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SpaceX has finally completed its first fully integrated Starship flight test after months of delays and a scrubbed launch earlier in the week, albeit not as smoothly as it would have like. The combination of Starship and a Super Heavy booster lifted off from SpaceX's Boca Chica, Texas facility at 9:34AM Eastern after a brief hold, but failed to separate and tumbled down in a botched flip maneuver before exploding. CEO Elon Musk previously told enthusiasts to temper their expectations. The Starship flight was meant to…

Published By: Paras YadavLast Updated: March 30, 2023, 18:25 ISTMumbai-Goa Highway (Photo: IANS)The Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways said that the much-delayed Mumbai-Goa national highway work will be completed by December this yearUnion Minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday said the work on the Mumbai-Goa highway will be completed by December this year, which would give a huge boost to development in Maharashtra’s Konkan region.He was speaking at the ‘bhoomi pujan’ ceremony in Panvel of the concretisation of…

When we think of reliability and associate it with cars, Toyota is probably the first brand that comes to mind. The reason for this is quite simple. In India, there are still several first-generation Toyota Innova, Qualis, or Fortuner SUVs on the road that are working just fine without any major issues. Most of these vehicles have covered over 2 lakh km on the odometer. Volvo also makes reliable cars, and there are a few examples in the past that prove the same. They not only manufacture some of the safest cars in the…

With a new World's First team crowned and Contest mode rules over, Destiny 2: Lightfall's Root of Nightmares raid has seen more day one clears than any other raid in Destiny's entire history, combined. A grand total of 354,388 players took part in the new raid according to Destiny Raid Report, and out of all those users, 89,984 players completed the high-level PvE activity in its first 24 hours.Root of Nightmares had more day one clears than VotD, DSC, GoS, CoS, SotP, LW, SoS, EoW, Lev, WotM, KF, CE, and…

Last Updated: February 23, 2023, 17:23 ISTThe first leg of the bullet train project in Maharashtra is not progressing as expected. According to NHSRCL, the initial cost of the project is Rs 11,353.14 crore -- sanctioned during the 2022–23 fiscal year.At least 25% of the construction work on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad high-speed corridor has been completed, against the targetted 30% as of January 2023, authorities have said. The project is expected to cost Rs. 1.01 lakh crore. The National High-Speed Rail Corporation Limited…

Two astronauts from the International Space Station (ISS) yesterday performed the first spacewalk of the year, working on the exterior of the station as part of a long-term program to upgrade the ISS power system. The spacewalk took place on Friday, January 20, and lasted over seven hours, though one troublesome strut wasn’t bolted into place as planned. The two astronauts performing the spacewalk were NASA astronaut Nicole Mann and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata, and this was the…

The construction of India’s longest escape tunnel has finally been completed. With the completion of this tunnel, it will get a bit easier to carry out rescue operations in case of emergency. The officials said that the construction of a 12.89 km long tunnel in the 111 km long under-construction Banihal-Katra rail line in Jammu and Kashmir was completed on Thursday, December 15.According to a report by PTI, an escape tunnel has been constructed along with the main tunnel (12.75 km long). The provision of an escape tunnel…

Last Updated: December 01, 2022, 18:32 ISTImage used for Representation. (Photo: Shutterstock) The line 3 of Mumbai Metro which will have a 33.5 km underground route will connect south Mumbai with the western suburbsThe tunneling work of the Colaba-Bandra-SEEPZ Metro-3 corridor was completed 100 percent on Wednesday while the overall project is 76.6 percent complete, the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation (MMRC) said here.The tunneling work was completed after the final breakthrough at the Mumbai Central Metro Station.The line…

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Nikola Motor CompanySource: Nikola Motor CompanyElectric heavy truck maker Nikola said Thursday that its planned acquisition of battery-pack maker Romeo Power will now proceed, after Romeo Power shareholders agreed to tender just over half of the company's outstanding shares.In August, Nikola said it had agreed to acquire Romeo Power, a California-based maker of battery modules that has been struggling financially, for $144 million in stock. But the deal was contingent on a tender offer to Romeo shareholders: Investors…