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History Today: When India's first PM Pandit Nehru was born

November 14 marks the 136th birth anniversary of India's first prime minister, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, whose journey reveals more than just a political milestones. It's also on this day, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) climbed to 1,000 units for the first time in its history

FirstUp: Hungary’s Orban to meet Trump and other headlines of the day

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban will meet US President Donald Trump in Washington to discuss a path to seek an exemption from US energy sanctions. Also, US flight cuts will begin today amid the government shutdown. After meeting the Pope, Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas is set to visit Rome, where he will hold talks with Italian PM Giorgia Meloni

Why do Americans still think 1969 Moon landing was fake? Kim Kardashian is newest conspiracy theorist

A growing number of Americans think the 1969 Moon landing was faked. The latest high-profile celebrity to tout this conspiracy theory is reality star Kim Kardashian. The billionaire has said she got the idea from TikTok and pointed out several ‘inconsistencies’ people have raised over the years about the Nasa Moon mission

Amid delay concerns, SpaceX pitches ‘simplified’ Starship Moon landing plan to Nasa

Amid concerns over delays to the Artemis programme, which aims to return humans to the Moon, SpaceX has pitched a 'simplified' Starship landing plan to NASA, claiming it would be faster and safer.

History Today: When bomb blasts at crowded markets, bus rocked Delhi 20 years ago

On October 29, 2005, three bomb blasts on two crowded markets and a bus in New Delhi killed nearly 60 people and left 200 injured. The attacks took place just before Diwali. On this day in 1998, John Glenn became the oldest person to fly in space

Is Nasa dropping SpaceX from its moon mission? Chief fumes over delays amid ‘race with China’

Sean Duffy, Nasa's acting chief, has said that SpaceX, which has a $2.9 billion contract to provide the lunar lander, is thwarting Washington's efforts to take humans to the moon before China beats it

SpaceX’s Starship soars over Texas in successful 11th test flight

SpaceX’s Starship completed its 11th test flight over Texas, with booster and upper stage performing as planned, paving the way for future lunar missions

Nasa hits pause: Space agency limits operations to bare bones amid US government shutdown

Nasa has halted several of its activities due to a US government shutdown and major budget cuts under the Trump administration

Amazon's Blue Origin wins Nasa contract to deliver rover to Moon — with an eye on SpaceX

The $190 million deal gives Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin a chance to prove its lunar lander and challenge Elon Musk’s SpaceX in the race to deliver Nasa’s next-generation rover to the Moon

Searching for life, astronomers discover thousands of worlds: 6,000 planets confirmed beyond solar system

Astronomers have confirmed 6,000 exoplanets beyond our solar system, with thousands more awaiting verification, marking a dramatic leap in the search for life since the first discovery just three decades ago