Author: IANS

Panaji, July 22 (IANS) The Goa Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education has no record of whether Vinayak Damodar Savarkar had written to the British pleading clemency when he was jailed in Port Blair, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant told the state Assembly on Monday. “The Goa Board does not[Read More…]

New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) Some of India’s most advanced engineering marvels will aid Chandrayaan-2 in achieving its Moon mission. Its integrated module, which comprises technology and software developed across the country, includes ISRO’s most powerful launch vehicle to date and a wholly-indigenous rover. Some of the advancements on the[Read More…]

Chennai, July 22 (IANS) From the days of having a church as control room, the bishop’s house as office and a bicycle as ferry and naked eyes to track the smoke plume at Thumba in Kerala and converting a toilet into a satellite data receiving centre in Bengaluru, Indian space[Read More…]

Chennai, July 22 (IANS) It was in 1950s when mission to the moon caught the fancy of several countries. But in sometime they were abandoned. In fact, the moon itself became an abandoned planet, said M. Annadurai, former Director, U.R. Rao Satellite Centre (URSC), Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). Lately,[Read More…]

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New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) Actress Kangana Ranaut is set pklay a spy in the upcoming heroine-centric action thriller, “Dhaakad”. “‘Dhaakad’ is an action film and it is (a) big film. For us, it’s like venturing into a genre that is absolutely missing in Hindi films. It is something of[Read More…]

New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) As many as 21 Kendriya Vidyalaya school buildings are “unsafe” in the country, the Lok Sabha was informed on Monday. Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ said that a safety audit showed that these buildings were located in border, hill and tribal areas[Read More…]

By Baidurjo Bhose New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) Chief selectors M.S.K. Prasad started Sunday’s press conference with great gusto after picking the Indian squads for the Windies tour. Not only did he say that he would clear all doubts about the strange replacement pattern during the World Cup, but also[Read More…]

Baghpat (Uttar Pradesh), July 22 (IANS) Three persons were arrested on Monday for thrashing a national-level sportsperson in Uttar Pradesh’ Baghpat, police said. The Sunday incident came to light after the accused posted the video on the social media. In the viral video, four people were seen thrashing the national-level[Read More…]

New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) Political parties have responded positively to the proposed move to extend the ongoing session of Parliament and a decision will be taken shortly, a senior BJP leader said. “The consultation process should conclude in a day or two. The session could be extended for a[Read More…]

By Kaushik Kumar Hyderabad, July 22 (IANS) In the world of Kabaddi, he has been nicknamed as the ‘Raid Machine’ because people say — “Rahul jaata hai to point le kar hi aata hai (Rahul doesn’t returns empty handed)”. Looking at Rahul’s stature, his previous season was average as Chaudhary[Read More…]

Sydney, July 22 (IANS) Former Australian tennis player Peter McNamara has died from cancer at the age of 64. McNamara, who formed a succesfull doubles pair with compatriot Paul McNamee, reached a career ranking high of number 7 in 1983. The Melbourne-born star died on Monday. While he is best[Read More…]

Bengaluru, July 22 (IANS) Karnataka Assembly Speaker K.R. Ramesh Kumar on Monday told Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy to face by evening the floor test to prove majority in the House after the debate on the confidence motion ends. “As decided on Friday, I will put the confidence motion for vote[Read More…]

Tokyo, July 22 (IANS) Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s political coalition has won the partial legislative election to the upper house of Parliament, though it failed to secure the number of seats needed to push forward the constitutional reform it was hoping for, according to results released on Monday. Japanese[Read More…]

Los Angeles, July 22 (IANS) “Avengers: Endgame” has finally ended the decade-long reign of “Avatar”, becoming the world’s highest-grossing film of all time, and the multistar-cast of the superhero adventure is euphoric about creating history. On Sunday, “Avengers: Endgame” crossed $2.7902 billion at the box office, crossing the $2.7897 billion-mark[Read More…]

By Archana Sharma Jaipur, July 22 (IANS) : Choreographer Saroj Khan, known as Bollywood’s epitome of perfection in dance moves and postures, is upset at the dearth of emotions, grace and ‘lachak’ in present-day film dance numbers. “Such films lack heart and soul, and hence are forgotten in a year[Read More…]

Vienna, July 22 (IANS) UN nuclear watchdog chief Yukiya Amano has died at the age of 72, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said in a statement on Monday. Amano led the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) since 2009 and was due to step down in March 2020. He had[Read More…]

By Aakash Kumar New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) While announcing the squad for the upcoming West Indies tour, BCCI chief selector M.S.K Prasad made it very clear that left-handed wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant is the future wicket-keeper of Indian cricket and will play in all the three formats of the game.[Read More…]

Beijing, July 22 (IANS) Chinese smartphone manufacturer Xiaomi has become the youngest company on the Fortune Global 500 list for 2019, ranking 468, with a revenue of $26,443.50 million and a net profit of $2,049.10 million in the previous fiscal. The Beijing-based global technology firm on Monday announced that the[Read More…]

Mumbai, July 22 (IANS) Simba and Mufasa are having a gala time in India. Disneys new production of “The Lion King” opened to a weekend collection of over Rs 65 crore at the domestic box office. Jon Favreau has recreated the 1994 Disney classic of the same name, to bring[Read More…]

Hyderabad, July 22 (IANS) An Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad-incubated startup BeAble has won Rs 25 lakh in funding for developing ‘ArmAble’ — a gamified arm rehabilitation device for stroke patients aimed at providing an intensive and regular rehabilitation therapy for the upper limb. The device that provides rehabilitation therapy[Read More…]

Beijing, July 22 (IANS) China on Monday announced imposing protectionist measures on certain stainless steel products imported from the European Union, Japan, South Korea and Indonesia. The Chinese Ministry of Commerce said in a statement on its website that the measure will come into effect on Tuesday and will affect[Read More…]

By Rohan Agarwal New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) The spirit of Kargil overshadowed everything else at the popular Select City Mall here, with people gathering in hundreds to pay homage to the soldiers who died while recapturing strategic heights on the border from Pakistanis. As the country celebrates the 20th[Read More…]

By Brij Khandelwal Agra, July 22 (IANS) A quarter century of environmental activism, and a series of judicial interventions by the apex court, has not fundamentally changed the ecological conditions in the Taj Trapezium Zone, spread over 10,400 sq km. The air pollution level continues to remain alarming, affecting both[Read More…]