SRIHARIKOTA, AUG 16 : ISRO on Friday launched its third and final developmental flight, Small Satellite Launch Vehicle-D3, carrying Earth Observation Satellite EOS-08. The rocket lifted off majestically from the first launch pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre here, situated about 135 km east of Chennai at a pre-fixed time of 9.17 am. The […]Continue Reading
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NEW DELHI, AUG 15 : Vinesh Phogat reacted to the Court of Arbitration for Sports’ (CAS) decision to turn down her appeal of giving her a joint-silver in Paris Olympics 2024. The 29-year-old wrestler was disqualified from the showpiece event after she was found 100 grams overweight before her women’s 50kg event gold-medal bout against […]Continue Reading
KOLKATA, AUG 15: The CPI(M) led Left Front of West Bengal on Thursday demanded the resignation of CM Mamata Banerjee as the Health and Home minister over the vandalism at the state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital. Chief Minister Banerjee holds the Health and Home portfolios. Around midnight, as the country celebrated its 78th […]Continue Reading
KOLKATA,AUG 15: A group of 40–50 unidentified miscreants entered RG Kar Medical College and Hospital shortly after midnight on Thursday, vandalising parts of the facility where a 31-year-old doctor was raped and murdered last week. The incident occurred amid the “Women Reclaim the Night” protest movement, which was taking place in various parts of the […]Continue Reading
NEW DELHI, AUG 15 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi honored the Indian athletes who participated in the Paris Olympics at his residence in New Delhi on Independence Day. PM Modi praised the Indian men’s hockey team, double Olympic medallist Manu Bhaker, Sarabjot Singh, and Aman Sehrawat, amongst others, for their outstanding achievements. The Indian men’s […]Continue Reading
NEW DELHI, AUG 15 : In his Independence Day address from the ramparts of the Red Fort, Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for the implementation of a ‘secular civil code’ in India. This was Modi’s first address of his third term and his 11th consecutive Independence Day speech. The PM also strongly advocated for the […]Continue Reading
NEW DELHI, AUG 14 : Leader of Opposition and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday expressed shock over the rape and murder of a 31-year-old woman doctor at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital. In his first reaction, the Congress MP from Rae Bareli criticised the handling of the case and questioned the safety […]Continue Reading
NEW DELHI, AUG 14 : The Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected the Centre’s plea for prospective effect of its July 25 verdict, which upheld the power of states to levy tax on mineral rights and mineral-bearing land, and allowed them to seek refund of royalty from April 1, 2005 onwards, from Centre and mining lease […]Continue Reading
KOLKATA, AUG 14 : The United Doctors Front Association (UDFA) and the Federation of All India Medical Association (FAIMA) had decided to continue its nationwide strike to condemn the rape and murder of a 31-year-old trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata. Earlier, the Federation of Resident Doctors’ Association (FORDA) on […]Continue Reading
MUMBAI, AUG 13 : Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar has said he made a mistake by fielding his wife Sunetra Pawar against his cousin Supriya Sule in the recent Lok Sabha polls. One should not allow politics to enter home, Pawar, who is currently on a statewide ‘Jan Samman Yatra’, told Marathi news channel […]Continue Reading
