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Chennai: Space-tech startup Agnikul Cosmos believes the biggest opportunities in the space sector lie beyond launch services and says its reusable rocket technology could cut launch costs by up to 80%. As it prepares for its first orbital mission, the startup plans to test recovery of an orbital-class rocket booster on a barge – India’s first such attempt and a feat achieved by only a handful of global companies.Speaking to TOI, co-founder Moin SPM said the company ultimately aims for full reusability to dramatically reduce payload delivery costs and transform launch economics. “We are also eyeing revenue streams beyond single…

Highrises to add to Ahmedabad’s carbon burden Ahmedabad: By 2050, five out of every six homes in Ahmedabad will be highrise flats, according to a study. Ahmedabad needs 3.1 million new homes in the next 25 years.Building them — at the height, density, and pace the city is currently planning — will consume 30.2 million tonnes of cement and 13.3 million tonnes of steel between 2031 and 2050.Construction at that scale will generate carbon emissions that researchers warn could consume a disproportionate share of climate headroom.That vertical shift will be largely driven by land scarcity and rising FSI limits, according…

Prayagraj: Police have registered an FIR against 19 people, including the director of a private company, for allegedly carving out plots on 83 bighas of govt-owned hilly land in Golhaiya village under Lalapur police station limits in the trans-Yamuna area of the district.The FIR was lodged on July 5 on the complaint of a revenue department official.The action followed complaints received by district authorities regarding illegal plotting and encroachment on govt land. A joint team of the revenue department and district administration conducted an inquiry and found that hilly land earmarked for public use was allegedly being encroached upon and…

The chariots stand ready at Dolamundai Cuttack: In the city of ‘bhaichara’ (brotherhood), the Rath Yatra at Dolamundai continues to stand out as a symbol of communal harmony, with members of the Muslim community joining Hindu devotees in celebrating Lord Jagannath’s annual sojourn to the Gundicha temple.On Wednesday, members of both communities completed elaborate preparations for the festival to be celebrated on Thursday, when a decades-old tradition of Hindu-Muslim participation will once again play out in the heart of the millennium city.As the three chariots carrying Lord Jagannath, Lord Balabhadra and Devi Subhadra wind their way through Dolamundai, they will…

Police have registered a case against the unidentified driver, who fled the scene after the accident Gurgaon: A 42-year-old pedestrian died after being hit by an unidentified pickup vehicle near a govt school in Siwari village under Farrukhnagar police station limits on Monday. Police have registered a case against the unidentified driver, who fled the scene after the accident.The deceased was identified as Bhagwan, a farmer. According to the complaint lodged by his nephew, Aman, he received information around 8pm on July 13 that Bhagwan had been hit by a vehicle near the govt school. When he, along with his…

Agartala: Tripura has recorded at least a 13% reduction in road traffic accidents even as the number of registered vehicles nearly doubled from about 4 lakh to 8 lakh within a year, transport minister Sushanta Chowdhury said on Wednesday.He said the state govt has rolled out multiple initiatives to improve road safety, strengthen emergency response and ensure accident victims receive timely medical care.At a workshop on the Motor Vehicles Act and the Good Samaritan policy, Chowdhury announced a reward of Rs 25,000 from the transport department for individuals who help injured road accident victims by taking them to hospitals.The programme…

Kanpur: Police on Tuesday night arrested a woman and her alleged lover for allegedly killing her husband in Toda village of Etawah on Sunday night and staging the crime as a suicide.The woman has been identified as Ashiki Devi (30), while her alleged lover has been identified as Shivam (24). The deceased was identified as Anand Rajput alias Mahboob (35).Police said the murder angle came to light only after the postmortem report, following which the duo was arrested.Cops said Anand’s body was found hanging from a ceiling fan inside his house on July 12, in what initially appeared to be…

Officials said around 70 people, mostly women, children, elderly residents and private sector employees resting after night shifts, were inside the building when the fire broke out Noida: A spark at a basement charging point into which an EV battery was plugged triggered a fire that gutted the ground floor of a house in Mamura and choked residents on the upper floors of the five-storey building, killing two residents.The fire broke out around 11.30 am and spread quickly because it ignited petrol two-wheelers parked in the basement next to the charging area, triggering a series of explosions. As the blaze…

Pune/Mumbai: Former state chief of NCP (SP) Jayant Patil’s meeting with chief minister Devendra Fadnavis late in the night on Tuesday intensified speculations over the party getting closer to BJP though its senior members continued to be in the denial mode.Patil himself said on Wednesday he met the chief minister only to discuss the disqualification of Urun-Ishwarpur Municipal Council president, from NCP (SP). He also denied having any meeting with NCP working president Praful Patel and state president Sunil Tatkare though the latter also met Fadnavis at his official residence, “Varsha”, the same night.This was Patil’s second closed-door meeting with…

GSPCB has periodically covered the dump with tarpaulin sheets to minimise environmental contamination Panaji: The long-pending remediation and scientific disposal of around 25,000 tonnes of zinc-based hazardous waste abandoned at the Cuncolim Industrial Estate has finally begun.The hazardous waste, generated by Sunrise Zinc Ltd, had remained exposed for several years after the company ceased operations, prompting the Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) to periodically cover the dump with tarpaulin sheets to minimise environmental contamination.Remediation and transportation of the waste commenced on May 2. By May 14, about 6,700 tonnes had been scientifically transported and disposed of at a secured…