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NASA’s Bid to Save Swift Exposed the Limits of Treasury-Style Ingenuity

NASA mounted an unusually creative, high-pressure effort to rescue the Swift space telescope, deploying improvised engineering and cross-agency coordination in a last-ditch attempt to extend the mission. The agency’s own account underscores both the technical ingenuity involved and the hard reality that even bold intervention cannot always overcome aging hardware in orbit.

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Big Tech, Cloud & SemiconductorsJust now (06:45 AM IST)

CEO's Controversial 'Lake America' Photo Leads to Sudden Departure

In a surprising turn of events, the CEO of a leading financial firm has left the company following backlash over a Facebook post featuring an AI-edited family photo. The incident raises questions about corporate governance and social media accountability.

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Education, Jobs & Careers3h ago

Three Arrested in Tirupattur After Schoolboy Abduction, Rs 50 Lakh Ransom Bid Foiled

Police in Tirupattur district arrested three young men accused of abducting a 17-year-old school student and demanding Rs 50 lakh from his father for his release. The boy was traced to a hideout in Bengaluru and rescued safely after a coordinated operation involving CCTV analysis, mobile signal tracking and local police assistance.

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Real Estate & Construction4h ago

Five Arrested in Krishna District for Fake Land Documents and Fraudulent Sales

Police in Krishna district have arrested a five-member gang accused of fabricating registration records and selling vacant lands without the knowledge of the original owners. Investigators say the group targeted vulnerable property holders, including senior citizens, bedridden patients and NRIs, and used forged death certificates and impersonation to execute the fraud.

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Society, Crime & Public Affairs5h ago

Temple Priest Arrested in Kerala Over Alleged Derogatory Remarks Against Sree Narayana Guru

A temple priest in Ernakulam district has been arrested by the Rural Cyber Police for allegedly posting derogatory remarks online against social reformer Sree Narayana Guru and the Ezhava community. Police said the case stems from a YouTube video that allegedly sought to insult and defame the Guru, the community and people associated with the SNDP Yogam.

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Banking, Fintech & Insurance7h ago

RBI to Drain Rs 2 Trillion in Overnight Liquidity via VRRR Auction on September 28

The Reserve Bank of India will conduct an overnight Variable Rate Reverse Repo auction under the Liquidity Adjustment Facility on September 28, 2026, offering to absorb up to Rs 2,00,000 crore from the banking system for one day. The move signals the central bank's continued active management of short-term liquidity as it reviews evolving money-market conditions.

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Banking, Fintech & Insurance2h ago

Insurtech Rout Wipes $3.6 Billion Off India's New-Age Tech Stocks as Commission Cap Fears Jolt Investors

India's listed new-age technology companies lost a combined $3.6 billion in market value this week as a steep sell-off in insurtech names, led by PB Fintech and Turtlemint, overshadowed gains in select SaaS, mobility and logistics counters. The decline came as investors weighed the likely impact of the insurance regulator's proposed commission caps, even as IPO activity remained active with Moneyview, AceVector and Spinny advancing public market plans.

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Space Exploration & Commercial Space24m ago

NASA Bets on Webb Spare Parts for PRIMA, a Faster, Cheaper Telescope With Billion-Dollar Ambitions

NASA is moving ahead with PRIMA, a new space telescope mission designed to deliver major science at lower cost by reusing spare parts from the James Webb Space Telescope. The agency is aiming to build the observatory in record time, signaling a push for faster, more efficient flagship-class missions even as budgets tighten and expectations for scientific return rise.

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Space Exploration & Commercial Space1h ago

Private Spacecraft Falls Back to Earth After Failed Mission to Save Aging NASA Telescope

A privately built spacecraft has returned to Earth after an unsuccessful attempt to reach and potentially extend the life of an aging NASA telescope, underscoring both the promise and the difficulty of commercial in-space servicing. The mission's failure leaves the telescope's future uncertain while highlighting the technical risks facing a new era of private orbital repair and rescue operations.

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Space Exploration & Commercial Space1h ago

NASA Bets on PRIMA to Build a Billion-Dollar Far-Infrared Telescope at Record Speed

NASA has selected PRIMA, a far-infrared space telescope mission, as the first project in its new mission class, signaling a push to deliver major science at lower cost and in less time than traditional flagship observatories. The mission is designed to survey the cool universe and could open a new window on star formation, dust, and the hidden processes shaping galaxies.

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Space Exploration & Commercial Space2h ago

James Webb Telescope Finds the Early Universe Was Already Enriched With Heavy Elements

New observations from the James Webb Space Telescope are reshaping astronomers' understanding of the universe's first billion years. Rather than a pristine cosmos made only of hydrogen and helium, Webb is finding early galaxies already seeded with heavier elements, suggesting the first generations of stars formed and died faster than expected.

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