New Delhi: Science and Technology Minister Jitendra Singh on Saturday said the successful test flight of the abort mission of the Gaganyaan project has set the stage for the remaining qualification tests and unmanned missions, which would lead to India’s first human spaceflight. “Well begun is half done,” said Singh, who is also the Minister […]
New Delhi: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge congratulated the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Saturday for successfully conducting the test vehicle mission ahead of the human space flight programme. In a post on X, Kharge said the country’s human space flight programme has been in the works since 2007 and expressed happiness that it is […]
New Delhi: A group of former judges on Saturday praised the Supreme Court verdict refusing to grant legal recognition to same-sex marriage, saying it is a blend of interpretation of statutory provisions, culture and morality. The judgement has received “overwhelming applaud” from society except the LGBTQ+ community and a minuscule section thereof, the former judges […]
New Delhi: Observing that manual scavengers have lived in bondage, systematically trapped in inhuman conditions for a long time, the Supreme Court on Friday asked the Centre and state governments to completely eradicate manual scavenging across the country. Passing a slew of directions for the benefit of people involved in manual scavenging, the court asked […]
Sahibabad (UP): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday inaugurated the 17-km priority section of the country’s first Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) corridor and took a ride in a ‘Namo Bharat’ train running on the stretch. Modi showed the green flag to the train connecting Sahibabad and Duhai Depot stations, marking the launch of the […]
New Delhi: TMC MP Mahua Moitra on Friday said she is ready to answer questions from the CBI and the Parliament’s Ethics Committee if she is called in connection with allegations of she taking bribes from a noted businessman. Moitra has been at the centre of a political storm after BJP MP Nishikant Dubey accused […]
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a PIL challenging the restoration of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s Lok Sabha membership and imposed a cost of Rs 1 lakh on the petitioner. A bench headed by Justice BR Gavai said the petition is abuse of the process of law as no fundamental right of the […]
New Delhi: A low-pressure area over the southeast and the adjoining southwest Arabian Sea has developed into a depression and is expected to intensify into a cyclonic storm by the morning of October 21, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Friday. This would be the second cyclonic storm in the Arabian Sea this year. […]
New Delhi: Ministry of Electronics and IT will start setting up Bharat Semicoductor Research Centre from next year in collaboration with the industry and academia, minister of state Rajeev Chandrasekhar said on Friday. The minister said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision is that Indians should be involved in the leadership of semicoductor research. “A […]
‘One need not be inimical to people from abroad in order to be patriot’ Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Thursday dismissed a petition seeking a complete ban on artists from Pakistan to perform or work in India, and observed that in order to be a patriot, one does not need to be inimical to […]