NEW DELHI: The International Space Station welcomed its first Indian aboard with Shubhanshu Shukla floating out among hugs and cheers.The recently launched spacecraft, Grace, the fifth in the Dragon series, successfully performed a soft docking with the International Space Station at 16.01 IST while passing over the North Atlantic Ocean on Thursday.Shukla has become the…
Armand Duplantis (Photo by Maja Hitij/Getty Images) Armand “Mondo” Duplantis set a new world record in pole vault by clearing 6.28 meters at the Stockholm Diamond League meeting on Sunday, surpassing his previous record of 6.27 meters from February.The Swedish pole vaulter had earlier won at the Oslo Diamond League meet, achieving a meet record…
Bangladesh’s economy might be gasping for fresh air right now, but it seems the country has a Donald Trump-like business-minded leader at the helm. Several companies of the Muhammad Yunus-founded Grameen Family of Organisations have secured permits and tax exemptions since the interim government led by its patriarch came to power in August 2024. Though…
MUMBAI: A ceasefire between India and Pakistan lifted investor sentiment on Dalal Street on Monday, spurring the sensex and Nifty to their biggest single-day gain ever in terms of points. The day’s rally also made investors richer by Rs 16.2 lakh crore, marking the biggest one-day gain in market capitalisation.After an initial surge in the…
Tech Mahindra has declared a final dividend of Rs 30 per share, taking the total dividend for FY25 to Rs 45 per share, following a robust financial year in which the IT major’s consolidated net profit surged 80% to Rs 4,251.5 crore.The board’s decision to reward shareholders comes on the back of a strong March…
Picture courtesy: X/John Kraus After a series of delays earlier in the week, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket finally lifted off from Kennedy Space Center’s Pad 39A at 8:53 pm on Saturday. The rocket was carrying 21 starlink satellites into orbit, with 13 of them equipped with direct to cell capabilities, which is designed to enhance…
Oil prices climbed on Wednesday, bouncing back from four-year lows earlier in the session, after US President Donald Trump announced he would further increase tariffs on China but pause the tariff increases he announced last week for most other countries. Brent futures were up $1.8, or 3%, to $64.6 a barre – the contracts lost…
Internships are no longer restricted to being mere footnotes on resumes but have instead become crucial pathways to securing a place in an organisation. As industries evolve, thanks to artificial intelligence, data analytics, and digital disruptions, internships have become a strategic mandate rather than a discretionary experience. A recent report from the global hiring platform…
NEW DELHI: India will see a generational shift in mobile broadband with 5G traffic set to overtake 4G usage in the first quarter of next year, led by the rapid expansion of the high-speed networks across the country and the fast-growing device ecosystem.According to the annual Mobile Broadband Index (MBiT) report by Nokia, while average…
NEW DELHI: India’s foreign exchange reserves recorded their sharpest weekly gain in more than three years in the week ending 7 March. The exchange surged $15.27 billion to reach $653.97 billion, as per the latest data from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).This marks a strong rebound after months of volatility as the reserves had…