NEW DELHI: Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla, currently aboard the International Space Station (ISS), took on the unusual role of a space farmer in the final days of his mission. Shukla has been capturing photographs of moong and methi seeds sprouting in petri dishes and placing them into a storage freezer as part of a key…
Earth is rotating faster than usual this summer, and scientists say this unusual acceleration will make July 9, 2025, the shortest day ever recorded in human history. According to recent studies, the day is expected to be shorter by approximately 1.3 to 1.6 milliseconds compared to the standard 24-hour cycle. Experts believe this rare phenomenon…
Mahindra XUV 3XO RevX Details: Mahindra & Mahindra has introduced a new RevX trim in the XUV 3XO subcompact SUV range. This trim includes four new variants. The RevX M and RevX M(O) petrol-manual variants are priced at Rs 8.94 lakh and Rs 9.44 lakh, respectively. The RevX A T-GDI trim comes in both petrol-manual…
Mumbai: The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) on Monday said that analysis of profit and loss of individual traders in Equity Derivatives Segment (EDS) suggests that at aggregate level, nearly 91 per cent of individual traders incurred net loss in EDS in FY 2025 (similar trend was observed in FY2024). The comparative study…
NEW DELHI: Astronomers at the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA), an autonomous institution of the Department of Science and Technology (DST), have, in a breakthrough, found hidden miniature plasma loops that may help unravel the Sun’s deepest mysteries. The loops are small and short-lived, and have, till date, stayed hidden, but these may reveal how…
He may have witnessed more than a hundred sunrises and sunsets from orbit, but for Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla, the first eight days aboard the International Space Station (ISS) have been a whirlwind of scientific discovery.While six of the seven Isro-led experiments are underway, tardigrades or “water bears” that travelled all the way from Bengaluru…
Several days into their mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS), the four Axiom-4 (Ax-4) astronauts, including Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla (Shux), are being closely monitored not just for scientific output, but for their own physiological adaptation to life in microgravity.Behind the scenes, a team led by Axiom Space flight surgeons is ensuring that every…
BENGALURU: Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) will roll out the first LCA Tejas Mk1A from its new Nashik production line by the end of July, with integration and test firing of the Astra air-to-air missile scheduled for early August, HAL CMD DK Sunil told TOI in an interview.The rollout from Nashik marks a key milestone in…
NEW DELHI: The International Space Station welcomed its first Indian aboard with Shubhanshu Shukla floating out among hugs and cheers.The recently launched spacecraft, Grace, the fifth in the Dragon series, successfully performed a soft docking with the International Space Station at 16.01 IST while passing over the North Atlantic Ocean on Thursday.Shukla has become the…
NEW DELHI: Axiom-4 mission launched at 12:01 pm IST on Wednesday from Nasa‘s Kennedy Space Center towards the International Space Station. The mission, carrying India’s Shubhanshu Shukla, Anne McClain, Nichole Ayers, and Peggy Whitson, will transport the four Ax-4 private astronauts to low Earth orbit, with docking scheduled at the orbital outpost’s space-facing port on…
