Month: April 2025

[ad_1] Indian-origin executive Tejpaul Bhatia (In middle) In a major leadership change just weeks prior to an Indian astronaut launching on a historic mission, Axiom Space announced Indian-origin executive Tejpaul Bhatia as its new Chief Executive Officer.Bhatia, formerly the Chief Revenue Officer of the Houston-headquartered firm, joins at a time of great importance. Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, chosen by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and NASA, will fly to the International Space Station next month on Axiom's Ax-4 mission, a collaboration that sees India enter a new era for human spaceflight.Under pressure from previous private astronaut missions to the bottom line, Axiom is working against the clock to make good on its ambitious vow: Replacing the International Space Station (ISS) with a commercial one by 2030. The switch is at a pivotal moment for the space economy, and Axiom […]

[ad_1] Representative image (AI) AGRA: Police have arrested the self-proclaimed 'gau rakshak' (cow vigilante) who allegedly shot dead a biryani seller in Agra's Tajganj area on Wednesday night and later claimed in a video that it was a retribution for the Pahalgam attack.Agra police commissioner Deepak Kumar said in the video, the suspect had identified himself as Manoj Chaudhary, an alleged member of Kshatriya Gau Raksha Dal. He was arrested following multiple raids across Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, sources said on Sunday.Cop: Man shot as a result of quarrel over food qualityOn the night of April 23, Gulfam Ali, 27 - who worked at Shahid Ali Chicken Biryani, owned by his cousin - was closing the shop when three men arrived on a scooter. Two of them approached and greeted him before one of them shot him in the chest. […]

[ad_1] CHENNAI: The DMK govt in Tamil Nadu got two controversial cabinet members to resign Sunday - electricity and excise minister V Senthil Balaji, whom Supreme Court gave an ultimatum last week to either exit or forfeit bail in a money laundering case, and forest minister K Ponmudy, in the dock for his purportedly disparaging remarks about women and Hindu symbols.Both ministers handed their resignation letters to governor R N Ravi, who accepted these immediately. Raj Bhavan issued a statement soon after, saying CM M K Stalin had recommended to the governor that their resignations be accepted.While Balaji was censured by SC last Wednesday, Ponmudy's remarks about women and symbols raised the hackles of Madras HC, which asked police to file an FIR against him.Housing minister S Muthusamy has been assigned the additional portfolios of excise and prohibition that Balaji […]

[ad_1] PANAJI: Pakistan is on the verge of splitting into two as Balochistan makes its final push towards independence, Goa CM Pramod Sawant predicted to a gathering of BJP workers on Sunday. He also reassured them that PM Narendra Modi would "100% take revenge on Pakistan" for the April 22 Pahalgam attack.Sawant said that unlike Pakistan, where the population of Hindus had been declining, India's Muslim community was growing."Muslims stayed back in India after Partition and we have since seen their population increasing. We have no issues with them. We are a secular country. Hindus, Muslims and Christians maintain communal harmony and stay together peacefully in the country."He suggested Pakistan's forced insularity had since paved the way for another split. "Bharat was one country. After it was divided, India and Pakistan were formed. In 1971, Pakistan was divided into two […]

[ad_1] Representative image (AI-generated) NEW DELHI: All references to Mughals and the Delhi Sultanate have been removed from Class VII NCERT social science textbook. NCERT officials indicated that the released book - 'Exploring Society: India and Beyond' - only represents the first part of the revised syllabus, with the second part expected in the coming months. However, they refrained from commenting on whether the omitted content would be part of the yet-to-be-released second part.In the English textbook 'Poorvi', out of 15 stories, poems and narratives, 9 are by Indian writers or feature Indian themes, with contributions from figures like Rabindranath Tagore, APJ Abdul Kalam and Ruskin Bond.Revisions aim at including Indian traditions into school curriculum This marks a shift from the previous textbook 'Honeycomb', which had only four Indian writers among its 17 authors.The new books, which were released this […]

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Reiterating his resolve to punish perpetrators of the Pahalgam attack and their patrons and emphasising that the "blood of every Indian is boiling", Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said the unity demonstrated by grief-stricken 140 crore Indians was going to be the biggest source of strength for India's "decisive fight" against terrorism."In this war against terrorism, the unity of the country, the solidarity of 140 crore Indians is our biggest strength. This unity is the cornerstone of our decisive fight against terrorism. We have to strengthen our resolve to face this challenge that has appeared before the country. We have to demonstrate strong willpower as a nation. Today, the world is watching, after this terrorist attack, the whole country is speaking in one voice," the PM said in his monthly radio address.The focus on unity came […]

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: As many as 509 Pakistani nationals exited India via the Attari integrated check post between April 25 and 27, while 744 Indian nationals returned from Pakistan via Wagah in the same period.On April 24, India revoked all valid visas issued to Pakistani citizens, barring diplomatic and official visas and long-term visas, as part of a diplomatic offensive launched after the initial probe into the Pahalgam terror attack, in which 26 people were killed, pointed to the role of Pakistani terrorists and terror masterminds.Only those on med visas have until tomorrow to leave IndiaGovernment had, while revoking the visas, announced that the validity of Saarc visa would expire on April 26, medical visa on April 29, and all other visas across a dozen categories, by April 27. Thus, all Pakistani citizens in India on these visas were required […]

[ad_1] MUMBAI: Geopolitical tensions between India and Pakistan, in the backdrop of the Pahalgam terror attack, trading trends by foreign funds, quarterly results by companies in India and the US, and trading trends in the US markets will decide how investors on Dalal Street behave in the truncated trading week.The volatile nature of Indo-Pak relations, especially after the suspected backing of the terrorists by Pakistani actors, took its toll on the market on Friday, pulling the sensex and Nifty down by about 0.8% each, while mid and smallcap stocks were hit even worse. The day's selling also wiped out over Rs 8 lakh crore worth of investors' wealth. If Indo-Pak tensions continue and skirmishes at the border escalate, there could be more downside to the market, brokers and traders said on Sunday.Surprisingly, foreign funds are betting big on India despite […]