NEW DELHI: Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla returned safely to Earth on Tuesday afternoon as SpaceX’s Dragon capsule, Grace, splashed down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego around 3pm IST, bringing the nearly three-week Axiom-4 (Ax-4) mission to a close. LIVE! SpaceX AX-4 ReEntry & Splashdown Shukla, along with three other Ax-4…
NEW DELHI: Manipur police and the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) on Tuesday recovered 86 weapons and 974 ammunition in the hill state, which has in the past couple of years witnessed deadly ethnic conflict. In the joint operations, the forces seized grenades, IEDs, AK series & INSAS rifles, pistols, anti-riot guns and SBBL, in…
The execution of Nimisha Priya, an Indian nurse facing the death penalty in Yemen, has been postponed, sources told TOI on Tuesday. The 38-year-old from Kerala’s Palakkad district remains imprisoned in Sanaa, Yemen’s capital, which is controlled by the Iran-backed Houthi group.Last-minute efforts to save Priya’s life were initiated by prominent Sunni cleric Kanthapuram A…
As Uttarakhand marks 25 years of its formation, The Times of India presents Uttarakhand@25, a special campaign that reflects on the state’s remarkable journey so far while exploring its aspirations for the future. Uttarakhand@25 features conversations with leaders, visionaries and changemakers who have played a key role in driving progress and accelerating the state’s development…
S Jaishankar (left) with Xi Jinping NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday took a sharp dig at external affairs minister S Jaishankar for apprising Chinese President Xi Jinping on bilateral ties, calling it a “full-blown circus” that, in his view, is “destroying India’s foreign policy”.“I guess the Chinese foreign minister will come and…
Udit Raj; Shubhanshu Shukla NEW DELHI: Congress leader Udit Raj on Tuesday suggested that a Dalit astronaut should have been picked for the Axiom-4 mission, instead of Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla.Also Read: Group captain Shubhanshu Shukla’s mother recites Sundarkand; prays for crew’s safe return“When Rakesh Sharma was sent earlier, the SC, ST, OBC people were…
US astronaut Nichole Ayers posted the photo of her giving Shux a haircut over the last weekend at the ISS Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla (Shux), who, along with three other Axiom-4 (Ax-4) crew members undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) at 4.45pm Monday, will return to Earth around 3pm Tuesday (July 15).“Ax-4 crew are…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted interim protection from arrest to cartoonist Hemant Malviya, who is facing charges for allegedly sharing objectionable social media content related to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, RSS members, and Hindu deities during the Covid-19 pandemic.The bench of Justices Sudhanshu Dhulia and Aravind Kumar issued a clear warning that…
NEW DELHI: Desperate, last-minute attempts are being made to halt the execution of Indian nurse Nimisha Priya, scheduled for July 16 in Yemen, with the intervention of senior religious leaders both in India and Yemen. The efforts are being led by Sufi scholar Sheikh Habib Umar bin Hafiz, at the behest of influential Indian Sunni…
Representative image (ANI) In a significant development, India on Monday received the second GE-404 engine from the US for the LCA Mark 1A fighter jet aircraft programme, defence officials said.The engine has been received by the public sector firm Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) and it is expected to receive 12 more GE-404 engines by the…