NEW DELHI: Twitter has locked the account of news agency ANI citing that the account holder is below 13 years of age. Smita Prakash of ANI took to Twitter to inform users about the incident and appealed to the social media company to restore the new agncy’s handle.“So those who follow ANI, some bad news, … Read more
SRIHARIKOTA: The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) on Saturday successfully placed two Singapore satellites — TeLEOS-2 (a synthetic aperture radar satellite) and Lumelite-4 (a technology demonstration nano-satellite) — in their desired orbits. A Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C55), which carried these satellites, also carried out scientific experiments with seven payloads attached to its PS4 upper … Read more
NEW DELHI: India has overtaken China as the world’s most populous nation, according to UN data released Wednesday.India’s population surpassed 1.428 billion, slightly higher than China’s 1.425 billion people, according to the UN’s World Population dashboard. The burgeoning population will add urgency for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government to create employment for the millions of … Read more
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday virtually distributed appointment letters to 71,000 new recruits in the Rashtriya Rozgar Mela and said that Startups have created more than 40 lakh direct and indirect jobs in the country.The Prime Minister said that the Rashtriya Rozgar Mela shows the government’s commitment towards uplifting youth spirit and … Read more
Airfares from Delhi, Mumbai soar for next 2 long weekendsMUMBAI: The month of April with its generous list of public holidays has seen domestic airfares shoot up for travel during the coming two long weekends. After the pandemic, India’s domestic passenger traffic breached the 4 lakh flyers per day mark for the first time during … Read more
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is committed to fight corruption and dynasty politics. Calling the partyworkers BJP’s backbone, PM Modi said that the party has waged war against corruption, nepotism and crime just the way Lord Hanuman fought against demons.“Selfless service to the nation, a … Read more
WASHINGTON: Washington-based Indian journalist Lalit Jha was physically attacked and verbally abused by pro-Khalistan supporters in Washington while he was covering a pro-Khalistan protest outside the Indian Embassy on Saturday afternoon.Jha on Sunday thanked US Secret Service for protecting him, and helping him do his job. He said he was hit on his left ear … Read more
MUMBAI: Dashrath Daund earns not more than Rs 300 a day at Dadar station where he has worked for a coolie for close to three decades. Yet on Monday, when he noticed a high-end phone accidentally left behind in the seating area of the station, Daund, 62, was not tempted to keep it with him … Read more
NEW DELHI: Google on Sunday celebrated the 80th birth anniversary of Dr Mario Molina, a Mexican chemist who pioneered the task of convincing governments to come together to save the planet’s ozone layer, through a doodle. Google remembered him as a co-recipient of the 1995 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, and one of the researchers who … Read more
NEW DELHI: India has invited Pakistan for a meeting of home ministers and also defence ministers and NSAs in the run-up to the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit likely to take place in the first week of July.The government will soon also send an invite to Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif for the SCO summit which … Read more