website last month asserting that a lab-related incident in Wuhan was the most likely cause of the global pandemic. The war of words…
In a stunning cosmological find, astronomers saw an ultra-massive and magnetic stellar remnant speeding through our galaxy at record speed. Called a “zombie star,” the object—properly known as SGR 0501+4516—is moving through the Milky Way at over 110,000 miles per hour (177,000 km/h). Even more dramatic is the star’s fatal magnetic field capable of ripping…
This image provided by Blue Origin shows from left: Jeff Bezos, Kerianne Flynn, Katy Perry, Lauren Sanchez, Aisha Bowe, Gayle King, Amanda Nguyen, Sarah Knights, director of Blue Origin’s astronaut office, and Blue Origin CEO Dave Limp. (Blue Origin via AP) When Katy Perry floated into microgravity aboard Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket earlier this…
Blue Origin rocket carrying Katy Perry and all-female crew reaches edge of space, returns safely Jeff Bezos with his fiancée Lauren Sánchez; New Shepherd 31 capsule; Katy Perry The Blue Origin rocket carrying pop superstar Katy Perry, journalist Gayle King, and Jeff Bezos’ fiancee Lauren Sanchez successfully launched from West Texas, marking the company’s 11th…
The broadcast journalist Gayle King and the singer Katy Perry were set to make a brief trip into space on Monday on a flight operated by Jeff Bezos’ private company, Blue Origin. It would be the first time an all-female crew has been to space since 1963. Their flight, on Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket,…
Blue Origin will be breaking history with its upcoming NS-31 mission, which has an all-female crew on the New Shepard spacecraft. Pop singer Katy Perry will be part of the team, taking off in spring 2025 as the first female crew to fly into space since pioneering solo mission pilot Valentina Tereshkova flew in 1963….
VIJAYAWADA: A team of scientists in the United States, led by Indian origin astrophysicist Raga Deepika Pucha, have uncovered the largest samples ever of intermediate-mass black holes and dwarf galaxies hosting an active black hole. The samples, said to be more than three times the existing census of black holes and dwarf galaxies, will allow…
Blue Origin, the space company owned by Jeff Bezos, is laying off roughly 10 percent of its work force, according to an email that was sent to staff on Thursday and that was viewed by The New York Times. The cuts, which could affect about 1,000 roles, follow several years of rapid growth and the…