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SpaceX’s mega rocket Starship sits on the launch pad after its test flight was aborted when some of the engines failed to ignite, in Starbase, Texas. | Photo Credit: AP SpaceX on Thursday (July 17, 2026) aborted what was to be its first Starship flight since the company went public, abruptly calling it off just as the booster began to ignite.”Some of the engines didn’t start, triggering an automatic launch abort. Now offloading propellant,” company head Elon Musk said on X. “To be confident of a good flight, 2 Raptors will be removed and replaced. Most probable launch timing is…
India’s first hydrogen-powered train will run between Jind and Sonipat taking over two hours to complete the journey. India’s first hydrogen train was flagged off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday at the Jind railway station in Haryana. With this launch, India joins a list of select countries in the world that have trains running on hydrogen as a fuel. The launch is part of a larger plan to shift towards greener mobility options, with hydrogen being considered the greenest fuel. The pilot project will provide learnings for remote and heritage routes on Indian Railways, where hydrogen-powered trains can…
According to the DRI, the arrested accused admitted they were acting on the instructions of the handler of a gold smuggling syndicate Mumbai: The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has busted an international gold smuggling syndicate operating through Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) and arrested six persons, including three staffers working at different outlets inside the airport and three Philippine nationals, after seizing more than 5 kg of smuggled gold valued at ₹7.49 crore from Bangkok.Advocate Aftab Qureshi and Prabhakar Tripathi, appearing for the three foreign nationals, said his clients were bona fide international transit passengers travelling from the…
Image Used For Representational Purpose Only NEW DELHI: The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has appointed 1994-batch IPS officer Anurag Kumar as the new Commissioner of Police for Delhi. Kumar was currently posted as special director (intelligence bureau). According to an official order issued on Friday, Kumar will assume the top post in the capital’s police force with effect from the date he assumes charge. He is slated to hold the position until further orders are issued.He succeeds the outgoing Commissioner, Satish Golcha, a 1992-batch IPS officer from the AGMUT cadre, who has been directed to report to the Lieutenant…
BENGALURU: An elderly man was killed after being run over by a tanker in Bengaluru’s Yelahanka New Town.The incident occurred on Thursday morning and was captured on CCTV footage.The accident took place while the man was dropping his grandchildren to school.He died on the spot, while the child narrowly escaped the tragic accident.The accused driver fled the scene. Source link
Hashish trail leads cops to MLC’s son, named in FIR Hyderabad: A Hyderabad narcotics raid in the Old City has led police to four alleged consumers, including the son of an opposition MLC, while probing a drug supply network.Hyderabad Narcotics Enforcement Wing (H-NEW) personnel on Wednesday raided a house at Puranapul in Mangalhat police station limits following a tip-off about narcotics activity. During the operation, police detained a software engineer, Abhishek Yande, 31, and a 29-year-old man. A search of the premises allegedly led to the seizure of hashish and ganja.“During the search of Abhishek’s house, we found a plastic…
Petroglyph depicting a deer hunt at the rock shelter in Nandanam about 85km away from Chennai Chennai: Rock engravings are rare in the Chennai region. Now, alumni of Madras University’s department of ancient history and archaeology have unearthed petroglyphs (images carved on rock surfaces) and stone tools at Nandanam village in Nagalapuram mandal, Andhra Pradesh. The findings provide fresh insights into the lives of people who lived a few thousand years ago in a region north of present-day Chennai.The team discovered the prehistoric rock shelter with petroglyphs and stone tools such as scrapers, bifacial tools and microliths scattered around the…
Gandhinagar: The proposed centre of excellence (CoE) for road safety and traffic management, to come up at Viramgam in Ahmedabad district, will initiate focused research on facial recognition technologies, assessing how they could be ethically and legally integrated into the Trinetra system to help identify repeat offenders or wanted individuals. Officials said any such deployment would be explored only within the framework of applicable legal and privacy safeguards.The ground-breaking ceremony for the project, a joint venture between Ahmedabad rural police and Honda Motor Company Ltd, was held earlier this month.Officials said the CoE will harness artificial intelligence and advanced analytics…
Rourkela: A 16-year-old boy was killed in a tusker attack in Bondamunda forest section of Panposh range in Rourkela forest division in the early hours of Thursday, coinciding with Rath Yatra. The deceased was identified as Alok Mohanta (16), a Class XI student, who lived with his parents and elder brother at Jaba Panposh Pahadatola under Bondamunda police limits.According to sources, Alok went out around 2.30am to answer nature’s call when a tusker, believed to have strayed from Santoshpur reserve forest, attacked him. Alok had taken his mobile phone with him. When he did not return, family members tried calling…
GURGAON: Four members of a family were seriously injured after a speeding black Mahindra Thar rammed into their car near Sohna Chowk, just metres from the Police Commissioner’s office, early on Friday morning. The accident occurred around 6am-6.30am when the Chadha family was returning home after a morning walk. Police said the family had stopped near Sohna Chowk for tea before resuming their journey. As their car was taking a turn onto the main road, it was hit by the speeding SUV. The impact was so severe that the family’s car was extensively damaged, while the Thar overturned after the…