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NASA mission Dragonfly will scout for signs of life on largest Saturn moon Titan

Mohana Basu -
Dragonfly will launch from Earth in 2026 and is expected to reach Titan in 2034. It will explore the moon for close to three years.

Kesarbai Kerkar, the Indian voice that made it to NASA’s Voyager mission

Vikram Sampath -
Kesarbai Kerkar insisted on removing microphones, loudspeakers from the stage. If something annoyed her, she would cancel the recital midway.

Fresh discoveries—18 earth-sized exoplanets & a 50 million-year-old fossil of 259 fish

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ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to the best sources to read them.

CO2 in atmosphere hit new high this May but scientists at Exxon saw it coming decades ago

Sandhya Ramesh -
ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to the best sources to read them. It's your fix to stay on top of the latest in science.

Most debris from anti-satellite test in March has decayed: DRDO chief

PTI -
DRDO chief G Satheesh Reddy's statement comes weeks after NASA was critical of the A-SAT test, saying the debris could damage the International Space Station.

The universe is expanding 9% faster than expected, but it’s unclear why

Sandhya Ramesh -
New research done using the Hubble Space Telescope has not been able to explain why the universe is expanding faster, but scientists have 3 theories. 

First ever quake detected on Mars by NASA’s InSight lander

Sandhya Ramesh -
The detection of the quake has come in the form of a rumbling from inside the silent planet.

Saturn’s moon Titan has lakes of methane over 100 metres deep, and they’re much like ours

Sandhya Ramesh -
Titan, one of over 60 moons of Saturn, is the only other body in the solar system to have liquid on its surface.

NASA says cooperation with ISRO intact days after calling India’s A-SAT test ‘terrible’

PTI -
In a letter to ISRO, NASA said based on guidance received from the White House, it was looking forward to continuing to work with the agency.

Rahul Gandhi’s ‘paper boat’ competing against Modi govt’s ‘jumlas’

Soham Sen -
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Opinion

Air India crash report shows an institutional reform of AAIB and aviation ministry is in order

A K Bhattacharya -
The civil aviation ministry could have recognised the enormity of the Air India crash and prepared the AAIB and its investigating team for its sensitivities.

Bihar mimics 19th-century American South. Citizenship is now weaponised to exclude voters

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Radhika Yadav’s murder proves the khap panchayat never left—it just moved back into the family

Economy

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

Keshav Padmanabhan -
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.

Defence

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

Snehesh Alex Philip -
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.

National Interest

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Shekhar Gupta -
Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.

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