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Philae mission team bids farewell to the comet lander

February 13, 2016 5:29 pm

European scientists have given up hope of restoring contact with space probe Philae

Philae streams back data before falling silent

November 15, 2014 5:40 pm

Philae streamed data from its experiments back to its mother ship Rosetta before its battery ran down.

European probe 'Philae' lands on comet

November 13, 2014 2:44 pm

Engineers are yet to figure out what prevented the 100-kilo (220-pound) lander from shooting its duo of harpoons into the comet's surface.

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Cosmic first: European spacecraft Philae Lander lands on comet

November 13, 2014 12:30 pm

Landing with a bounce after traveling 4 billion miles, European spacecraft Philae Lander made history by successfully reaching the icy, dusty surface of a speeding comet a cosmic first designed to answer big questions about the universe.

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Vehicles drive in downtown Tehran, Iran, Friday, Jan. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Evacuation from Iran only if problems on ground, says Govt

Updated: January 17, 2026 04:48 IST

Conditional US waiver for Chabahar until April, working it out: MEA

‘Don’t know if my parents are alive or dead’: Iranian students in India wait in fear as protests rage back home, phones go silent

Updated: January 17, 2026 04:47 IST

The Indian Express speaks to three students in Delhi and Pune about their helplessness in the face of the situation in Iran and how their only word from home is through social media.

Maharashtra municipal elections, Thackeray family, Pawar family,

Pawars & Thackerays — two key political families marginalised in Maharashtra

Updated: January 17, 2026 04:31 IST

Political analysts feel that the results have come as a jolt to the Thackeray family as civic politics formed the core strength of their party.

Justice Varma cited Section 3(2) of the Judges (Inquiry) Act to argue that the committee could have been set up only once both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha accepted the motion for impeachment.

Supreme Court upholds Speaker’s inquiry panel move against Justice Varma

Updated: January 17, 2026 03:45 IST

Justice Yashwant Varma cited Section 3(2) of the Judges (Inquiry) Act to argue that the committee could have been set up only once both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha accepted the motion for impeachment.

SC declines to entertain plea against UMEED portal’s ‘classification’ of waqf properties; says there is ‘no dilution of rights’

Updated: January 17, 2026 03:36 IST

The petitioner from Madhya Pradesh submitted before the Supreme Court that the UMEED portal does not have a head for ‘Waqf by Survey’ but only for ‘Waqf by User’.