Adelaide, Sep 29 (IANS) SpaceX on Friday unveiled plans to put humans on Mars as early as 2024 and drastically reduce flight times on Earth with its “most powerful” rocket, completing the longest flight on…
New Delhi, Sep 29 (IANS) The Telecom Commission on Friday approved the much-awaited extension of deferred spectrum payment liability till 16 years, an official source said here. The panel has also approved the shift from…
Mumbai, Sep 29 (IANS) Key Indian equity indices closed on a flat-to-positive note as investors booked profits ahead of the release of important macro-economic data later on Friday. Market observers opined that the caution ahead…
New Delhi, Sep 29 (IANS) Delhi’s Lt Governor Anil Baijal and the AAP government were on the same page on providing loans to students for higher education and making guest teachers permanent, Deputy Chief Minister…
Geneva, Sep 29 (IANS) About 60 people are believed to have died when a boat carrying Rohingya Muslims fleeing violence in Myanmar capsized off Bangladesh, the UN said on Friday. The boat capsized in the…
Chandigarh, Sep 29 (IANS) Punjab’s former Akali Minister Sucha Singh Langah was booked on Friday on charges of rape, extortion and cheating on a complaint by a woman government employee, police said. The case was…
New Delhi, Sep 29 (IANS) In view of the rising demand for in-flight connectivity (IFC), the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on Friday issued a consultation paper on the same where it has asked…
Mumbai, Sep 29 (IANS) In a blistering attack on its ally the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the Shiv Sena on Friday termed the stampede in which 22 persons were killed on a narrow foot overbridge…
New Delhi, Sep 29 (IANS) The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Friday said it will launch a protest campaign if Delhi Metro Rail Corp (DMRC) remained adamant on increasing the Metro fare. Party leader Gopal…
Srinagar, Sep 29 (IANS) A youth was critically injured as protesters clashed with security forces in old city area after the congregational Friday prayers, police said. Protesting youth pelted stones at security personnel in Nowhatta…
New Delhi, Sep 29 (IANS) A day after backing former Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha’s views on the economy, actor-turned-politician Shatrughan Sinha on Friday advised Prime Minister Narendra Modi to “come forward and face the people”….
Chennai, Sep 29 (IANS) The restarting of the second 1,000 MW nuclear power unit at Kudankulam has once again got delayed by one more month to November 3, the Power System Operation Corporation Ltd (POSOCO)…
Karangasem (Indonesia), Sep 29 (IANS) The number of people evacuated over the possible eruption of Mount Agung volcano in the Indonesian island of Bali, the country’s major tourist destination, crossed 144,000 on Friday. Those evacuated…
Kabul, Sep 29 (IANS) At least one civilian was killed and three others were wounded in an explosion near a mosque in the Afghan capital on Friday, witnesses said. The blast happened at 1.45 p.m….
Washington, Sep 29 (IANS) The US Department of Homeland Security will soon begin collecting social media data from all immigrants in an effort to more effectively screen those coming to the country, a media report…
By Gaurav Sharma Beijing, Sep 29 (IANS) China has stepped up security on its border with India, North Korea and Myanmar ahead of the key Communist Party Congress next month. The once-in-a-five-year meet is China’s…
Mumbai, Sep 29 (IANS) In a blistering attack on its ally the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the Shiv Sena on Friday termed the stampede in which 22 railway commuters were killed as a “public massacre”….
Adelaide, Sep 29 (IANS) SpaceX on Friday unveiled its plans to put humans on Mars as early as 2024. Speaking on the final day of the 68th International Astronautical Congress (IAC) here, SpaceX founder and…
New York, Sep 29 (IANS) Long thought to be a carbon sink, the world’s tropical forests now release more carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere than they remove from it, thanks to their continued deforestation…
Jammu, Sep 29 (IANS) The BSF on Friday denounced the killing of two of its troops by Pakistani snipers along the Jammu and Kashmir border, officials said, adding Pakistan Rangers promised to maintain peace on…