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Billionaire businessman Jeff Bezos is launched with three crew members aboard a New Shepard rocket on the world’s first unpiloted suborbital flight from Blue Origin’s Launch Site 1 in Texas, U.S., July 20, 2021. | Photo Credit: Reuters A: On January 31, Blue Origin, the private space company owned by Jeff Bezos, announced that it was suspending its New Shepard suborbital space tourism programme for at least two years to focus on its “lunar capabilities” instead.Suborbital tourism is a form of space travel where paying passengers fly to the edge of space but don’t complete a full orbit around the…
Virat Kohli of Royal Challengers Bengaluru lifts the IPL trophy alongside teammates following the team’s victory in the 2025 IPL Final match between Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Punjab Kings at Narendra Modi Stadium on June 03, 2025, in Ahmedabad, India. (Photo by Pankaj Nangia/Getty Images) NEW DELHI: As Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) continue their hunt for an alternative home venue for the 2026 Indian Premier League (IPL) edition, the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai is off the table. It is reliably learnt that RCB did not get clearance from the Mumbai Indians (MI) to play their games at DY…
Mumbai BMC Election Results 2026 Highlights: The BJP and Shiv Sena on Friday clinched a massive victory, securing a decisive mandate in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) polls held on Thursday, January 15, and setting the stage for grand celebrations by party workers and supporters. With this, the BJP and Shiv Sena of Eknath Shinde clinch the BMC from the Thackerays who controlled India’s richest civic body for nearly three decades. The outcome delivered a humiliating setback to Thackerays cousins, who had positioned themselves as the exclusive champions of the Marathi manoos and regional asmita (pride). Counting of votes for elections…
Italy said Wednesday it had thwarted a wave of Russian cyberattacks targeting websites linked to the upcoming Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics, as security measures intensified just hours before the opening ceremony. Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said the attacks hit Italian Foreign Ministry offices abroad, as well as Olympic-related sites, such as hotels in the resort town of Cortina d’Ampezzo. His office said about 120 sites were affected, but that the attacks were “effectively neutralized.” International Olympic Committee communications director Mark Adams declined to comment. news IOC Clears 13 Russian Athletes to Compete as Neutrals at 2026 Winter Games Read more A…
Mumbai: A four-year-old boy, the only child of his parents, died after a speeding SUV rammed into him in the basement of his housing society in Malad East and the motorist walked off without taking him to a doctor.Dindoshi police initially lodged a case of negligence and arrested the motorist, businessman Ramesh Jatara (45), on the day of the incident on Feb 7. A holiday court granted him bail the next day. However, before he was released from jail, a cousin of the victim, Laksh Singh, informed police that Jatara had been warned in the past against rash driving in…
NEW DELHI: The Lawrence Bishnoi gang allegedly claimed responsibility for the daylight murder of a 35-year-old businessman in northwest Delhi’s Bawana. Accusing the trader of “interfering in their work”, the gang warned against any hurdles in its operations, saying it would now shoot the guilty without intimation.The authenticity of the claim, posted on social media, is being verified. The account used to post the claim is new and not the usual one used by the gang, sources said.Lawrence and other gangs usually fire at a target’s car and house to scare them into paying money. The brazen killing, if for…
KALABURAGI: A Congress leader in Karnataka’s Kalaburagi district has landed in trouble after a video of him flaunting firearms while recreating a popular movie scene went viral on social media.The video shows Mateen Patel, a close associate of Afzalpur Congress MLA MY Patil, making a dramatic entry in a black SUV and dancing to Fa9la, a song from the recent blockbuster film Dhurandhar. Patel is seen holding a pistol in the footage, while another person accompanying him appears to be carrying a modern automatic rifle. The clip was reportedly shot during a wedding celebration.Following the circulation of the video, Kalaburagi…
Sailing with the TimesAhead of the International Fleet Review commencing Feb 15, 2026, in which Navies from across the globe are taking part, TOI has joined hands with the Eastern Naval Command to launch a unique competition for our readers.In the fifth & final week of this contest, we will provide you three different parts of one ship of the Indian Navy. If you can identify the name of the ship by the given date, you stand a chance to winmemorabilia from the Navy.This is the second part of the fifth week’s jigsaw.Guess the name of the ship and win…
Chennai: Congress leaders mounted pressure on DMK to constitute a panel to hold seat sharing talks ‘immediately,’ stating the delay on the part of DMK in constituting the panel was ‘saddening.’ Congress leaders, who held a meeting with Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday in New Delhi, appeared to toughen their stand. They said the delay in seat-sharing talks could affect ground level preparations for the assembly elections. “It has been more than 70 days since AICC president formed a committee comprising five members and it is more than two months since the committee called on chief minister M K Stalin on…
Ahmedabad: Against the backdrop of rising incidents of digital fraud and the increasing misuse of bank accounts, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is currently conducting “Financial Literacy Week-2026” from Feb 9 to 13, with a renewed focus on strengthening Know Your Customer (KYC) compliance as a key safeguard for secure banking, officials said on Tuesday.The financial literacy week will focus on simplifying KYC re-registration, an official statement said on Tuesday. The statement said that the RBI’s Ahmedabad regional office is working closely with banks and stakeholders in Gujarat and the Union territories of Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman, and…