Secondary, tertiary effects of U.S. tariffs on economy pose challenges: Finance Ministry report

Secondary, tertiary effects of U.S. tariffs on economy pose challenges: Finance Ministry report

The immediate impact of recent U.S. tariffs on Indian exports may appear limited, but their secondary and tertiary effects on the economy pose challenges that must be addressed, the Finance Ministry said in a report on Wednesday (August 27, 2025) amid the U.S. effecting a steep 50% tariff on shipments from India. Trump tariffs LIVE … Read more

NASA Challenge Winners Cook Up New Industry Developments – NASA

NASA Challenge Winners Cook Up New Industry Developments – NASA

NASA invests in technologies that have the potential to revolutionize space exploration, including the way astronauts live in space. Through the Deep Space Food Challenge, NASA, in partnership with CSA (Canadian Space Agency), sought novel food production systems that could provide long-duration human space exploration missions with safe, nutritious, and tasty food. Three winners selected … Read more

NASA Seeks Moon and Mars Innovations Through University Challenge – NASA

NASA Seeks Moon and Mars Innovations Through University Challenge – NASA

NASA is calling on the next generation of collegiate innovators to imagine bold new concepts l pushing the boundaries of human exploration on the Moon, Mars, and beyond through the agency’s 2026 NASA Revolutionary Aerospace Systems Concepts – Academic Linkage (RASC-AL) competition.   The RASC-AL challenge fuels innovation for aerospace systems concepts, analogs, and technology … Read more

NASA Continues Search for Moon-Focused Sustainability Solutions – NASA

NASA Continues Search for Moon-Focused Sustainability Solutions – NASA

NASA is accepting U.S. submissions for the second phase of the agency’s LunaRecycle Challenge, a Moon-focused recycling competition. The challenge aims to develop solutions for recycling common trash materials – like fabrics, plastics, foam, and metals – that could accumulate from activities such as system operations, industrial activities, and building habitats in deep space. Phase … Read more

Registration Opens for 2025 NASA International Space Apps Challenge – NASA

Registration Opens for 2025 NASA International Space Apps Challenge – NASA

Lee esta historia en español aquí NASA invites innovators of all ages to register for the NASA Space Apps Challenge, held on Oct. 4-5. The 2025 theme is Learn, Launch, Lead, and participants will work alongside a vibrant community of scientists, technologists, and storytellers at more than 450 events worldwide. Participants can expect to learn … Read more

NASA Lunar Rescue System Challenge Supports Astronaut Safety

NASA Lunar Rescue System Challenge Supports Astronaut Safety

by Dary Felix Garcia NASA is preparing to make history by sending humans to the Moon’s South Pole. There, astronauts will conduct moonwalks for exploration, science experiments, and prepare humanity for the journey to Mars. Missions of this scale require extensive planning, especially when accounting for emergency scenarios such as a crew member becoming incapacitated.   … Read more

NASA Awards Third Crowdsourcing Contract Iteration – NASA

NASA Awards Third Crowdsourcing Contract Iteration – NASA

NASA continues to collaborate with global communities to solve complex challenges through crowdsourcing with a series of 25 new NASA Open Innovation Service (NOIS) contracts managed by the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. The contract aims to empower NASA’s workforce by actively engaging the public to find creative solutions to difficult space exploration challenges … Read more

Top Prize Awarded in Lunar Autonomy Challenge

Top Prize Awarded in Lunar Autonomy Challenge

NASA named Stanford University of California winner of the Lunar Autonomy Challenge, a six-month competition for U.S. college and university student teams to virtually map and explore using a digital twin of NASA’s In-Situ Resource Utilization Pilot Excavator (IPEx).  The winning team successfully demonstrated the design and functionality of their autonomous agent, or software that performs … Read more

NASA Goes Live on Twitch: Design Artemis II Moon Mascot – NASA

NASA Goes Live on Twitch: Design Artemis II Moon Mascot – NASA

NASA will host a live Twitch event to highlight the ongoing Moon Mascot Challenge, which invites the public to design a zero gravity indicator for the agency’s Artemis II crewed test flight around the Moon. Viewers will have the opportunity to provide real-time input to an artist who will create an example of a zero … Read more

Akali Dal to pick new chief amid challenges to its authority from rebel members

Akali Dal to pick new chief amid challenges to its authority from rebel members

Rebel leaders of Shiromani Akaki Dal (SAD), who have been expelled from the party including Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa, Prem Singh Chandumajra, Gurpartap Singh Wadala seen at the event to observe the 39th death anniversary of Sant Harchand Singh Longowal at Longowal town in Punjab’s Sangrur district, on August 20, 2024. | Photo Credit: SHIV KUMAR … Read more