Updated: Dec 24th, 2025 In yet another historic feat, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Wednesday successfully launched LVM3-M6 rocket, carrying United States’ new generation BlueBird Block-2 communication satellite. “Mission Success. The LVM3-M6 mission has successfully placed the BlueBird Block-2 satellite into its intended orbit,” said ISRO in an X post. The communication satellite,...
Updated: Jan 15th, 2026 Poor governance and mismanagement due to political interference are leading to huge losses in Pakistan’s state-owned enterprises, after which they are put up for distress sale at throwaway prices, a Pakistani media report said. An article in Pakistan’s Express Tribune points out that instead of reforming governance early, successive governments postpone...
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Monday said it is ready to launch the BlueBird Block-2 satellite on December 24. The launch from the Satish Dhawan Space Center will place the BlueBird Block-2 satellite, also referred to as BlueBird-6, in Low Earth Orbit. BlueBird communications satellite, developed by the US-based AST SpaceMobile, will be...
Violence against the minorities in Bangladesh is not a new phenomenon. It has been going on for several decades and has seen major outbreaks since 1989 onwards. The year 2025 witnessed a surge in the number of attacks on minority communities and officials in India say that since then, the targeting has been a relentless...
Updated: Dec 22nd, 2025 Scientists at the S N Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences introduced an artificial intelligence (AI) framework that could change how we understand and treat cancer, and also pave the way for personalised therapies, the Ministry of Science and Technology said on Wednesday. The framework, developed in collaboration with Ashoka University,...
Updated: Jan 15th, 2026 Russia on Thursday expelled a British diplomat, accusing him of being an “undeclared officer of the United Kingdom’s intelligence services”, and warned London that it would not tolerate espionage activities on Russian territory. The Federal Security Service (FSB), the main successor to the Soviet-era KGB, identified the diplomat as a second...
Updated: Jan 15th, 2026 A US-based labour rights group China Labor Watch (CLW) has said that it uncovered evidence of worker exploitation at a factory of Chinese toy company Pop Mart, forcing employees to sign blank cheques and work overtime. China Labor Watch said in a report that investigators who spent three months at Shunjia...
Updated: Dec 12th, 2025 Meta India on Friday announced the appointment of Aman Jain as its new Head of Public Policy. He will take charge early next year and will report to Simon Milner, Meta’s Vice President of Policy for the Asia Pacific region. Jain will also join the company’s India leadership team as part...
Updated: Jan 15th, 2026 Iran witnessed a sharp escalation in tensions over the past 24 hours, marked by a postponed execution of a detained protester, direct threats against US President Donald Trump, diplomatic withdrawals, and heightened military alertness in the region. The developments began early on Tuesday as Iranian authorities intensified their crackdown on nationwide...
Updated: Dec 8th, 2025 Image: Phys.org A reexamination of ancient Chinese records has helped scientists resolve a 2,700-year-old astronomical puzzle and produce new estimates of how fast Earth rotated in 709 BCE. The findings, published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters, combine historical geography with modern eclipse modelling to reinterpret what is considered the earliest datable...