Rajnath Singh briefs PM Modi on Gen Bipin Rawat’s chopper crash

Defence minister Rajnath Singh has briefed Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the Indian Air Force chopper crash. He provided complete details of available information about the accident. His brief included details of the crash and response measures taken. Sources from the defence minister’s office said Rajnath…

Senators say US must strengthen space debris monitoring

Agroup of US senators on Tuesday asked the Biden administration to do more to monitor and respond to space debris following Russia’s anti-satellite test. Commerce Committee chair Maria Cantwell, ranking Republican Roger Wicker and two other senators asked Vice President Kamala Harris and Commerce Secretary Gina…

US: Health dept to test sewage to help predict Covid-19 outbreaks

The Virginia Department of Health will be monitoring sewage in various parts of the state in an effort to predict future outbreaks of Covid-19. The Danville Register & Bee reported Saturday that VDH is deploying up to 25 wastewater monitoring sites across the commonwealth. That’s according to a recent report from…

Centre monitoring Kashmir situation, CRPF, NIA bosses camp in valley amid killings of migrants

Amid the spate of targeted killings of migrant labourers in the Kashmir valley, top officers of the CRPF, NIA and Indian Army are camping in the region to monitor all intel inputs. Home ministry sources have said the CRPF DG and NIA DG Kuldeep Singh is currently stationed in the Kashmir valley. Also, senior officers of…