Washington: NASA Astronaut Sunita Williams said she plans to visit India soon, and meet with ISRO’s team during her visit. Ms Williams said during NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 Post-Flight News Conference that she found India to be ‘amazing’ each time her spacecraft passed by the Himalayas during her extended stay of nine months in space. “I … Read more
ChatGPT’s image generation feature is now available to free users, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has said. The decision came after days of an unprecedented response to the new feature, generating AI images, particularly the iconic Studio Ghibli-inspired art, on social media. Until now, the AI image generation feature was available only to paid subscribers under … Read more
Washington: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced on Monday (local time) the imposition of visa restrictions on Chinese officials responsible for limiting the access of US officials to Tibetan areas. This move is in response to the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) long-standing refusal to allow US diplomats, journalists, and international observers into Tibet while … Read more
Tehran, Iran: Iran would have to acquire a nuclear weapon if attacked by the United States or its allies, an adviser to the country’s supreme leader warned on Monday, following a threat by US President Donald Trump. The comments came after Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, promised to hit back if Trump carried out … Read more
How does India look from space? Four decades after Indian astronaut Rakesh Sharma invoked poet Muhammad Iqbal’s “Saare Jahaan Se Accha” to answer this question, Indian-origin space explorer Sunita Williams reminisced about passing over the “incredible” Himalayas on board the International Space Station, a space lab that hosts astronauts from across the globe. “Amazing, just … Read more
An 84-year-old man in the UK has died of his injuries over a month after being attacked by an XL bully dog. According to the BBC, the incident happened on February 24 while he was walking home in Warrington. Cheshire Police reported that the victim suffered serious injuries and died at the hospital on Sunday. The authorities … Read more
Paris, France: Prosecutors in Paris have called for German carmaker Volkswagen to face justice in France to compensate French consumers over the Dieselgate emissions fraud scandal, according to a court filing seen by AFP on Tuesday. In one of the biggest scandals to hit the auto industry, Volkswagen admitted in 2015 it had sold 11 … Read more
Washington, United States: President Donald Trump said Monday that Americans want him to run for another term, a step banned by the US constitution but which he continues describing as possible. “People are asking me to run,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office when asked about the possibility of a third term. “I don’t … Read more
Washington, United States: Donald Trump loves few things more than talking about his affinity for tariffs, but it’s nothing new: he’s been saying the same thing for decades. “To me, the most beautiful word in the dictionary is ‘tariff,’” Trump repeatedly said on the campaign trail for the 2024 election. He has since joked that … Read more
Cape Canaveral, United States: SpaceX launched the first human spaceflight directly over Earth’s polar regions on Monday — a days-long, privately funded orbital mission involving four astronauts. Named “Fram2” after the famed Norwegian ship built in the 19th century for Arctic and Antarctic expeditions, the mission will feature a range of experiments including taking the … Read more
Washington: US President Donald Trump said on Monday that French far-right leader Marine Le Pen’s conviction and resulting prohibition from running in the 2027 presidential election was a “very big deal.” A French court on Monday barred Le Pen from running in the 2027 presidential election after she was convicted of embezzlement. “That’s a very … Read more
Chinese aircraft carrier Shandong sailing in waters off Taiwan. Beijing, China: China’s coast guard said it had conducted “law enforcement patrols” around Taiwan on Tuesday, the same day Beijing announced military drills around the island. “Coast guard vessel formations conducted law enforcement patrols in waters surrounding Taiwan Island, and carried out drills such as inspection … Read more