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SpaceX plans to launch reusable Starships atop still-in-the-works rockets, carrying cargo or crew not only to low-Earth orbit but also the Moon and Elon Musks most desirable destination, Mars. The latest test model of the rocket is relatively plain: It stands a full-scale 100 feet (30 meters) tall and resembles a steel siloor stretched-out canwith a cap on top. (Photo | AP)

SpaceX's Mars rocket prototype has successful brief flight and landing

Mars is looking real, SpaceX founder and chief executive Elon Musk tweeted after the short hop. Progress is...

5 Aug 2020 10:08 PM IST

Representational image (AFP)

AA Edit | IPL must drop Chinese ops

The IPL has to behave responsibly and always in the larger national interest. Sacrificing a little money is the least it...

5 Aug 2020 9:06 PM IST

Samsung in the second quarter saw smartphone sales slip 29 percent compared with a year ago, according to research firm IDC, as the South Korean firm lost the top position to Huawei in a slumping global market, and is hoping to make big gains with todays launch of multiple devices. Featured here is the Samsung Galaxy Note20 and the Note20 Ultra. (Photo | Samsung.in)

Samsung Galaxy Note20, Note 20 Ultra among devices launched today

The Galaxy Z Fold2, Tab S7 and Tab S7+, Galaxy Watch3 and Galaxy Buds Live earbuds were also unveiled at the event.

5 Aug 2020 8:59 PM IST

Representational image (AFP)

Aakar Patel | How the media, like politics, has become bigoted and...

The media space in India is funded primarily by advertising, The reader or viewer pays very little by way of...

5 Aug 2020 8:42 PM IST

PM Narendra Modi in the Bhoomi Pujan (ANI)

Parsa Venkateshwar | Puja at Ayodhya: Modi's bid to seal BJP's future?

He was careful enough to avoid mentioning the other part of the Ayodhya settlement as directed by the SC in its November...

5 Aug 2020 8:26 PM IST

File image of Swapna Suresh, the key accused.

ED secures custody of Kerala gold smuggling case key accused Swapna...

The seized gold is stated to be worth nearly Rs 15 crore.

5 Aug 2020 7:54 PM IST

Evidence produced in court showed how unsuspecting officers had been giving out information on their postings and the whereabouts of other colleagues on social media, putting national security at risk, despite earlier advisories on conduct of military personnel on social media. (Photo | Pixabay - PixelKult)

Ban on social media use by defence personnel remains, Delhi High Court...

The court said that if the government had assessed that social media enables espionage by enemy countries, it would not...

5 Aug 2020 7:42 PM IST

Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria (2nd L) and Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Western Air Command, Air Marshal B Suresh (R) along with the IAF pilots of the first five Rafale combat aircraft after arriving from France at the Air Force Station, in Ambala. PTI Photo

Rafales to boost India's bargain power with China, Pakistan

This is the time to rally behind Modi and his efforts to keep India safe

5 Aug 2020 7:07 PM IST

Jyoti Randhe, a class 10th student of BMC school, studies at her house, at Aarey Colony in Mumbai. AFP Photo

AA Edit | What's special about NEP?

Politicians of the day, too, cannot ignore the popular perception that learning Hindi in school does not help much

5 Aug 2020 6:35 PM IST

The TikTok creator fund will be open in August to US applicants 18 years or older who have a platform following, and post original content in line with its community guidelines. (Photo | AP)

Microsoft hopes to gain social media cred with TikTok purchase

Microsoft has had limited success in social media, although it did acquire the business-focused network LinkedIn.

5 Aug 2020 6:13 PM IST

PM Modi attended the bhumi pujan event in Ayodhya. (PTI)

Prime Minister Modi fires a Ram arrow at China

PM Modi also mentioned China in his speech as a country where references to Lord Rama have been found

5 Aug 2020 6:11 PM IST

A Kashmiri shopkeeper sits at the entrance of his half closed shop during lockdown in Srinagar. AFP Photo

AA Edit | A year since abrogation, repression, mistrust rule the...

None of the reasons for ending J&K's constitutional status has proved valid. Terrorism is on the rise, the economy is...

5 Aug 2020 5:51 PM IST