The ISRO has started flight integration activity for its next lunar mission Chandrayaan-2 and scientists are currently carrying out tests for the lander and the rover that will explore the moon. Officials said the spacecraft launch, on board GSLV-Mk II, is planned for March and many new technologies have been developed indigenously to achieve the…
The Hyderabad police registered a case on Monday against an NRI, after he reportedly divorced his wife through an advertisement. The Hussainialam police said that the accused, identified as Mohammed Manaziruddin, a resident of London, married a 24-year-old woman from Hyderabad in September 2015, Deccan Chronicle reported. “Manaziruddin promised to take me to London, but he never…
New Delhi: Large personal electric devices (PED) like laptops might be banned inside check-in luggage to avoid any fire incident in the cargo of planes, report claimed. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in a study submitted to the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) stated that fire in PED kept in cargo hold “could lead to…
Jahnavi Parikh was two when her father Piyush Parikh, an IT professional, moved to Atlanta, Georgia, in 1999. Jahnavi began school in the US and, later when her father moved back to India between 2004 and 2007, he enrolled her in a Mumbai school. Post 2007, she was once again studying in the US. Two…
Rory Stewart says Islamic State members pose a serious danger and ‘the only way of dealing with them will be to kill them’ The only way of dealing with most of the British Islamic State fighters in Syria is to kill them, a British government minister has said. Rory Stewart, an international development minister, said…
In one adrenaline-loaded stunt, 245 people rope-jumped off a bridge in Brazil. As many as 245 people jumped together on Sunday from a 98-foot-high bridge in Brazil in a Guinness World Record attempt at rope jumping. The stunt took place in the southeastern state of Sao Paulo. Although the success of the attempt has not…
Supreme Court steps in on National Anthem row, says no need to stand up in movie halls to prove patriotism. New Delhi: People do not need to stand up in cinema halls to prove their patriotism and “cannot be forced to carry patriotism on their sleeves”, the Supreme Court said on Monday, asking the Centre to…
New Delhi, Oct 22 (PTI) The Union home ministry has collected more than Rs 5 crore so far this year as penalty from NGOs which have failed to file their annual income and expenditure statements on time, an official said. Filing of annual returns by NGOs within the stipulated date is mandatory under the Foreign…
The central adoption body CARA is planning to set up a portal to help prospective parents from outside India track the status of their applications instead of relying solely on their country’s authorised agency. The move will help non-resident Indians (NRIs), Overseas Citizens of India (OCIs) as well as foreign nationals who apply for inter-country…
Gandhinagar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s third visit to his home state Gujarat this month saw the announcement of projects worth Rs. 2000 crore. The state also had its first “roll-on, roll-off (Ro-Ro)” ferry service – a Rs. Rs. 650-crore initiative which the Prime Minister inaugurated this morning, calling it his “dream project”. The day ended…
