Aditya-L1 solar mission spacecraft commences collecting scientific data

New Delhi, 18/7: India’s Aditya-L1 solar mission spacecraft has commenced collecting data that will help scientists analyse the behaviour of particles surrounding Earth, ISRO said on Monday. The sensors of an instrument on board India’s first solar observatory have begun measuring supra-thermal and energetic ions and electrons at distances greater than 50,000 km from Earth,…

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Decide plea for disqualification of MLAs by Jan 10, SC tells Maharashtra Speaker

New Delhi, 15/12: : The Supreme Court on Friday granted 10 more days to Maharashtra assembly speaker Rahul to decide the cross-petitions filed by the rival factions of the Shiv Sena seeking disqualification of each other’s MLAs. The top court, which extended time till January 10, next year, had earlier asked the speaker to decide…

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G7 tells Taliban to urgently reverse women aid workers ban

New Delhi, 29/12: G7 foreign ministers on Thursday called on the Taliban to “urgently reverse” a ban on women working in Afghanistan’s aid sector, a joint statement said.     The ministers said they were “gravely concerned that the Taliban’s reckless and dangerous order barring female employees of national and international non-governmental organisations (NGOs) from…

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RBI raises repo rate by 35 bps to 6.25%, revises GDP growth to 6.8%, retains CPI inflation projection at 6.7% for current FY

New Delhi, 7/10: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) raised its key lending rate by 35 basis points to 6.25 per cent on Wednesday, RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das announced as the 3-day bi-monthly Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting concluded.     “Global economy under midst of uncertainty; shortage of food and high fuel prices has…

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