Cricket purist; one who might bore you with everything around the sport. Chai and lame jokes are food for my soul, and I sell graduate programs for a living.
Sad to acknowledge the reality that @ajinkyarahane88 has called it a day. Hugely talented, immensely capable and utterly reliable, he remains India’s best-ever Test captain, who deserved an extended run in the job after his heroic come-from-behind series win in Australia 2020-21. A gentleman to the core and a reassuring presence in the Indian team, he will be remembered for never having achieved the greatness that was predicted for him in his early days, but his story is much more than one of unfulfilled potential. It is that of a man who left cricket better for his participation in it.
That touchdown wasn't as smooth as planned!
This Southwest Boeing 737 experienced multiple bounces during touchdown before the crew regained control and continued the landing✈️
Jinks, congratulations on a great career, buddy. You’ve done wonders for Indian cricket, and you can be very proud of your journey. The safest pair of hands in the slips and my favourite Test batting partner. Wishing you well always. God bless. 🤝🇮🇳
@ajinkyarahane88
That explains why CSK had to let go of Stephen Fleming.
In a way, it’s killing two birds with one stone - it helps CSK in the new T20 era and also kills BazBall for good.
A good move.
History made.
After a 12,460NM (23,075.92 km) / 24 hours 24 minutes direct flight from Melbourne 🇦🇺, the #A350-1000ULR arrives home in Toulouse 🇫🇷.
Watch the journey on @FlightRadar24: https://t.co/tzKbCjsfFM
#Ultimate#LongRangeLeader
The internet was busy debating jantar Mantar & a quiet facility in India witnessed something straight out of science fiction. An engine fired up. But it did not hum & it did not roar like a normal jet.
It detonated. Continuous supersonic shockwaves raced around a circular chamber 1000s of times/sec, harnessing controlled explosions to generate thrust.
The startup D-Propulse just gave the world a sneak peek of their air-breathing Rotating Detonation Engine (RDE) with an integrated aerospike nozzle.
Every jet engine on a commercial airliner, every fighter jet & every rocket we have ever seen operates on deflagration. We mix fuel with air/oxygen, ignite it & it burns relatively slowly at subsonic speeds. It is effective, but humanity has pushed this tech to its absolute physical limits.
RDEs throw that century-old playbook into the fire. Instead of burning fuel smoothly, an RDE explodes it intentionally. A continuous detonation wave sweeps around an annular (ring-shaped) channel at supersonic speeds, reaching over 2000 m/s. This is called Pressure-Gain Combustion.
It extracts 15-25% more thermal efficiency out of the exact same amount of fuel. In the world of high-speed flight, a 25% jump in efficiency is a completely different league.
Why this Matters for India?
For decades, the narrative surrounding Indian engineering was tied to catching up on legacy systems, spending billions trying to replicate 1970s turbofan engine metallurgy/importing critical defense tech.
D-Propulse is proving that India does not need to play catch-up anymore.
By leapfrogging straight to Pressure-Gain Combustion, an Indian deep-tech startup, guided by veteran scientists & built by young engineers is standing on the frontlines alongside research labs in the US, Japan & China.
Imagine hypersonic cruise missiles, ultra-long-range combat drones & spaceplanes that do not need heavy, complex moving turbopumps to break speed records. That is the realm this technology unlocks.
The future does not belong to those who build better versions of old machines. It belongs to those who rewrite the physics of how machines work.
The final space shuttle mission touched down 15 years ago today, marking the end of NASA's 30-year Space Shuttle program.
As the world's first reusable spacecraft, the shuttles accomplished so much over 135 missions. From building and supporting the @Space_Station, to launching and servicing missions a variety of commercial and scientific satellites such as @NASAHubble, to conducting groundbreaking research, it left an enduring legacy as a platform for exploration, science, and international cooperation.
🌕 Happy International Moon Day!
On this day in 1969, Neil Armstrong took humanity's first steps on the Moon. Today, through the Artemis program, we're building on that legacy.
Together, we're shaping the future of deep space exploration, one mission at a time.
The situation is really critical. BJP should pull all their party members, past and present from their current jobs to help.
Starting with Gautam Gambhir.