Two-and-a-half-year-old radio-collared tigress STRT5, better known as Tara, was spotted by a tourist at the Sahyadri Tiger Reserve on Tuesday. (Text by Ranjeet Jadhav) (Pics/Amit Mane)

ISRO kicked off 2026 with the powerful launch of PSLV-C62 from Sriharikota, sending the EOS-N1 (Anvesha) Earth observation satellite and 15 co-passenger satellites toward Sun Synchronous Orbit. Executed by NewSpace India Limited, the mission underscored India’s growing commercial space footprint. (INPUTS/ANI)