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Nasa’s Anil Menon, two Russians blast off for 8-month International Space Station mission
Expedition 75 Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina, top, NASA astronaut Anil Menon, middle, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Pyotr Dubrov, bottom, wave farewell prior to boarding the Soyuz MS-29 spacecraft for launch, Tuesday, July 14, 2026 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. | Photo Credit: AP NASA astronaut Anil Menon and two Russian cosmonauts on Tuesday (July 14,…
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GTECH promises platform to redeploy employees hit by CorroHealth lay-offs
The Group of Technology Companies of Kerala (GTECH) on Tuesday (July 14) came out in support of the employees affected by the mass lay-off at CorroHealth, a US-based healthcare analytics technology company. The industrial forum promised to facilitate the redeployment of the affected employees in collaboration with the State government. The leaders of GTECH made…
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Heavy rain collapses roof and kills 11 people in northwest Pakistan
Eleven people were killed overnight when heavy rain caused the roof of a mud-brick house to collapse in northwest Pakistan, police and rescue officials said Tuesday (July 14, 2026). The accident occurred in Kohat district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, according to Bilal Faizi of the Provincial Emergency Service. Rescuers recovered 11 bodies, mostly women and…
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Kerala celebrates NASA astronaut Anil Menon’s historic journey to ISS
Crew members NASA astronaut Anil Menon, Roscosmos cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov and Anna Kikina attend a send-off ceremony before the launch of the Soyuz MS-29 spacecraft at the Baikonur cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: Reuters People of the State celebrated and felt proud as Kerala-origin NASA astronaut Anil Menon flew to ISS…
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Incentives, warnings and assurances: how an Indian sailor transited Hormuz
“It was a psychological warfare, and the conflicting authority at play, not knowing whom to trust, was the most jarring aspect of the journey,” the sailor said. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Chaos, uncertainty, numbness, and conflicting orders marked the ordeal of an Indian seafarer aboard a tanker that transited the Strait of Hormuz on…
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Colombia’s President-elect to be sworn in at military base
Colombian President-elect Abelardo de la Espriella. File | Photo Credit: AP Colombia’s right-wing President-elect Abelardo de la Espriella said on Monday (July 13, 2026) he would be sworn in at a military facility in the country’s south, despite opposition from outgoing leader Gustavo Petro. Mr. Petro ordered on Sunday (July 12, 2026) that “no military…