Hyderabad, 17/11: Vikram-S, the country’s first privately built rocket by a Hyderabad-based start-up, soared into the sky from the Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) spaceport in Sriharikota, in a giant leap for the fledgling private space sector in India. Vikram-S, named after the founder of the country’s space program, Dr Vikram Sarabhai, blasted…
New Delhi, 18/11: The Union government on Thursday extended by one year the tenure of ED Director Sanjay Kumar Mishra, according to an official order. The order issued by the Personnel Ministry said the 1984-batch Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer has been given the extension till November 18, 2023. Mishra, 62, was…
Jaipur, 17/11: Congress is in no mood to change gears to decide the leadership question in Rajasthan immediately even as miffed senior leader Ajay Maken refused to take back his resignation as party in-charge in the state. Sources said the party central leadership is in no hurry to effect a leadership change as…
New Delhi, 17/11: The Union Health Ministry, on Thursday, termed media reports which claimed that regulatory approval for the Covid-19 vaccine Covaxin was rushed due to political pressure as “misleading” and “fallacious”. It said scientific approach and prescribed norms were adhered to in approving Covid-19 vaccines for emergency use authorisation. There have…
Ranchi, 17/11: Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Thursday said that all allegations against him in the illegal mining case are “far-fetched.” Soren, addressing the media before leaving for the ED office for the questioning in the case, said, “I feel agencies should come to a concrete conclusion only after a detailed probe….
Washington DC, 17/11: Elon Musk said on Wednesday he expected to reduce his time at Twitter and eventually find a new leader to run the social media company, adding that he hoped to complete an organizational restructuring this week. Musk made the remarks while testifying in a Delaware court to defend against claims…
Washington DC, 16/11: Tata Motors on Wednesday said Jaguar Land Rover Chief Executive Officer Thierry Bollore has resigned from the post citing personal reasons. Tata Motors, in a regulatory filing, said Bollore has put in his papers. His last day at the British marquee brand will be December 31, 2022. “Taking over…
Bengaluru, 16/11: A model in Bengaluru has lodged a complaint against a rider of the bike taxi aggregator platform Rapido, accusing him of sexually harassing her, police said on Wednesday. The 21-year-old victim, who is also a dubbing artist, lodged the complaint with the city’s Hennur police on Monday against the accused identified…
Jaipur, 16/11: Congress General Secretary and in-charge of Rajasthan Congress Ajay Maken expressed his unwillingness to continue as the state in-charge, and wrote to Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday about the same. He said that his unwillingness was due to “developments that took place in Jaipur on September 25” and said that…
New Delhi, 16/11:Call centre employee Shraddha Walkar’s live-in-partner Aftab Poonawalla, accused of brutally murdering her in Delhi, had appeared confident with no trace of remorse on his face when Manikpur police in Maharashtra called him for questioning earlier this month, an official said. After Walkar’s family members filed a missing person’s complaint when…
