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They really launched this tiny spacecraft (Well, sort of.) | Space photo of the day for May 11, 2026

SpaceX will launch another batch of its Starlink satellites from California's central coast tonight (June 24), and you can watch the action live.A Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to lift off from Vandenberg Space Force Base tonight at 11:19 p.m. EDT (8:19 p.m. local time; 0319 GMT on June 25), carrying 24 of the broadband spacecraft to low Earth orbit (LEO).You can watch the launch live via SpaceX; coverage will begin about 10 minutes before liftoff.If all goes to plan, the Falcon 9's first stage will come back to Earth about 8.5 minutes after launch, touching down in the Pacific Ocean on the SpaceX drone ship "Of Course I Still Love You."According to a company mission description, it will be the 25th flight for this particular booster, which is known as B1081.The rocket's upper stage, meanwhile, will continue hauling the 24 satellites to LEO. The spacecraft will be deployed there just under 62 minutes into flight.Previous Booster 1081 missionsTonight's launch will be the 74th Falcon 9 liftoff of the year, and the 59th of 2026 devoted to building out the Starlink megaconstellation. Starlink is by far the biggest satellite network ever assembled; it currently consists of nearly 10,700 active units, and the number goes up all the time.SpaceX has launched two non-Falcon 9 missions this year as well. On April 29, a Falcon Heavy lofted the Viasat-3 F3 telecom satellite. And the company's Starship megarocket launched on its 12th-ever test flight on May 22.

Space.comJun 24

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India U18 Men end series with a 3-3 draw against Australia

India U18 Men end series with a 3-3 draw against Australia Hockey India

Hockey IndiaMay 20

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Australia court doubles payout for trans woman in landmark discrimination case

5 minutes agoLana LamSydneyReutersAustralia's federal court found that Roxanne Tickle had been discriminated against by Giggle for Girls app founder Sall GroverA Sydney court has doubled the discrimination payout for an Australian trans woman who was kicked off a female-only app.It comes almost two years after Roxanne Tickle successfully sued Sall Grover, founder of the Giggle for Girls app, for blocking her account on the grounds of gender identity.Grover lodged an appeal against that verdict, but on Friday, the Federal Court dismissed it and further found that Tickle was directly - rather than indirectly - discriminated against by Grover.Tickle, a biological male who identifies as a woman, was also awarded compensation of AU$20,000 ($14,000; £11,000), double the original amount.Giggle's legal team argued throughout the original case that sex is a biological concept. They freely conceded that Tickle was discriminated against, but on the grounds of sex, rather than gender identity.Known as "Tickle vs Giggle", the years-long dispute is the first time a case of alleged gender identity discrimination has been heard by the Federal Court in Australia.During the original case, the court heard that Grover had removed Tickle from the app after spotting "male facial features" on Tickle's profile photo.Grover told the court that when she looked at Tickle's profile picture, she decided Tickle was not a woman and removed the account, saying that the process was "the same as removing all males"."I would have seen the photo and just gone, 'male', and blocked," Grover told the court during the initial hearing.Under the country's Sex Discrimination Act, it is illegal for providers of goods or services to discriminate against another person on the ground of a person's gender identity.In Friday's Federal Court judgement, the full court found that Grover had engaged in unlawful direct discrimination, saying she had treated Tickle "who is a transgender woman, less favourably than a person designated female at birth seeking access to the Giggle App".The three judges also found that the original judge had erred by not deeming Tickle's removal from the app based on Grover's "first visual review" of the profile picture as direct discrimination.The earlier ruling found that Grover had indirectly discriminated against Tickle.Tickle downloaded the app in 2021 and passed the registration process which included a selfie, and used the app for about half a year before being blocked.Grover founded the Giggle for Girls app in 2020 in response to online abuse by men during her time as a screenwriter in Hollywood."I wanted to create a safe, women-only space in the palm of your hand," she said earlier.Shortly after Friday's ruling, Grover said she intended to appeal the decision in the High Court.Update: This article has been amended to make clear Roxanne Tickle is a biological male who identifies as a woman.

BBC NewsMay 15

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11 Punjabis deported from Australia to land in Delhi; Punjab Police await arrival

2 min readUpdated: Apr 30, 2026 09:53 AM IST Australia is deporting 15 Indians, among whom a majority are from Punjab, and the rest from Telangana, Uttarakhand, and Haryana. (Representational image) At least 11 people hailing from Punjab, who were deported by Australia, will land at the Delhi international airport on Thursday. A team of Punjab Police officials has reached the national capital to receive them. Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann had said on Wednesday that Australia was deporting 15 Indians, among whom a majority were from Punjab, and the rest from Telangana,...

Indian ExpressApr 30

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Australia to charge Big Tech companies 2% levy unless they strike local news deals

Australia to charge Big Tech companies 2% levy unless they strike local news deals India Today

India TodayApr 29

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