The celebrations will cost the U.S. Army between $25 million and $45 million, U.S. officials have told Reuters. That includes the parade itself as well as the cost of moving equipment and housing and feeding the troops.

The timely detection of a “crack in an oxidizer line” in the first stage of the Falcon-9 rocket – which will take four astronauts, including India’s Shubhanshu Shukla, to the International Space Station – averted a major disaster.

Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha said the parks at tourist places, which were closed in view of security considerations after the April 22 Pahalgam attack, are being reopened in a phased manner.