FEBRUARY 27, 2022
SpaceX founder Elon Musk. - PHILIP PACHECO/AFP via Getty Images
Elon Musk suggested on Saturday that SpaceX would protect the ISS from crashing to Earth.
It was a response to Russia's space chief's comments on the impact of sanctions on the ISS.
Musk posted a photo of a SpaceX logo when the chief asked who will save...
FEBRUARY 26, 2022
AS DELHI tried to maintain a delicate balance between the US-led Western bloc and Russia, India and China found themselves on the same side of the vote at the UN Security Council (UNSC) on Saturday, with both choosing to abstain.
Both the countries also invoked a similar formulation on “territorial integrity and sovereignty” and the “UN charter”.
China’s permanent...
FEBRUARY 26, 2022
Brief Scorecard: India 186 for 3 (Shreyas 74*, Jadeja 45*, Kumara 2-31) beat Sri Lanka 183 for 5 (Nissanka 75, Shanaka 47*, Bumrah 1-24) by seven wickets
In a span of two days, Shreyas Iyer has made himself a serious contender in India’s World Cup squad. After his explosive half-century in the series opener against Sri Lanka, the...
FEBRUARY 26, 2022
Whether the parallels to the Cold War are appropriate or not, the US and China are increasingly acting as per Cold War frameworks. The Chinese have kept US companies out of China for long, and recently, the US has put in place strict measures to keep the Chinese out of the US. As a result, the tech...
FEBRUARY 26, 2022
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addresses the nation on live TV in Kyiv, earlier this week on Tuesday, barely days before Russia launched a massive military operation against the country. (AP PHOTO.)
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Saturday sought India’s support at the UN Security Council during a phone call with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who repeated his call...
FEBRUARY 25, 2022
Brief Scorecard: India 199 for 2 (Kishan 89, Shreyas 57*, Shanaka 1-19) beat Sri Lanka 137 for 6 (Asalanka 53*, Bhuvneshwar 2-9, V Iyer 2-36) by 62 runs
Ishan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer blitzed a depleted Sri Lanka attack with half-centuries as India eased to a 1-0 lead. After flickering briefly in the T20I series against West Indies,...
FEBRUARY 25, 2022
NEW DELHI: Several employees at Kishore Biyani-led Future Retail (FRL) stores, including Big Bazaar, have started receiving offer letters from Reliance Retail, asking them to join the subsidiary of the oil-to-telecom conglomerate.
The move, which comes amidst a lengthy legal battle with Amazon, is seen as a “hostile takeover” bid by Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries that is keen...
FEBRUARY 25, 2022
From the windows of India’s new embassy in Budapest, the paint on its walls still not dry, the young chargé d’affaires Mohamed Ataur Rahman watched a tiny nation rising up against an empire. Tens of thousands of protestors gathered as the intellectual Péter Veres read out a manifesto demanding independence from foreign powers, and democracy. A statue...
FEBRUARY 25, 2022
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping meet in Beijing on February 4, 2022. - ALEXEI DRUZHININ/AFP/Sputnik/Getty Images
As Russian missiles flew through the Ukrainian sky Thursday and world leaders decried an invasion spreading across the country, China refused to condemn Russia's move outright, while appearing to levy blame on the United States and its...
FEBRUARY 24, 2022
The United States government has been accusing China and some other countries of sponsoring cyber-espionage for years. But now, a Chinese cybersecurity firm accused America’s National Security Agency (NSA) of being behind a hacking tool that targeted several countries and institutions including India’s Banaras Hindu University, India Education Network, as well as Indian Academy of Sciences.
This report,...
