New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday said the nation is proud and delighted over the successful launch of the Aditya-L1, India’s first solar mission, and hailed the scientists associated with it. The Indian Space Research Organisation on Saturday launched the Aditya-L1, eyeing history again after its successful lunar expedition, Chandrayaan-3, a few days…
Sriharikota (AP): ISRO on Saturday launched the country’s ambitious Solar mission, Aditya L1 eyeing history again after its successful lunar expedition, Chandrayan 3 a few days ago. As the 23.40-hour countdown concluded, the 44.4 meter tall Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) soared majestically at the prefixed time of 11.50 am from this spaceport, located on the…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday congratulated Tharman Shanmugaratnam on his election as president of Singapore. He said on X, “I look forward to working closely with you to further strengthen the India-Singapore Strategic Partnership. Tharman scored a landslide victory in the presidential election held on Friday. The 66-year-old Singaporean economist, who is of…
New Delhi: There is consensus among the G20 nations on all issues except the Ukraine conflict and the contentious matter should be removed from the draft of the leaders’ communique to pave the way for its release at the bloc’s summit next week, Russian Ambassador Denis Alipov said on Friday. The envoy said Russia has been…
Washington: US President Joe Biden will travel to India next week to participate in the G20 Summit and will have a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on September 8 on the sidelines of the historic meeting, the White House has announced. India, President of the G20, will host global leaders for the Summit…
The Narendra Modi-headed Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government at the Centre has finally taken the initiative to debate and reach out for consensus to realize its electoral promise of ‘One Nation, One Election’ a reality. Whether that would be possible shortly as speculated by the electronic and print media looks a…
Sriharikota (AP): ISRO is all set to launch India’s maiden solar mission, Aditya L1, from the spaceport here on Saturday, the countdown for which was on. Aditya-L1 is the first space-based observatory class to study the Sun and is being fired using ISRO’s reliable Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) from here at 11.50 am. The spacecraft,…
Sriharikota (AP): The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has announced the launch of its next big project, the Aditya-L1 Mission, India’s first solar mission that could revolutionise the understanding of the Sun’s dynamics and space weather. ISRO has set the date for the launch of its first-ever solar mission on 2 September, Saturday. According to…
Colombo: The Indian Naval Ship (INS) ‘Delhi’ arrived at the port of Colombo on a three-day formal visit on Friday to promote cooperation and goodwill between the two navies, the Sri Lankan Navy said. The 163.2 metre-long Destroyer was welcomed by the Sri Lanka Navy in compliance with naval tradition. Manned by a crew of 450,…
New Delhi: India’s financial crime fighting agency on Friday arrested Jet Airways (JET.NS) founder Naresh Goyal, an Enforcement Directorate source said, in a case local media said was related to an alleged 5.38 billion Indian rupees ($65.06 million) money laundering case linked to Canara Bank. Goyal was taken into custody under the Prevention of Money Laundering…
