Trinamool Congress MP Sushmita Dev, who alleged that her car was attacked by BJP workers last month, has hit out at Tripura Police after the latter stated that the video footage of the incident is not of much help in identifying the suspects. She also took a swipe at CM Biplab Deb and asked him to “draft better…
The Army on Friday, November 12, assured the Supreme Court that it will grant permanent commission to 11 women who moved the court alleging that their applications for permanent commissioning had been rejected despite fulfilling all eligibility criteria. The Supreme Court had earlier warned that Army officials would be…
Engineers have successfully recovered one of the instruments on the Hubble Space Telescope that is flying in safe mode after suspending science operations. The Advanced Camera for Surveys instrument began science operations even as other instruments remained in safe mode. The camera was selected as the first instrument…
World leaders have committed to limiting Earth’s rising temperature to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial times. But what does that feel like? It’s difficult to convey, because you may not notice changes in average temperature. But, depending on where you live, you might notice when…
Nearly a day after they launched from Florida, four astronauts docked with the International Space Station on Friday morning. The Crew-2 mission will remain onboard for a six-month-long science mission. As their first order of business, astronauts Raja Chari, Tom Marshburn, Kayla Barron, and European Space Agency…
Moon has always fascinated humans, so much so that we landed on its surface way back in 1969 to find a desolate, cratered landmass that has survived millions of years of meteor and space bombardments. But it’s not the only lunar fragment in space. Moon was formed after a Mars-sized body collided with Earth and…
The bodies of three men, who went missing after their boat capsized in a small lake at a village in Madhya Pradesh’s Balaghat district, have been retrieved, police said on Friday. The incident took place in Sonwani Tekad at around 4 pm on Thursday. The body of one of them, Dipankar Bisen, was fished out on late…
India has administered over 110 crore doses of Covid-19 vaccines. Currently, only two doses of a Covid-19 vaccine are allowed to be injected into an eligible person. For better protection against Covid-19, the central government is likely to allow a booster dose to all or certain categories of individuals based on…
Politicians across party lines demanded the government take back the Padma Shri bestowed on actor Kangana Ranaut after she triggered a controversy by describing India’s Independence in 1947 as ‘bheek’ or alms. Ranaut also claimed that India attained freedom only after 2014, when the Narendra…
Gujarat’s Vadodara is reportedly set to launch a drive to penalise street hawkers who sell non-vegetarian food ‘openly’. According to local reports, civic officials in Vadodara have been instructed to ensure that food stalls do not ‘visibly’ sell non-vegetarian food; such stalls and carts must ensure that the…