Trial run of the Namo Bharat trains (Image credits: PTI) Delhi-Meerut RRTS: Soon you may be able to zip between Delhi and Meerut in just an hour at 160 kmph on Namo Bharat trains. The National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC) has successfully completed the scheduled trial run of Namo Bharat trains on Sunday, covering…
GE is also working to speed up delivery of F-404 jet engines to India’s Hindustan Aeronautics. (File photo of Tejas) IAF’s fifth-generation stealth fighter project: US’ General Electric (GE) has said that it is ‘very interested’ in making engines for India’s fifth-generation stealth fighter project. It will compete to manufacture engines for the Indian Air…
Nvidia’s newest Blackwell chips have significantly advanced the training of large artificial intelligence systems, dramatically reducing the number of chips needed to train massive language models, new data released Wednesday shows.The results, published by MLCommons, a nonprofit that issues benchmark performance results for AI systems, detail improvements across chips from Nvidia and Advanced Micro Devices…
A massive asteroid named 2025 JR is drawing global attention as it speeds toward Earth for a close encounter. Roughly the size of a 25-storey building, the space rock is set to make its nearest approach on Wednesday, May 28. While it will safely bypass Earth at a distance of 4.6 million kilometers, that proximity…
A Delta Air Lines passenger jet that flipped over, burned and lost a wing after landing in Toronto last month was descending at what experts called an excessive speed when it touched down, according to a preliminary report from the Canadian authorities. The report from the Transportation Safety Board of Canada, an independent agency, found…
Welcome back to the Monday Tennis Briefing, where The Athletic will explain the stories behind the stories from the past week on court. This week, illness decimated the Mexican Open in Acapulco. Elsewhere, Stefanos Tsitsipas’ new racket gave him a boost and a court surface change provoked a ruckus. If you’d like to follow our fantastic…
Nasa announced on Tuesday that astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams, who have been stranded aboard the International Space Station (ISS), could return to Earth sooner than expected.The agency confirmed that SpaceX will adjust its capsule schedule to facilitate their return in mid-March, rather than the previously anticipated timeline of late March or April.“Human spaceflight…
A year ago, India was bouncing back from a recession caused by Covid-19 with a spring in its step. The country had overtaken China as the most populous country, and its leaders were declaring India the world’s fastest-growing major economy. This was music to the ears of foreign investors, and to India’s prime minister, Narendra…
The planned indigenous high-speed trains will be developed from the current Vande Bharat platform. (AI image) Indian Railways picks speed on bullet train manufacturing! India is advancing towards domestic manufacturing of bullet trains and associated signalling systems for future standard gauge high-speed corridors, according to senior government officials. The implementation of significant infrastructure projects, including…
Sanjay Manjrekar and Vinay Kumar. (Getty Images) NEW DELHI: Former Indian cricket Sanjay Manjrekar again rubbed a cricketer the wrong way by dragging the name of Vinay Kumar unnecessarily in a comment on live television.While commentating on the first Test between India and Australia in Perth on Saturday, Manjrekar was talking about the development of…