A day after he took oath as Maldives president, Mohamed Muizzu asked India in an official communication to pull out its military personnel from the Indian Ocean archipelago. The president’s office said Muizzu requested withdrawal of Indian troops in a meeting with Indian minister Kiren Rijiju, who was in Male for the inauguration of the…
US space agency Nasa has sent Diwali greetings in a unique style. Its space telescope Hubble posted an image of a globular cluster that “captured a celestial festival of lights” which looked similar to Indians lighting up scores of diyas in their homes across the country on the auspicious day.“Happy Diwali to all those who…
MUMBAI: The Delhi HC has issued a notice to the Centrein a writ petition filed by a pilot seeking flight data recorder information of the Air India Express aircraft that hit the Trichy airport’s perimeter wall during takeoff in 2018. This is probably the first time in India that a HC has been approached with…
NEW DELHI: To give wings to the dreams of deaf science aspirants, the central government has got on board scientists and deaf special education experts to train sign language interpreters and create signs on terms and concepts on STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) for enabling higher education in the Indian Sign Language (ISL). This…
KOLHAPUR: Prakash Appaso Helavi’s days are hectic these days with requests pouring in from hundreds to trace their family roots, particularly if they have Kunbi lineage by any chance.Ever since the Maharashtra government moved ahead on quota for Marathas with Kunbi lineage evidence, the phones of the Helavis, the tribe of family tree record-keepers, have…
NEW DELHI: In the 5th 2+2 ministerial meeting on Friday, India and the US will look to build upon the gains from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s landmark state visit earlier this year, with a focus on defence technology transfer and coproduction, strategic technology collaborations, nuclear cooperation, and people-to-people ties. China and the Indo-Pacific, including Quad…
PRAYAGRAJ: The faculty of Commerce of Allahabad University (AU) has started a five-year integrated BBA-MBA course from this academic session in which students can learn management mantras of Lord Krishna through Bhagavad Gita, Ramayana and Upanishads as well as those of Chanakya. Also, for the first time, students will study the smart managerial decisions of…
BENGALURU: Isro on Tuesday said that the High-Energy L1 Orbiting X-ray Spectrometer (HEL1OS) instrument on India’s first solar space observatory, Aditya-L1, has “recorded the impulsive phase of solar flares”.HEL1OS — developed by the space astronomy group of Isro’s UR Rao Satellite Centre (URSC) in Bengaluru — carried out the observation during its first observation period…
NEW DELHI: The Lok Sabha ethics committee meeting to adopt its draft report on the cash-for-query allegations against TMC MP Mahua Moitra has been postponed to November 9. It was scheduled to meet on November 7.The Lok Sabha secretariat, in a notice, did not cite any reason for rescheduling the meeting. The committee, headed by…
BHOPAL: Samajwadi Party supremo Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday called Congress a ‘chalu’ (cunning) party and accused it of ‘betrayal’, more indication that the INDIA opposition bloc lies in tatters in the Madhya Pradesh election.Addressing an election rally in Jatara assembly seat of Tikamgarh district, Akhilesh said, “If you are not getting ration, then why should…
