Thiruvananthapuram, ,23/8: A day after a woman alleged that she had lost her temporary job because she praised former Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, another woman lodged a complaint against her for alleged forgery and impersonation on Wednesdays. Lijimol, a former office-bearer of the local unit of the women empowerment organisation Kudumbashree, filed a complaint with…
New Delhi, 23/8: India will attempt to make history on Wednesday when the lander module of Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft descends on the moon’s unexplored south polar region in the 19th such attempt in the six-decade-plus history of human exploration of the earth’s only satellite. The Indian Space Research Organisation said on Tuesday that the lander was…
Washington DC, 23/8: Huawei Technologies Co is building a collection of secret semiconductor-fabrication facilities across China to let the company skirt US sanctions, a Washington-based semiconductor association has warned, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday. The Chinese tech giant moved into chip production last year and is receiving an estimated $30 billion in state funding from…
Madras, 23/8: Researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology-Madras (IIT-M) and UAE’s Khalifa University have developed an electro-hydrodynamics based method for effective cooling of electronic devices by making significant strides in advancing heat management for miniature electronic devices, particularly for space applications. The latest breakthrough in mini-channel heat exchangers – the process uses the ‘Onsager-Wien…
Bangalore, 22/8: A day after Karnataka announced its decision to form a panel to scrap the National Education Policy (NEP) drafted by the central government, Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Tuesday posed a set of eight questions to Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar seeking to know if the Congress government in the…
Bhubaneswar, 22/8: As per the direction of Chief Minister Sri Naveen Patnaik, Secretary to CM (5T) Sri. V.K. Pandian visited Khordha District to review the progress of various developmental works in the district and redressal of public grievances. He reviewed the progress of ongoing *Mega Piped Water Supply Projects* at a cost of Rs….
New Delhi, 22/8: The Supreme Court has granted bail to a person accused of hatching a conspiracy to kill a local Shiv Sena leader in Maharashtra in 2020. A bench comprising Justices B R Gavai, C T Ravikumar and Sanjay Kumar took note of the submissions of lawyer Sana Raees Khan, appearing for prime accused…
New Delhi, 22/8: The Chandrayaan-3 mission is on schedule for a soft-landing on the Moon on Wednesday, the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) said. The lander module, comprising the lander Vikram and rover Pragyan, is set for a 6.04 pm touchdown on the Moon. “The mission is on schedule. Systems are undergoing regular checks. Smooth…
Patna, 22/8: Former Bihar chief minister and RJD president Lalu Prasad on Tuesday visited his ancestral village Phulwaria in Gopalganj district. Accompanied by his wife Rabri Devi, an ex-chief minister, Prasad garlanded the statue of his mother Marachhiya Devi at Marachhiya Chowk. After his kidney transplant, the RJD chief visited his ancestral village for the…
Kalahandi,22/8: Vedanta Limited, Lanjigarh, India’s premier producer of metallurgical grade alumina, recently organized an orientation program for the first batch of girls hired as part of its Project Panchhi initiative. This is a unique project conceptualized directly under the vision of Vedanta Group Chairman, Mr. Anil Agarwal. It aims to employ 1000 girls from disadvantaged…
