New Delhi: The government Thursday approved setting up of a third launch pad at Sriharikota to send heavier spacecraft into orbit as it aims to build a space station, carry out human spaceflight Gaganyaan and land an astronaut on the moon. The third launch pad...
Kolkata: The West Bengal health department has suspended 12 doctors after the death of a woman and a newborn baby in the alleged expiry saline case, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced Thursday. Five women fell ill after being allegedly administered expired Ringer’s Lactate at a...
Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis Thursday said the attack on Hindi film actor Saif Ali Khan by an intruder at his home was a serious incident, but it would be wrong to call Mumbai unsafe because of it. Police were taking action, and the...
New Delhi: Locally developed single-engine Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas will not feature in the upcoming Republic Day flypast, an official said Thursday. The IAF has stopped flying single-engine aircraft at the R-Day parade. Manufactured by the HAL, the Tejas aircraft is a potent platform for...
New Delhi: The union government Thursday decided to set up the 8th Pay Commission to revise salaries of central government employees and allowances of pensioners. The decision to set up the 8th Pay Commission was taken by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, I&B Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw...
New Delhi: India Thursday welcomed the ceasefire agreement in Gaza and the decision for the release of hostages between Israel and Hamas. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) expressed hope that this development would pave the way for safe and sustained humanitarian assistance to Gaza....
Kolkata: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) Thursday was conducting raid and search operations at two locations in and around Kolkata in connection with bank loan forgery cases worth around Rs 6,000 crore. Sources aware of the development said that the two places where the ED officials...
New Delhi: Hindenburg Research founder Nate Anderson has announced to disband the short seller firm, saying there is not one specific thing -- “no particular threat, no health issue and no big personal issue”. The short-seller firm targeted several top corporate leaders across the world,...
New Delhi: With the successful docking of the satellites of the SpaDEX mission, India became the fourth nation to ace the space docking technology, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said Thursday. ISRO informed the merging of two small spacecraft -- SDX01, the Chaser, and...
Mahakumbh Nagar: Philanthropist Laurene Powell Jobs, the wife of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, has received spiritual initiation from her guru Swami Kailashanand Giri, the seer's aide said here Wednesday. Powell, who has spent three days at a camp at the Maha Kumbh, has been given...
By Dilip Cherian What happens when the fence begins to eat the crop? In Delhi’s babu circles, this question is...
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The resignation of about 120 scientists and engineers from the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), including those associated with top...
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As Parliament prepares to convene for the Monsoon Session on Monday, 20 July, the Modi government stands accused of shrinking...
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