Sriharikota, 4/9: Ten days after its soft-landing near the Moon’s south pole, the Chandrayaan-3 lander has undergone an experimental elevation and descent on the lunar surface that lasted a few seconds. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said with the successful ‘hop experiment’ on Sunday, the lander, Vikram, has exceeded its mission objectives. It…
Kyiv, 4/9: President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday that he was replacing his minister of defence, the biggest shake-up in the leadership of Ukraine’s war effort since Russia’s full-scale invasion began, citing the need for “new approaches” as the war stretches. The fate of the defence minister, Oleksii Reznikov, had been the subject of increasing speculation…
Mumbai, 4/9: Indian bowler Jasprit Bumrah on Monday welcomed a child into his family with partner Sanjana. Our little family has grown & our hearts are fuller than we could ever imagine!”, he said on X (formerly Twitter). This morning we welcomed our little boy, Angad Jasprit Bumrah into the world. We are over the…
Hyderabad, 3/9: AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Sunday said that the concept of ‘one nation, one election’ will be a disaster for multi-party parliamentary democracy and federalism in the country, and it appears that the formation of a committee to look into it . The Union government has formed a high-level committee under the chairmanship…
New Delhi, 3/9: Senior Congress leader Sonia Gandhi has been admitted to Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in Delhi with mild fever, but her condition is stable, sources said on Sunday. Gandhi was admitted to the hospital in central Delhi Saturday evening, a senior doctor told PTI. “She has mild fever, but she is doing fine….
New Delhi, 3/9: Top officials of the Union Law Ministry on Sunday held a preparatory briefing for former president Ram Nath Kovind who heads the high-level committee to examine and make recommendations for holding simultaneous polls to the Lok Sabha, state assemblies. People aware of the development said, Law Secretary Niten Chandra, Legislative Secretary Reeta…
Zimbabwe,3/9: Former Zimbabwe captain Heath Streak died on Sunday at the age of 49, his family confirmed on social media. Streak, who played 65 Tests and 189 ODIs for Zimbabwe from 1993-2005, was battling liver cancer for a long time. “In the early hours of this morning, Sunday the 3rd of September 2023, the greatest…
Sriharikota, 3/9: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Sunday performed the first earth-bound manoeuvre with the Aditya-L1 spacecraft, raising it to an orbit of 245 km x 22459 km. Aditya-L1, India’s first space-based observatory to study the Sun, was launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota on Saturday. The space agency said…
Chennai, 3/9: DMK youth wing chief and Tamil Nadu Sports Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin’s call for “eradication” of Sanatana Dharma from the society billing it as being responsible for many “social evils” has triggered a major row with the BJP taking objection to his statement. Speaking at a conference on ‘Eradicating Sanatana Dharma From the Society’…
Bhubaneswar, 3/9:At least 10 people were killed in lightning strikes in six districts of Odisha, which witnessed heavy rainfall on Saturday, an official said. Lightning strikes claimed the lives of four people in Khurda district, two in Bolangir and one each in Angul, Boudh, Jagatsinghpur and Dhenkanal, the office of the special relief commissioner said….
