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This photo shows Grand Canyon National Park in northern Arizona on August 30, 2026, after it was hit by heavy flooding a day earlier. | Photo Credit: AP At least one person was killed, and around 15 others are missing after a flash flood at the Grand Canyon, one of the most popular tourist sites…
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Colleges sign MoUs Periyar College of Pharmaceutical Sciences (PCPS), Tiruchirappalli, strengthened its academic, industrial, and healthcare collaborations through a series of Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) with reputed institutions and organisations recently. PCPS has signed MoUs with Emmchak Formulations; K. S. Varier’s Ashtanga Ayurvedics; Aruna Clinical Laboratory and X-Rays, Puducherry; Siddha Forest; Jamal Mohamed College; HarshaMitra…
In the first episode of The Scope’s special series on Gaganyaan, we explore why India’s first human spaceflight mission is about much more than sending astronauts into orbit. Discover what Gaganyaan is, why human-rating a rocket is essential, how ISRO has prepared through years of testing, and why this mission could make India only the…
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India’s LVM-3 has already launched satellites and carried Chandrayaan-3 towards the Moon. But carrying astronauts demands an entirely different level of safety. In Episode 2 of The Scope’s Gaganyaan — India’s Leap, we explore how ISRO is transforming the proven LVM-3 into the human-rated HLVM-3, with redundant systems, rigorous testing and a powerful Crew Escape…
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Stock markets closed lower on Monday (August 31, 2026) amid selling in utilities, IT, and FMCG shares, as renewed tensions in West Asia pushed crude oil higher and fanned fears of a higher-interest-rate environment. The 30-share BSE Sensex declined 307.24 points, or 0.40%, to settle at 76,957.27 with 20 of its constituents ending lower and…
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One of Indian Oil Corporation depots | Photo Credit: Getty Images Indian Oil is eyeing to increase their natural gas sales by one-and-half times by 2030, Arvinder Singh Sahney, Chairman of the state-owned oil-marketing company stated in his address at the annual general meeting of shareholders Monday. Further underlining plans for expanding their refining capacity,…
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This image is used for representational purposes only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto The rupee pared initial losses and settled for the day with gains of 26 paise at 95.17 (provisional) against the U.S. dollar on Monday (August 31, 2026), on possible RBI intervention, as rising crude oil prices and geopolitical strain weighed on the…
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Retired Madras High Court judge V. Sivagnanam, who has been reported missing in Nepal amid the flash floods | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The Madras Bar Association (MBA) has written to the Chief Justice of India, the Prime Minister, and the Ministry of External Affairs to intensify efforts to trace retired Madras High Court judge…
Participants in the Puttur Chalo Rally on August 31, 2026. VHP, Bajrang Dal, and Hindu Jagaran Vedike organised the rally demanding the arrest of persons accused of assaulting owners of a copying centre. | Photo Credit: Screen grab Amid heavy police presence, a large number of people took part in the ‘Puttur Chalo Rally’ organised…
The plea, filed by retired Delhi Police officer Rajendra Singh, seeks a direction that no public call for large-scale mobilisation, march or organised demonstration in security-sensitive constitutional zones. Representational file image. | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma The Supreme Court on Monday (August 31, 2026) refused to pass orders on a plea seeking prohibition on…