Chandrayaan-3: ISRO integrates spacecraft with launch vehicle

New Delhi, ,5/7: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Wednesday announced the integration of the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft with the Launch Vehicle Mark 3 (LVM3). The national space agency is eyeing a July 12-19 launch window for the lunar mission. Chandrayaan-3 is a follow-on mission to 2019’s Chandrayaan-2 which saw an unsuccessful landing attempt. “Today,…

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Madhya Pradesh man accused of urinating on tribal youth arrested

Bhopal, 5/7: Police on Wednesday arrested a man accused of urinating on a tribal youth in Madhya Pradesh’s Sidhi district, an official said.     On Tuesday, an official from the MP Chief Minister’s Office said a case was registered against the accused, identified as Pravesh Shukla, under Indian Penal Code sections 294 (obscene acts),…

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BCCI appoints Ajit Agarkar as chairman of Indian senior men’s selection committee

Mumbai, 4/7: Former India fast bowler Ajit Agarkar has been named chairman of selectors for Indian men’s team by Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Tuesday. 45-year-old Agarkar applied for the selector’s job, which has been vacant since February after Chetan Sharma stepped down in the wake up of a sting operation…

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BJP, JD(S) to fight Congress govt in Karnataka, says B S Yediyurappa

Bangalore, 4/7: BJP veteran B S Yediyurappa said on Tuesday that the BJP and JD(S) would fight the Congress government together.   Yediyurappa’s statement assumes significance amid speculation that the BJP and JD(S) could enter into an alliance for the Lok Sabha polls next year.   Endorsing former chief minister H D Kumaraswamy’s allegations of…

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