Bengaluru: Aditya L1 spacecraft, India’s first space-based mission to study the Sun, got a “send-off” from the Earth after orbiting it since its September 2 launch as it underwent a key manoeuvre in the early hours of Tuesday, ISRO said. The Trans-Lagrangian Point 1 Insertion manoeuvre marks the beginning of the spacecraft’s about 110-day trajectory […]
New Delhi: The Congress on Tuesday said the country’s interests and concerns must be kept paramount and its fight against terrorism has to be uncompromising, amid a row between India and Canada over the killing of a Khalistani separatist leader in that country. India announced the expulsion of a Canadian diplomat on Thursday hours after […]
New Delhi: Senior IPS officer Kuldeep Dwivedi has been appointed as Deputy Inspector General (DIG) in the Central Bureau of Investigation, a Personnel Ministry order said. He is currently working as DIG, Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP). The Personnel Ministry has approved lateral shifting of Dwivedi from the position of DIG, ITBP to the post of […]
New Delhi: Ahead of the start of a function held in the Central Hall of Parliament House on Tuesday, Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia came forward and greeted Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi, who was sitting in the front row. Scindia stood there for some time talking to Sonia Gandhi and the leader of the […]
New Delhi: The University Grants Commission on Tuesday announced schedule for three key entrance exams — CUET-UG, CUET-PG, and NET for 2024-25 academic session. Common University Entrance Test (CUET)-UG for admission to undergraduate courses will be conducted from May 15 to 31, 2024. “Results will be announced within three weeks of last test,” UGC Chairman […]
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday that this Parliament session may be short in duration but is big on occasion, and is of “historic decisions”. In his remarks to the media ahead of the five-day session, Modi noted that Parliament will move to the new building on Tuesday as he asked MPs […]
New Delhi: Leaders of INDIA bloc met here on Monday ahead of the start of special session of Parliament and decided to participate in the discussions and raise people’s issues, sources said. The leaders during the meeting of INDIA alliance in the morning decided to continue with the floor coordination among the parties during the […]
Bengaluru: India’s Aditya-L1 solar mission spacecraft has commenced collecting scientific data to help scientists analyse particles surrounding Earth, ISRO said on Monday. The sensors on board India’s first solar observatory have begun measuring ions and electrons at distances greater than 50,000 km from Earth, ISRO announced in a post on X. The national space agency […]
Patna: Claiming the ruling BJP at the Centre was planning to bring forward Lok Sabha elections, Bihar Chief Minister, Nitish Kumar on Monday said, “‘Humlog har samay taiyyar hai (We are always ready)”. The JD (U) leader, who had snapped ties with BJP a year ago and has played an instrumental role in bringing various […]
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday launched Rs 13,000-crore PM Vishwakarma Yojana (scheme) for traditional artisans and craftsmen, and inaugurated the Rs 5,400-crore first phase of state-of-the art India International Convention and Expo Centre (IICC) — ‘Yashobhoomi’ — at Dwarka, here. “Today I dedicate ‘Yashobhoomi’ to every labourer, every ‘Vishwakarma’ of the nation,” […]