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NEW DELHI: The defence ministry has invited domestic aerospace firms to design and develop Airship-based High Altitude Pseudo Satellites (AS-HAPS) under a Rs 15,000-crore program for the Indian Air Force to provide persistent intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) at significantly lower cost than satellites.HAPS are pseudo satellites that hover in the stratosphere at 20 km…

NEW DELHI: Congress’s Rahul Gandhi slammed PM Narendra Modi as the “most anti-youth PM India has ever had” as opposition jointly condemned BJP for crackdown on the “paper leak” protest march to Parliament Monday.Rahul said the young protesters are not criminals and Modi should accept their legitimate demands. “It is disgusting what govt and police…

Taylor Swift was reportedly concerned about Blake Lively drama before tying the knot with Travis Kelce.(Image via Getty Images) Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce just had the wedding of the year in New York City’s Madison Square Garden but all eyes remain on how the billionaire pop star refused to invite two of her former…

LONDON: A man who once said his favourite biscuit would be “beer, chips and gravy”, who prefers to dress down, who is a fan of The Smiths, The Stone Roses and football, became the UK’s seventh prime minister in a decade on Monday.“King of the North” Andy Burnham, who in his former role as Greater…

Inspiring story of the day: “Mum, it’s OK. One day I will be very rich. I’ll buy a cookie factory so I can eat whenever I want” – How Neymar Jr turned childhood poverty into football greatness (Image via Getty) Before Neymar Jr became one of football’s biggest stars, life looked very different. He grew…

NEW DELHI The National Testing Agency Monday publicly rebutted claims of five NEET-UG candidates alleging discrepancies in their OMR answer sheets, saying images circulated by or on their behalf had been digitally altered, regenerated using AI or manipulated by adding responses that were not present on the original sheets.The case-wise clarification came a day after…

NEW DELHI: Amid concerns over E20 petrol, govt Monday said no decision had been taken to increase ethanol blending in petrol beyond 20%.Govt also informed Parliament there was no proposal to make lower-blended fuel or pure petrol available at select retail outlets. It also ruled out any immediate move to introduce ethanol blending in diesel,…

NEW DELHI: Supreme Court Monday took exception to the meagre monetary compensation provided to retired chief justices and judges of high courts, which varies vastly from one state to another, and asked the Union govt to constitute a committee to lay down uniform pan-India guidelines.A bench of CJI Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the media ahead of the start of the Monsoon Session of Parliament in New Delhi on Monday. (AP image) NEW DELHI: On a day when the Cockroach Janta Party-headed protest against govt over NEET-UG paper leak and myriad issues turned violent, PM Narendra Modi Monday said the Indian youth is…

US President Donald Trump announces 50% tariffs on most Canadian goods. US President Donald Trump on Monday imposed 50% tariffs on most Canadian goods, accusing Canada of unfairly discriminating against American automobiles, alcohol and dairy products in a move that could sharply escalate trade tensions between the two countries.According to a senior administration official, the…