The Indian Space Research Orgnisation (ISRO) has for the first time supplied a rocket system to support a private launch vehicle built in the country. Chennai-based space technology startup Agnikul Cosmos received its first flight termination system (FTS) on November 7 from ISRO, with the support of IN-SPACe (Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre),
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NASA’s new $4 billion (roughly Rs. 32,280 crore) moon rocket endured fierce winds and heavy rains early Thursday as it rode out Hurricane Nicole on its Florida launchpad, apparently with only minor damage, according to an early NASA inspection in the storm’s aftermath. Sustained winds of 85 miles per hour (136.8km per hour) were measured by launch-site
Elon Musk, who heads five companies including Tesla and Twitter, said in a tweet on Friday that his companies will be well positioned in 2023 despite the possibility of a tough economy. Musk’s tweet comes a day after he raised the possibility of Twitter going bankrupt. Earlier in the day, in his first company-wide email,
FTX, one of the world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchanges, is commencing bankruptcy proceedings in the US. Sam Bankman-Fried, its 30-year-old chief executive who once graced the cover of Forbes, is also resigning, days after its bigger rival Binance walked away from a proposed acquisition. His replacement, John J Ray III, said: “The FTX Group has valuable
One of the coolest things about electric bikes is just how diverse the industry has grown, with so many different types and styles of e-bikes. But even with over a decade in the industry, nothing could have prepared me for just how awesome it would be to test out the Mod Easy Sidecar electric bike
People shop for bread at a supermarket in Monterey Park, California on Oct. 19, 2022. Frederic J. Brown | Afp | Getty Images Inflation was cooler than expected in October, although household staples such as shelter, food and energy remained among the largest contributors to consumer prices still rising at a historically fast pace, the
In a career spanning more than five decades, Sylvester Stallone has taken on his first scripted TV role with new show Tulsa King. And the star told Sky News he definitely found it different to making movies, admitting it was hard work at times. “I’ve been around for centuries, actually, Julius Caesar was my first director,”
Jubilant Ukrainians have raised flags and celebrated inside Kherson after Russian forces withdrew from the city in a hasty retreat in which some Kremlin soldiers apparently drowned. Hours after the Russian forces completed their withdrawal, Ukrainian units re-entered the southern city, which had been occupied since March. Local residents hugged Ukrainian soldiers, cheering in the
A woman has been sentenced to death for killing a pregnant mother she knew and cutting out her baby to take as her own. Taylor Parker, 29, was convicted last month of murdering Reagan Simmons-Hancock and on Wednesday a jury in Texas gave her the death penalty. She killed the 21-year-old in October 2020, beating
A court has ruled for the first time that a man arrested on a COVID ward in Scotland is an American rape suspect who faked his own death. The court sheriff decided that the man calling himself Arthur Knight is in fact Nicholas Rossi. Sheriff Norman McFadyen said: “I am ultimately satisfied on the balance
The UK now officially has one foot in a recession. That might on the face of it sound like a statement of the obvious. After all, for many households up and down the country it has felt pretty tough for quite some time. That the Office for National Statistics (ONS) is now saying that gross
China’s COVID case load has soared to its highest since this year’s strict two-month Shanghai lockdown, with the capital Beijing and other major cities seeing record daily infections. On Friday, the country reported 10,535 new locally transmitted cases were recorded on Thursday – the highest since 29 April when its commercial hub, Shanghai, was battling
Donald Trump has described Ron DeSantis as an “average” politician, in a statement aimed at belittling the man who could rival him for the Republican presidential nomination. Mr DeSantis, 44, was re-elected as Florida governor with almost 60% of the vote, marking him out as a rising star and a possible contender for the presidency
Sky News has exclusively seen figures illustrating the rapidly growing gap between benefits and rising rental costs. The number of properties affordable to people on housing benefits has fallen by a third in the past five months, with only 8% of houses in the affordable housing range. Adele Robinson speaks to a single, working mother
Ahead of the midterm elections, “The Daily Show with Trevor Noah” contributor Jordan Klepper joins CNN This Morning to discuss his interviews with election deniers across the country. #CNN #News
English National Opera (ENO) boss Stuart Murphy has told Sky News “to uproot it with no plan is insanity”, after discovering they would be cut from the Arts Council England portfolio. Instead, the company has been offered £17m over three years to develop a “new business model” with a suggestions of a move from London
9:14 PM ET Adam Silver said he has “no doubt” that Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving is not antisemitic after the two had what the NBA commissioner called “a direct and candid conversation” earlier this week at the league’s headquarters in New York. Silver, who is Jewish, discussed Irving in an interview with The New
Dallas-based Hover Energy, which makes wind-powered microgrids with solar and storage, is going to begin commercial-scale production in January 2023. And potential customers can feel confident about the resiliency of the company’s rooftop-mounted microgrids – one survived 105 mph winds during Hurricane Ian. Hover Energy’s Wind-Powered Microgrid is a combination of Hover’s patented 36kW wind turbine
FTX’s U.S. website says trading “may be halted” in a few days after the parent company spiraled toward collapse this week from a liquidity crisis. “Please close down any positions you want to close down,” FTX U.S. said in an announcement on its site on Thursday. “Withdrawals are and will remain open. We will give
In this article TWTR TSLA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Muhammed Selim Korkutata | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images Twitter’s new owner Elon Musk, who is also CEO of electric vehicle maker Tesla and U.S. defense contractor SpaceX, told employees of the social media business on Thursday that he recently sold shares of Tesla