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Venus sings to the tune of Missy Elliott as NASA beams her song to planet

Nasa Milliot's "The Rain (Supa Dupa song) was transmitted from DSN's Gladstone complex to Venus, making it the first hip hop song that has been sent to deep space

UnitedHealth beats Q2 profit estimates, raises Change Healthcare hack costs

UnitedHealth currently estimated the total 2024 impact from the hack to be between $1.90 to $2.05 per share. It had previously projected a hit of $1.15 to $1.35 per share

Elon Musk's Mars vision: Turn sci-fi into reality with Mars colonisation

Billionaire Elon Musk's Martian dreams stir awe and skepticism alike, as humanity weighs the allure of a new frontier against the tough realities of space colonisation

Melting polar ice is slowing Earth's rotation, lengthening days, says study

A scientific paper has indicated that melting polar ice caps are redistributing mass around the equator, slowing Earth's rotation and lengthening days at an unprecedented rate

Indian Americans make their mark on 1st day of the Republican Convention

Indian-American politician Abraham George, elected chairman of the Texas Republican Party in May, took to the floor to announce that all the delegates from his state were voting for Trump

Donald Trump picks JD Vance, once a critic, as his GOP running mate

Vance is now a Trump loyalist who has challenged the legitimacy of criminal prosecutions and civil verdicts against him and questions the results of the 2020 election

Taiwan Army tracks 18 Chinese aircrafts, 6 vessels near its territory

Taiwan, officially known as the Republic of China (ROC), remains a key geopolitical flashpoint in East Asia, with its sovereignty fiercely contested by Beijing despite its self-governing status

Hong Kong tests its own ChatGPT-style tool as OpenAI plans to block access

China, including Hong Kong and neighboring Macao, is not on the list of supported countries and territories of OpenAI, one of the best-known artificial intelligence companies

20 satellites to 'fall from sky' as SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket malfunctions

SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket malfunction, a first in nearly a decade for the Elon Musk-led company, was triggered by a liquid oxygen leak

Violent clashes over quota in govt jobs leave scores injured in Bangladesh

The protesters in Dhaka said they would demonstrate on Tuesday too

Court grants police custody of Imran Khan for 10 days in May 9 riot cases

The unrest erupted nationwide last year after Imran Khan was detained by paramilitary Rangers from the Islamabad High Court during a corruption case proceeding.

Google tried to offer $512 mn package to derail Microsoft antitrust pact

While Google has long trailed Amazon.com Inc. and Microsoft in the cloud market, it's begun to see impressive results

TTP largest terror group in Afghanistan, could turn extra regional: UN

The report said that one member state expressed concern that greater collaboration between TTP and al-Qaeda could transform TTP into an 'extraregional threat'

Trump enters Republican convention with bandage covering his right ear

Trump's appearance came hours after jubilant and emboldened delegates nominated the former president to lead their ticket for a third time and welcomed Ohio Senator JD Vance as his running mate

India an important contributor to progress across SDGs: NITI Vice Chair

He is representing India at the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF), taking place at the UN headquarters from July 8 to July 17

Who is Usha Chilukuri? Meet Indian-origin wife of Trump's Vice Prez pick

Usha Chilukuri Vance, the wife of Republican Party's Vice-Presidential candidate JD Vance, is a US attorney known for her cultural background

Senior North Korean diplomat based in Cuba defects to South Korea

Any high-level defection can be an intelligence bonanza for South Korea, allowing it to look at the workings of North Korea's secretive government

China is the 'biggest threat' to US, says Donald Trump's VP pick JD Vance

When asked about the war in Ukraine, Vance said Trump would negotiate with Moscow and Kyiv to "bring this thing to a rapid close so America can focus on the real issue, which is China

China unveils plans to tackle property crisis, focus on affordable housing

Cities across China have only just started to release statements on their efforts to implement the May directive, with details of the targeted population groups emerging for the first time

Asian shares fall as investors ponder US-China equation post Trump win

Markets have now fully priced in a quarter-point rate cut from the Fed in September, with a total easing of 68 basis points expected by the end of the year