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Port Blair to being at the helm of building rockets to put satellites in orbit, it has been a formidable learning curve for Saraniya Periaswamy, a young engineer at the Chennai-based space start-up Agnikul Cosmos. The 30-year-old Saraniya is in charge of development of the 3-D printed launch vehicle — Agnibaan Sub-Orbital Technology Demonstrator (SOrTeD) — that had its first flight on May 30, overcoming a series of challenges over more than a two-month period.

The nation is yet to recover from the shock of how the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) has crumbled under the weight of its own contradictions, discommoding over 2.3 million aspirants who took the centralized examination for admission to undergraduate medical courses. Its collapse shows all that is wrong with the government’s education policy, highlights biases in its people selection policy and also underscores its centralization tendencies. The NEET’s introduction was not such a bad idea, considering the systemic malaise that existed earlier.

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has voiced his frustration regarding the current state of cryptocurrency regulations and proposed a potential solution to address the issue.

The challenge of creating economic opportunities for hundreds of millions of young people has come to the fore this year. As I wrote in my previous column, on the employment front, India must create 20 million jobs per year. The ongoing public outcry over the National Testing Agency’s (NTA) mismanagement of NEET-UG, NEET-PG and UGC-NET examinations highlights a related concern: of meeting the career aspirations of tens of millions of young people seeking quality higher education.

He has not graduated college yet, but this 21-year-old has already become the toast of his university and hometown for his brand, shiny new car! Sayooj S Chandran, a final-year undergraduate student, became a celebrity of sorts at St Pius X College in Rajapuram, a remote hill village in Kasaragod when he revealed he had splurged a whopping Rs 10 lakh on a new car. These were the earns he made by tutoring IAS exam hopefuls online.

Venkaiah Naidu, as his true comrade, tested in the fire of the Emergency imposed by Indira Gandhi in 1975.

K Kavitha in CBI and ED cases related to the Excise Policy case on July 1, 2024.

Calgary Mayor Jyoti Gondek said emergency crews are nearing the final stages of restoring full water use after a massive feeder main break that has impacted the city’s waterlines for almost one month.

Dravid said, I will miss him as a person. Forget the cricket, forget the captain and everything.

Virat Kohli, Team India captain Rohit Sharma also announced retirement from T20 world cricket. Announcing his retirement, he said that there is no better time to say goodbye. Rohit Sharma joined the exclusive company of Kapil Dev and MS Dhoni as the third captain to lead India to an ICC World Cup victory. This marked Sharma's third World Cup match in under a year, following India's losses in the World Test Championship and ODI World Cup against Australia last year.

Netflix has carved out a niche with its diverse array of shows, from romantic experiments like Love is Blind to intense physical challenges such as Squid Game: The Challenge.

White House had a tough time answering questions pertaining to the US President’s performance during the first US Presidential debate. Joe Biden appeared to be lackluster and being unable to convince the voters to give him a second term in office. Experts pointed out that the incumbent president lacked energy, had a weak tone and tenor and was uninspiring during the entire course of the debate. Meanwhile, the White House also dismissed suggestions to replace Biden as the official nominee of the Democratic party in the upcoming US Presidential Election. The main point which has been attributed to Biden’s ‘disastrous’ performance was a ‘cold’.

Rohit Sharma became only the third captain after Kapil Dev and MS Dhoni to lift the ICC World Cup for India. This was the third World Cup for Rohit Sharma in less than 12 months. India lost the World Test Championship and ODI World Cup against Australia last year. India today snatched the victory from South Africa after it looked that Henrich Klassen will cross the Proteas over the line, but Rohit had other plans. Rohit brought back his Mumbai India Captain into the attach. Hardik took the key wicket of Klassen to turn the match into India's favour.

accused arrested in connection with alleged malpractices at NEET-UG held at a school near Godhra in Gujarat in CBI custody till July 2. Gujarat police had arrested five people last month in the case. Of them, the Central Bureau of Investigation sought the custody of school teacher Tushar Bhatt, principal of Jay Jalaram School Purushottam Sharma, and middlemen Vibhor Anand and Arif Vohra.

