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Chances of recovering lost satellite GSAT-6A may be possible, says ISRO

ISRO chairman says efforts are underway to establish contact with the communication satellite which lost link during the third phase of putting it into orbit.

No one to control quality, jan aushadhi forced to recall 6 batches of drugs in 3 months

Centre’s flagship scheme for affordable medicines has been under a cloud, with allegations of fraud, and top officials’ resignations.

‘T20’ is Modi govt’s new mantra for making Indian education global

The new initiative is set to target 20 countries for Indian institutes to collaborate with, including the US, UK and many European nations.

Chanda Kochhar: ‘Ms Consistency’ of Indian banking who is no stranger to crises at ICICI

The CEO of ICICI Bank has seen several ups and downs in her 25-year career. But the allegations of conflict of interest could be her toughest challenge yet.

China’s space lab is tumbling towards Earth, but you probably don’t need to worry

China had lost contact with the prototype space station in 2016.

Maharashtra is drafting a special law to protect inter-caste marriages

The move comes in the wake of rising incidents of injustice meted out to inter-caste couples in the form of ostracism, threats and honour killings.

Government & judiciary are mutual watchdogs, not mutual admirers: Chelameswar

Senior SC judge's scathing letter to the CJI and fellow apex court judges highlights concerns about the executive's interference in the judiciary.

Coming up: Arun Jaitley and Justice Chelameswar, face-to-face

The two will take part in a panel discussion on the higher judiciary, in the midst of its increasing tensions with the executive. New Delhi:...

Supreme Court collegium breaks with tradition, ‘interviews’ candidates for HC judge posts

The exercise is an attempt to address criticism about the collegium’s ‘opaque’ appointments process.

More younger, educated Indian women are giving birth at unsafe intervals

In India, spacing between births for women aged 15-29 years worsened from 25 months to 22.5 months over 10 years.

On Camera

AI is doing the brave work humans are still squeamish about—using they/them pronouns

The hullaballoo over LinkedIn bot’s pronoun use comes on a day when CJI DY Chandrachud used the phrase ‘pregnant person’ in his judgment. It is a thing now. Get with the programme.

Air India reduces baggage allowance by 5-15 kg, bringing it in line with rest of industry

Air India’s new policy, effective from 2 May, introduces new weight limits for tickets in each of the different 'fare families' — Comfort, Comfort Plus, and Flex.

Indian Coast Guard seizes Iranian fishing vessel, rescues six Indian crew members

The ICG said in a statement that the boat was seized and brought to Kochi for further investigation on May 6.

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.