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Washington, July 22 (IANS) Imran Khan, former Pakistan skipper and current Prime Minister, has said that he is working on a plan to develop “best cricket team of the world” following the dismal performance of the Men in Green in the recently concluded World Cup in England and Wales. Pakistan[Read More…]

New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday said the Indian embassy in Tehran is in “constant contact” with the Iranian authorities for the release and repatriation of 18 Indian crew members on board oil tanker Stena Impero that was seized by Iranian revolutionary guards. In[Read More…]

Vienna, July 22 (IANS) UN nuclear watchdog IAEA head Yukiya Amano has died at the age of 72, the organization announced on Monday. Amano led the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) since 2009 and was planning to step down in March 2020 because of an unspecified illness. In a statement,[Read More…]

Lucknow, July 22 (IANS) Shia cleric and Majlis-e-Ulama-e-Hind General Secretary Maulana Kalbe Jawwad on Monday called of the nationwide camps to help Muslims, Dalits and tribals fill up forms for arms licenses. The announcement came after a controversy ensued over camp organiser and Supreme Court lawyer Mehmood Pracha’s statement at[Read More…]

By Venkatachari Jagannathan (15:20) Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh), July 22 (IANS) India’s second lunar mission was on track as its ‘Babubali’ GSLV rocket successfully put the moon spacecraft — Chandrayaan-2 — into the orbit in a copy book style on Monday afternoon. The Rs 375 crore, heavy lift GSLV-Mk III rocket[Read More…]

New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) Aiming at second position in terms of overall market share, domestic mobile wallet major MobiKwik on Monday announced target of Rs 1.4 lakh crore in annual payment volume for its payment gateway business. Explaining its goal, the company in a statement said this decision comes[Read More…]

New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) A Bill that seeks to improve access to quality and affordable medical education and ensures availability of adequate and high quality medical professionals all over the country to promote equitable and universal healthcare was introduced in the Lok Sabha on Monday. Union Health Minister Harsh[Read More…]

Lucknow, July 22 (IANS) Five days after the gory dance of death played out in Murtiya village in Sonebhadra where 10 people were killed and 24 injured over a land dispute, two videos have emerged on the social media that relive the moments before the carnage took place. The videos[Read More…]

Hong Kong, July 22 (IANS) At least 45 people have been injured in an unprecedented violence at a Hong Kong railway station as a rampaging mob armed with metal rods assaulted pro-democracy protesters as well as passengers indiscriminately. No police officer was in sight as dozens of men — dressed[Read More…]

By Venkatachari Jagannathan Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh), July 22 (IANS) India’s second lunar mission was on track as its ‘Babubali’ GSLV rocket successfully put the moon spacecraft — Chandrayaan-2 — into the orbit in a copy book style on Monday afternoon. The Rs 375 crore, heavy lift GSLV-Mk III rocket slung[Read More…]

New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) Indias spending on Research and Development (R&D) as a percentage of GDP has remained at 0.7 per cent over a decade, the Lok Sabha was informed on Monday. This is much lower compared to 4.3 per cent in Israel, 2 per cent in China and[Read More…]

New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) Actors Anil Kapoor, Rajkummar Rao, Bhumi Pednekar, Anushka Sharma and filmmaker Shekhar Kapur were among numerous Bollywood celebrities who congratulated ace sprinter Hima Das for clinching five gold medals in Europe over the month of July. The 19-year-old athlete’s latest gold medal win came on[Read More…]

Mumbai, July 22 (IANS) Mumbai’s hip-hop dance crew, The Kings, winners of the American reality television show “World Of Dance”, will feature in a music video, before a film inspired by them hits the screens. About two months after producer Shailendra Singh announced that he had acquired rights to the[Read More…]

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Mumbai, July 22 (IANS) Director Anees Bazmee says Ajay Devgn manages to put a smile on his face whenever the actor meets him. Bazmee took to Twitter and shared a photograph of himself along with Ajay, who visited the filmmaker on the sets of “Pagalpanti”. “We might not meet everyday[Read More…]

Patna, July 22 (IANS) Actor-turned-politician and Congress leader Shatrughan Sinha on Monday backed Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s name for leading the party. “It’s my humble appeal that she would be apt as the party president to lead ahead. It will be a shot in the arm,” Sinha tweeted. Sinha said Priyanka’s[Read More…]

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Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh), July 22 (IANS) Setting in place India’s bid to return to the moon, the Indian space agency’s heavy lift rocket, the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle-Mark III (GSLV-Mk III), carrying the 3,850 kg Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft, blasted off from the Sriharikota spaceport on Monday afternoon. At exactly 2.43 p.m.,[Read More…]