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Axiom-4 return LIVE: We have splashdown! Shubhanshu Shukla & crew are back on Earth

After a stay of nearly 20 days in the International Space Station (ISS), the Axiom-4 crew, including India’s Shubhanshu Shukla, has returned to Earth. Embarking...

Axiom Mission 4 Launch LIVE: In 1st remarks from ISS, Shukla calls it a ‘privilege’ to be in space

Spacecraft made contact at 4.01 pm IST. Led by US-based Axiom Space, the international human spaceflight has Shubhanshu Shukla—the 1st Indian to travel to space in 41 years—onboard.

Op Midnight Hammer LIVE | Trump says Israel, Iran have agreed to ‘total ceasefire’ after ‘12-day war’

LIVE UPDATES | Trump on Truth Social at 3.32am (IST): 'It has been fully agreed by and between Israel and Iran that there will be a Complete and Total CEASEFIRE (in approximately 6 hours from now...).'

Air India crash LIVE | ‘Surveying all Boeing 787s. 8 already inspected,’ says civil aviation minister

LIVE UPDATES | Boeing says in touch with Air India; London-bound aircraft with 242 including crew on board crashed shortly after taking off from Ahmedabad airport.

Dalit on a horse

Lawyer Mukesh Parecha from Gujarat rode a horse on his wedding day, 6 February 2025, holding the Constitution instead of a sword.

Delhi election results HIGHLIGHTS: BJP retakes capital after 27 yrs, AAP’s tally drops to 22

Delhi Election Results: BJP returns to power after gap of 27 yrs, ending AAP's reign. Congress draws a blank for 3rd consecutive assembly poll.

Budget 2025 highlights: Middle class gets relief as govt announces no tax on income up to Rs 12 lakh

This is Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's record 8th consecutive budget presentation, coming in the backdrop of slowing economic growth.

What’s making Delhi air deadlier

Some of the pollutants that make Delhi's air deadly are around 70 times finer than a strand of human hair and can mix in the bloodstream, causing long-term health issues.

Life under the barbed wire

Entering India from Bangladesh, 4 Rohingya Muslims flew to Russia; 2 took a ‘donkey route’ to Latvia. Sent back, arrested & now out on bail, their journeys highlight costs of a refugee’s dreams.

Uttarakhand’s ticking bomb: landslide lakes

A decade of landslides have birthed as many as six lakes in Uttarakhand in the last decade. For the first time, a team of scientists from institutes are surveying them.

On Camera

Critical minerals are the new oil. India can’t afford to depend on China

Mineral security is no longer just an economic concern but a national security imperative, underpinning the country’s ambitions in clean energy, defence self-reliance, and advanced manufacturing.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

RSS chief Bhagwat draws the line at 75. India’s politics stares at the Modi Exception

BJP has no dynastic succession, at least not at the top. You can trace this back to Vajpayee-Advani era. This act of spotting, empowering younger talent is even more striking with the choice of BJP presidents.