Sriharikota, 30/7: ISRO has lined up a series of activities over the next few months as it gears up for “exciting” missions including a GSLV launch this year, Chairman S Somanath said here on Sunday. The space agency, in a precise textbook launch today, successfully placed seven Singaporean satellites into intended orbits on…
Thane, 30/7: Nearly 50 passengers travelling in a civic transport bus had a narrow escape after the vehicle caught fire in Maharashtra’s Thane city on Sunday morning, an official said. No one was injured in the incident, Thane Municipal Corporation’s disaster management cell chief Yasin Tadvi told PTI. The Thane…
Colombia, 30/7: An earthquake of magnitude 5.7 struck near the northern coast of Colombia on Saturday, the German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ) said. The quake was 10 km (6.2 miles) deep, GFZ said
Kochi, 29/7: The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) on Saturday rescued eight fishermen who got stranded in a sinking boat in the mid sea, 21 nautical miles west of Kochi. ICG Ship Arnvesh and Coast Guard ALH undertook the rescue operation onboard sinking Indian Fishing Boat (IFB) Mariyam, an ICG statement here said. On…
New Delhi, 29/7: Union Minister for Information & Broadcasting Anurag Thakur, on Saturday, slammed the Trinamool leadership in West Bengal and claimed that the time for the Mamata Banerjee-led government is running out, slowly. Thakur’s statement adds to earlier comments by BJP’s regional leaders, who claimed that the Trinamool government will not last longer than…
Kolkata, 29/7: Former West Bengal chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharya was on Saturday afternoon admitted to a city-based hospital after he complained of breathing complications, officials said. Bhattacharya (79) was immediately put on mechanical ventilator support at the critical care unit of the private hospital where he was rushed from his Palm Avenue residence via a…
Oval, 29/7: The fifth day of the final Ashes Test on Saturday began with a humane touch to it as England cricketers wore jerseys with the wrong names printed on them, supporting people affected by dementia. Veteran pacer James Anderson wore a jersey carrying the name of Stuart Broad, Jonny Bairstow wore one…
Bangalore, 29/7: BJP president J P Nadda reshuffled the party’s team of central office-bearers on Saturday. Senior leader from Karnataka, C T Ravi was dropped as the party’s National General Secretary. Nobody from Karnataka was included in the new team which was reconstituted ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha assembly elections. As National…
Bangalore, 29/7: The Karnataka High Court on Friday ordered notice to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah in a petition election from the Varuna Legislative Assembly constituency. Justice S Sunil Dutt Yadav has now posted the matter to September 1, 2023. The petition is filed by K M Shankar, a voter from the Varuna constituency…
Canberra, 29/7: Australia is set to manufacture missiles for US military forces under a joint plan between the close allies, the Sydney Morning Herald reported late on Friday. Under the plan, set to be announced as part of the annual Australia-US Ministerial (AUSMIN) dialogue, Australia will develop a local missile manufacturing industry within two years,…
