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NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman (L) holds a press conference with (L-R) Artemis II mission specialist Jeremy Hansen, Christina Koch, pilot Victor Glover, and Commander Reid Wiseman, as NASA’s Artemis II (behind them) is rolled from the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on January 17, 2026 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. | Photo Credit: Getty Images via AFP NASA chief Jared Isaacman on Saturday (February 21, 2026) ruled out a March launch for Artemis 2, the first crewed flyby mission to the Moon in more than 50 years, citing technical issues.Workers detected a problem with helium flow to the…

NEW DELHI: BJP stepped up its attack on Congress as it likened its protest at the AI summit to treason and claimed that Rahul Gandhi was the inspiration for his party’s youth workers involved in the shirtless demonstration as he frequently defames India.Union minister Kiren Rijiju termed the protest as a “big crime” and “big sin” against the country, alleging that Congress tried to defame it when the world was lauding AI Impact Summit organised here under PM Narendra Modi’s leadership.Its frustration has grown so much over its repeated electoral failures, that it has turned “anti-national,” he alleged.He told a…

TOI correspondent from Washington: US President Donald Trump on Saturday raised to 15 per cent the worldwide tariff (which he had earlier set at 10 per cent) in a continued display of anger and petulance after the US Supreme Court repudiated his authority in the matter. After lashing out intemperately at the six supreme court justices who rebuked him, Trump took to his Truth Social platform to announce that he is raising tariff “to the fully allowed, and legally tested, 15% level” under Section 122 of the Trade Act which allows the US President impose tariffs to address “large and…

Actor-dancer Kalpana Iyer, who recently grabbed attention for recreating her iconic track Rambha Ho, has looked back at her experience of working with Bollywood’s “Mr Perfectionist” Aamir Khan.Kalpana shared screen space with Aamir in Raja Hindustani, and years later, she has nothing but praise for the actor’s dedication and discipline.“When people say he is very fussy, I don’t think so”Speaking to Simply Pankaj, Kalpana said, “I have very fond memories of working with Aamir. When people say he is very fussy, I don’t think so. He is very sincere, disciplined, and he likes certain things done a certain way. I…

Japan’s drilling-equipped research vessel Chikyu before its departure from Shimizu port to conduct a test recovery of rare-earth–rich mud near Minamitori Island, marking the world’s first attempt to continuously lift rare-earth seabed sludge from a depth of about 6 km onto a ship, in Shimizu, Shizuoka prefecture, Japan on January 12, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters Japan’s government said on Monday (February 2, 2026) that it has successfully retrieved rare-earth-rich ‍seabed mud for the first time from depths of around 6 km (4 miles) during a test mission.A ‌Japanese scientific drill ship departed on January 12 for the remote Minamitori…

SRINAGAR: At an induction rally in Srinagar on Saturday, BJP put leader of opposition in the J&K assembly, Sunil Sharma, on the forefront to launch a political attack on Omar Abdullah govt.Sharma, who represents the Paddar constituency in Kishtwar district, alternated between Urdu and Kashmiri as he addressed hundreds of party workers, accusing governing National Conference (NC) of practising “doublespeak” on Kashmir, and failing to fulfil promises on jobs and welfare schemes.The J&K chief of BJP and Rajya Sabha member Sat Sharma welcomed new entrants into the party fold from PDP, NC and Congress, calling such steady influx of leaders…

Pic of UFO downed by US fighter jet (Pic credit: MJ Schwab’s X account) Unidentified flying objects, or UFOs, have captured the imagination of Americans for decades. And now UFOs and aliens are back in the news in America. While the interest in UFOs and UAP has been renewed in recent years as the US government probed numerous reports of seemingly supernatural aircraft, amid worries that enemies could be testing highly advanced technologies, what has made them hit headlines is President Trump ordering release of data on UFOs and aliens. In a post on social media platform earlier this week,…

If your idea of a perfect weekend includes pop corns, cold drink, pizza and OTT; and if you can’t decide what to watch, then don’t worry, we’ve got you covered! We have brought together a list of binge-worthy shows from Hulu, which you can enjoy during your Sunday OTT marathon. ‘Normal People’, ‘Good American Family,’ and more; this list is a must try. Source link

A biosensor capable of detecting myoglobin early, aiding physicians to identify cardiac events | Photo Credit: GETTY IMAGES A flexible, low-cost biosensor capable of detecting myoglobin — a key cardiac biomarker associated with the early stages of a heart attack — has been developed by a joint doctoral researcher, Mohsina Afrooz, at the Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS) Pilani–Hyderabad and RMIT University, Australia, according to researchers on Tuesday (February 3, 2026).The graphene-based sensor enables rapid detection of myoglobin, a protein released into the bloodstream shortly after cardiac muscle injury. Early detection of this biomarker is clinically significant, as…

Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel at the spot where a CRPF vehicle met with an accident near a water canal, in Ahmad Nagar, in Srinagar on Saturday. (ANI Video Grab) SRINAGAR: At least seven Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel were injured after their vehicle plunged into a canal in Srinagar Saturday morning. The driver allegedly lost control of the vehicle, which skidded off the road in Ahmadnagar area on the city’s outskirts.The injured personnel were rushed to the Shri Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences for treatment. “All seven are stable,” an official said. The vehicle was later retrieved…