An illustration of the Moon mission shared by Japanese space agency Jaxa BENGALURU: India, whose lunar ambitions have been more clearly articulated now than a decade ago, is firing on all engines with the National Space Commission, the apex body that decides on space missions, clearing the fifth lunar mission — the Lunar Polar Exploration […]
People pass by the Pfizer headquarters building in New York City, Jan. 29, 2023. Kena Betancur | View Press | Corbis News | Getty Images Activist investor Starboard Value has a roughly $1 billion stake in pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and is seeking to mount a turnaround at the struggling company, according to people familiar with […]
Three spectators who went to watch the Indian Air Force‘s air show died on Sunday after the event. They were admitted to hospitals due to dehydration and other issues, but doctors say that the actual cause of death can only be determined after postmortem test results are available. The air show at Chennai’s Marina Beach […]
NEW DELHI: Exit polls on Saturday predicted that the Congress will be sweeping back into power in Haryana after a gap of 10 years, while its alliance with the National Conference in Jammu and Kashmir seems to be in a strong position and may form the next government, which last held assembly elections 10 years […]
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Friday refused to order status quo on alleged illegal demolition drive against properties of Muslims, including a century-old mosque, near Somnath temple, as Gujarat govt said it acted as per law to remove encroachments on govt land abutting the seashore. It said, “If we find they (govt) are in contempt […]
KANPUR: A deception game with eerie echoes of the UP-set ‘Bunty Aur Babli’ has unspooled in Kanpur, where a pair allegedly bilked Rs 35 crore from over two dozen couples with promises of an “Israel-made time machine to turn them into 25-year-olds”.Rajeev Dubey and wife Rashmi lured clients with the elixir of “oxygen therapy” once […]
VARANASI: All nine cops posted at Gursandi police outpost in Uttar Pradesh‘s Mirzapur district were suspended Tuesday after a 30-year-old man was shot dead in a group clash following a dispute over a donation box placed for collecting ‘bhandara‘ (community feast) funds for a local temple. Mirzapur superintendent of police Abhinandan suspended the cops, including […]
Glenview Capital, a major CVS Health shareholder, is expected to meet with company leadership on Monday to lay out proposed fixes for the struggling business, according to people familiar with the matter, a potential precursor to an activist push. The hedge fund has established a sizable position in the company, said some of the people. […]
NEW DELHI: This has been the wettest monsoon in north India in 11 years. The region, often plagued by large monsoon deficits while staring at a worsening groundwater situation, recorded 628mm from June 1 to Sept 29, its highest rainfall since 2013.That this was the best monsoon in the region in over a decade with […]
Bristol Myers Squibb’s Cobenfy drug Courtesy: Bristol Myers Squibb The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved Bristol Myers Squibb‘s highly anticipated schizophrenia drug Cobenfy, the first novel type of treatment for the debilitating, chronic mental disorder in more than seven decades. Schizophrenia affects how a person thinks, feels and behaves, and can cause paranoia, […]