Tour de France has a history for challenging some of the best cyclists in the world in the toughest terrains of the country across a 21-day endurance test, that not only challenges the physical agility of the participants, but their mental strength as well. Tour de France, over the years has only grown more intense and competitive and begins on June 29 this year.

Ola Electric is working on building solid-state batteries, the chief executive officer of the SoftBank Group-backed electric scooter maker said on Saturday.

Barry Eugene "Butch" Wilmore and Sunita Williams, to allow more time for review of technical issues encountered.It did not set a new date, raising questions about the timing of the return of the two astronauts on Boeing's first crewed mission, which had initially been set for June 26, itself a pushback from the first potential date of June 14.Commenting on what is likely to follow, ISRO Scientist Mylswamy Annadurai says, "Any space program, when transiting, it needs to be seen that all the systems for the next save are ready. While launching also, it was seen, that there were a couple of delays.

Dharmendra Pradhan on Saturday slammed the Congress, saying it wants to run away from a discussion in Parliament over the NEET exam issue. His remark came a day after Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to hold a «respectful» and good discussion in Parliament on the issue of alleged irregularities in the conduct of the NEET exam. Replying to a question on the opposition targeting the BJP-led Centre over the NEET exam issue, Pradhan said, «The Congress does not want a discussion. It wants to run away from the discussion. It's only intention is to create chaos, confusion and create obstacles in smooth functioning of the entire institutional mechanism.» He said the president had also talked about the NEET exam issue, being raised by the Congress, in her address in Parliament.

The Banque de France (BDF) and the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) focused on bilateral cooperation in the realms of wholesale central bank digital currency (CBDC) and tokenization.

astronomers and sky enthusiasts are gearing up for an extraordinary celestial event as the "Planet Killer" asteroid 2011 UL21 makes a close approach to Earth. Estimated to be one of the largest asteroids of its kind, with a diameter of approximately 2.5 kilometers, it orbits the sun every three years. Despite its size, it will pass by Earth at a safe distance of 4.1 million miles, which is about 17 times farther than the distance to the moon. Recent observations by astronomers in South Africa have identified the asteroid known as 2024 MK, a celestial object that has captured attention due to its potential impact risks. Discovered just weeks ago, this asteroid measures significantly smaller than the mountain-sized 2011 UL21 asteroid that recently made headlines. Despite its smaller size, experts warn that 2024 MK could still cause «considerable damage» if it were to collide with Earth, according to assessments by the European Space Agency and MIT Technology Review. An asteroid about its size could wipe out a city, according to the MIT Technology Review. When the mountain-sized asteroid was discovered in 2011, it was classified as «potentially hazardous.» An asteroid its size would have «worldwide effects» if it collided with the Earth, according to NASA.

Indian Railways achieved another milestone on Friday with the successful trial run of High-Speed CRS on the famed Chenab Bridge, the world’s highest railway bridge, in Jammu and Kashmir. This trial run marks a significant step towards commencing rail operations on the Reasi-Baramulla route in Kashmir. Earlier, after conducting its first trial run this week, the Ministry of Railways had said: «After an extensive inspection of the newly constructed Chenab Bridge by senior officers from Railway Board, Northern Railway, and Konkan Railway, a trial run was conducted on a 46-km-long electrified line section between Sangaldan in Ramban district and Reasi at a speed of 40 kmph.» The trial, starting at 12.35 pm from Sangaldan and reaching Reasi at 2.05 pm, covered nine tunnels spanning 40.787 km, including the longest tunnel T-44 stretching 11.13 km. This marks the inaugural full train crossing on the iconic bridge between Dugga and Bakkal stations over the Chenab river, the highest arch railway bridge globally, the ministry said.