Month: October 2023

Gaganyaan test flight mission successful, crew escape module splashes down

October 21, 2023 admin

ISRO’s TV-D1 test flight of Mission Gaganyaan lifts off from Satish Dhawan Space Station, in Sriharikota on October 21, 2023. Photo: X/@isro via PTI | Photo Credit: – ISRO scientists, after a two hour delay and nerve-wracking moments as the engine of TV-D1 failed to ignite initially, on October 21 launched the rocket carrying payloads…

Science

“Put The Team First”: Cheteshwar Pujara On Virat Kohli Slowing Down To Reach 100

October 21, 2023 admin

Virat Kohli scores his 48th ODI ton in World Cup match vs Bangladesh© AFP Indian batting icon Virat Kohli reached a new milestone in his illustrious career, notching up his 48th century in ODI cricket as India hammered Bangladesh in a World Cup 2023 match. As the cricketing fraternity celebrated Kohli’s new milestone, there were…

Sports

Ex-Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif To Return Home Today After Four Years Of Self-Exile

October 21, 2023 admin

Nawaz Sharif’s return has been touted for months by PML-N (File) Islamabad: Three-time Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif will return home on Saturday after four years of self-imposed exile, primed to make a political comeback ahead of elections. The South Asian nation is facing overlapping security, economic and political crises ahead of polls already pushed back…

World

Morning Digest | Hamas releases two U.S. hostages as Israel readies for ground invasion; ISRO’s Gaganyaan first test flight today, and more

October 21, 2023 admin

Gaganyaan’s Flight Test Vehicle Abort Mission-1 (TV-D1) will take place between 7 a.m. and 9 a.m. on October 21, 2023, from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre. | Photo Credit: ANI Hamas releases two U.S. hostages as Israel readies Gaza invasion Gaza’s Hamas rulers released two Americans on Friday among some 200 hostages they abducted in October…

World

Popular Fitness Influencer Raechelle Chase Dies At 41, Police Launch Probe

October 21, 2023 admin

Raechelle Chase, a mother of 5, had 1.4 million followers on Facebook. New Delhi: Raechelle Chase, popular New Zealand body-builder and fitness influencer, has died, her daughter confirmed in a touching statement. Chase, a mother of 5, had 1.4 million followers on Facebook, and would often make inspirational posts on fitness and also on being…

World

House Republicans drop Jim Jordan as their nominee for speaker, stumbling back to square one

October 21, 2023 admin

Republicans abruptly dropped Rep. Jim Jordan on Friday as their nominee for House speaker, making the decision during a closed-door session after the hard-edged ally of Donald Trump failed badly on a third ballot for the gavel. The outcome left Republicans dejected, frustrated and sinking deeper into turmoil, another week without a House speaker bordering…

World

Israel-Hamas war, Day 15 LIVE updates | Biden says Hamas attacked Israel to stop historic agreement with Saudi Arabia

October 21, 2023 admin

Biden says Hamas attacked Israel in part to stop a historic agreement with Saudi Arabia President Joe Biden said Friday he thought Hamas was motivated to attack Israel in part by a desire to stop that country from normalizing relations with Saudi Arabia. “One of the reasons … why Hamas moved on Israel, is because…

World

ISRO To Carry Out First Test Today

October 21, 2023 admin

Gaganyaan Mission LIVE: The stakes are much higher this time because human lives will be involved. Attempting to prepare for every possibility, which is now a part of its ethos, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will carry out an abort test for the human space mission, Gaganyaan, today. A similar fail-safe approach had been…

Nation

France Says Israeli Strike Not Behind Gaza Hospital Attack

October 20, 2023 admin

Palestinian officials said 471 people were killed in the blast at Al-Ahli al-Arabi Hospital on Tuesday. Paris: A blast at a Gaza hospital was not the result of an Israeli missile strike, but likely caused by a misfiring Palestinian rocket, the French military intelligence directorate (DRM) said on Friday. Palestinian officials said 471 people were…

World

‘History is watching:’ Hollywood stars urge Biden to press for Israel, Gaza ceasefire

October 20, 2023 admin

U.S. President Joe Biden. | Photo Credit: AP Dozens of Hollywood actors and artists, including comedian Jon Stewart and Oscar-winning actor Joaquin Phoenix, wrote on Friday to U.S. President Joe Biden, urging him to press for a ceasefire in Israel and Gaza. Palestinian Islamist group Hamas attacked Israel on October 7, killing 1,400 people and…

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