ISRO carried out a major technology demonstration today, the first in a series of tests to qualify a Crew Escape System, which is a critical technology relevant for human spaceflight. The Crew Escape System is an emergency escape measure designed to quickly pull the crew module along with the astronauts to a safe distance from […]
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Pakistan: Hindu Temple attacked, desecrated (Pics Inside)
Hindu Temple at Sujawal town of Sindh was found desecrated yesterday morning by some devotees. Pakistan Hindu Council said that some people attacked the Shiv Mandir of Sujawal and demanded that Chief Minister of Sindh, IGP Sindh, and Minority Minister of Sindh take the strong action against these perpetrators. Here are the pics from the […]
Texas fashion firm apologizes and removes Ganesha leggings
San Antonio (Texas) based art-clothing company DiZurita withdrew Ganesha leggings within three hours after upset Hindus protested, calling it “highly inappropriate”. DiZurita’s founder-artist Giovanna DiZurita who was out of the country at the time, in an email to Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, who spearheaded this protest, wrote: “It was never my intent to offend anyone […]
NITI Aayog to organise India’s First Global Mobility Summit
Steeply falling technology costs and business – model innovation are driving the world’s transition to renewable energy and electric vehicles. Against this background, NITI Aayog, in collaboration with various ministries and industry partners, is organising MOVE: Global Mobility Summit in New Delhi on 7th and 8th September 2018. The Global Mobility Summit will help drive Government’s goals for […]
Sonali Bendre Behl is battling cancer
Sonali Bendre Behl is battling high-grade cancer that has metastised. Bollywood actor Sonali Bendre herself informed her fans and followers on social media on the same and also said that she is taking doctor’s advice and undergoing treatment in New York. Here is what Sarfarosh actor Sonali Bendre Behl wrote: “Sometimes, when you least expect it, […]
Agartala Airport to be named after Maharaja Bir Bikram Manikya Kishore
The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, today gave its approval to rename the Agartala Airport in Tripura as ‘Maharaja Bir Bikram Manikya Kishore Airport, Agartala. The decision comes in the wake of the long pending demand of people of Tripura as well as the Tripura Government for paying tribute to the […]
Prime Minister of Bhutan visiting India
Prime Minister of Bhutan, Dasho Tshering Tobgay, will be paying an official visit to India from 5-7 July 2018, at the invitation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. During the visit, Dasho Tshering Tobgay will call on the Indian President and hold talks with the Prime Minister of India. The External Affairs Minister and other Ministers […]
Government quashes reports on assigning Monument Mitra to heritage sites in Delhi
Narendra Modi government has taken note of the reports which some sections of the press published on 01st and 02nd July 2018 with the headline “Red Fort, four other Delhi heritage sites get Monument Mitra.” The Ministry of Tourism today has clarified that ‘all these articles had certain serious factual discrepancies.’ It also stated that […]
High Level Chinese Army Delegation Arrives at Sukna
A high level Chinese Army delegation led by Lt Gen Liu Xiaowu, Deputy Commander of Western Theatre Command arrived at Sukna yesterday afternoon. This visit is seen as a major initiative to strengthen relationship between the militaries of both nations. The Chinese Army delegation comprising 10 senior military officials from China will interact with their military […]
Dr Jitendra Singh attends Behdienkhlam festival at Jowai
The Union Minister of State for Development of North Eastern Region, Prime Minister’s Office, Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr. Jitendra Singh today attended the famous 4-day Meghalaya Annual Cultural Festival, Behdienkhlam, held every year at the small peripheral town of Jowai, Meghalaya. On the concluding day of the Behdienkhlam festival […]