Month: September 2026

Keltron begins integration of sonar systems for Jalkapi project

Posted on By admin
Keltron begins integration of sonar systems for Jalkapi project

Industries Minister P.K. Kunhalikutty inaugurating the integration of sonar systems developed by Keltron for Jalkapi underwater vessel system, at Kuttippuram on September 28, 2026. | Photo Credit: SAKEER HUSSAIN Kerala State Electronics Development Corporation Limited (Keltron) has begun integrating the bow array and flank array sonar systems developed for the indigenously manufactured underwater vessel system…

Read More “Keltron begins integration of sonar systems for Jalkapi project” »

Nation

Iran denies link to suspected bomb plot at U.K. airbase used by U.S.

Posted on By admin
Iran denies link to suspected bomb plot at U.K. airbase used by U.S.

Iran on Monday (September 28, 2026) denied involvement in a suspected bomb plot at a U.K. airbase used by the United States, as counter-terror police said five men in their mid-20s arrested nearby were all London-based Britons. Tehran’s denial, issued via its embassy in London, followed widespread U.K. media reports that police were probing possible…

Read More “Iran denies link to suspected bomb plot at U.K. airbase used by U.S.” »

World

Over 5,000 gold rings to be distributed under ‘Thaimaaman Thanga Mothiram Thittam’ in Salem and Namakkal districts

Posted on By admin
Over 5,000 gold rings to be distributed under ‘Thaimaaman Thanga Mothiram Thittam’ in Salem and Namakkal districts

Collector K. Elambahavath providing a one-gram gold ring to a newborn baby under the ‘Thaimaaman Thanga Mothiram Thittam’ at the Government Mohan Kumaramangalam Medical College Hospital in Salem in Tamil Nadu on Monday. | Photo Credit: LAKSHMI NARAYANAN E. A total of 5,081 infants born between June 22 and September 27 this year will receive…

Read More “Over 5,000 gold rings to be distributed under ‘Thaimaaman Thanga Mothiram Thittam’ in Salem and Namakkal districts” »

Nation

Why Israel banned Arab parties ahead of polls

Posted on By admin
Why Israel banned Arab parties ahead of polls

Israel’s Central Elections Committee (CEC), on Wednesday (September 23, 2026), voted to bar the country’s main Arab parties from contesting next month’s elections to Israel’s parliament, the Knesset. There have been a series of attempts for decades to disqualify Arab parties from contesting elections, and the latest move comes at a time when these parties…

Read More “Why Israel banned Arab parties ahead of polls” »

World

Airstrike near market in Myanmar’s Rakhine state kills 33 people

Posted on By admin
Airstrike near market in Myanmar’s Rakhine state kills 33 people

Smoke rises from a market after the area was allegedly hit by the military’s airstrike in Kyauktaw township in Rakhine state, Myanmar, on September 28, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP An airstrike carried out by Myanmar’s military near a market in territory controlled by a powerful rebel group killed at least 33 people and wounded…

Read More “Airstrike near market in Myanmar’s Rakhine state kills 33 people” »

World

Fishing for ghost nets: How TREE Foundation and HCLFoundation are cleaning the seas

Posted on By admin
Fishing for ghost nets: How TREE Foundation and HCLFoundation are cleaning the seas

More than 11,500 kilos of abandoned, lost or discarded fishing nets, known as ghost nets, were collected in the last three months from the Chennai coast, largely from the Neelankarai-to-Kovalam section. That is just the tip of the iceberg. Tonnes of them are yet to be retrieved from our long coastline, many entangled around marine…

Read More “Fishing for ghost nets: How TREE Foundation and HCLFoundation are cleaning the seas” »

Nation

U.S. and China release $60 billion nonsensitive product lists for tariff cuts after Trump-Xi meeting

Posted on By admin
U.S. and China release billion nonsensitive product lists for tariff cuts after Trump-Xi meeting

The United States and China released Monday (September 28, 2026) reciprocal lists of products worth about $30 billion each that will see tariff cuts, from American hair products to Chinese toys, in a deal expected to boost bilateral trade. The details came days after Chinese President Xi Jinping met with U.S. President Donald Trump in…

Read More “U.S. and China release $60 billion nonsensitive product lists for tariff cuts after Trump-Xi meeting” »

World

Vithya happy to go past Usha three years after equalling her record

Posted on By admin
Vithya happy to go past Usha three years after equalling her record

Vithya clinched the 400m hurdles bronze with a National record. | Photo Credit: R.V. Moorthy For close to four decades, P.T. Usha remained the undisputed queen of the Indian track, no one able to better her in clearing hurdles, both literally and figuratively. On a wet and humid Monday (September 28, 2026) evening at the Asian…

Read More “Vithya happy to go past Usha three years after equalling her record” »

Sports

SpaceX puts Starship megarocket in orbit for first time

Posted on By admin
SpaceX puts Starship megarocket in orbit for first time

Elon Musk’s Starship megarocket reached orbit for the first time on Monday (September 28, 2026) after blasting off from Texas, in a major milestone for SpaceX’s plans, including trips to the Moon and Mars. The black-and-silver behemoth, standing more than 120 meters (131 yards) tall, rose through a thick cloud of smoke on an ambitious…

Read More “SpaceX puts Starship megarocket in orbit for first time” »

Science