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They were facing charges of terrorism and disruptive activities, police said. Srinagar: Eight terrorists who evaded the law for three decades have been arrested in Jammu and Kashmir, police said on Thursday. One among them had even landed a government job. The State Investigation Agency (SIA) and Criminal Investigation Department (CID) made the arrests in…
Shahjahanpur , UP: An eight-month-old girl died after she was allegedly picked up and thrown on the ground by a mentally disturbed man here on Thursday, an official said. Vaishali, a native of Hardoi, was waiting for a train at the railway station with her eight-month-old daughter on Thursday morning. The woman had made the…
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Cricket World Cup: File image of India captain Rohit Sharma and coach Rahul Dravid© AFP The Cricket World Cup is less than six weeks away. Ahead of that the Asia Cup 2023 is getting all the limelight, with the India vs Pakistan match on Saturday generating all the right noise. The Indian cricket team hasn’t…
Chess grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa has been dominating headlines since winning the silver medal at the Chess World Cup. Although he was defeated by the reigning World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen in the final of the competition, his impressive journey in the competition earned him a lot of praise. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi praised the…
ISRO to launch Aditya-L1, the first space-based Indian observatory to study the Sun, on September 2nd, 2023, at 11:50 Hrs IST from Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. Credit: ISRO Twitter | Photo Credit: ANI Scientists expect to get new information about the past, present and future of the Sun after analysing the data that will be collected…
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Photo used for representation purpose only. All of India’s eight infrastructure industries reported growth for the first time in 14 months this July. Electricity output grew 6.9% in July, the fastest pace since February this year. File | Photo Credit: M. Srinath All of India’s eight infrastructure industries reported growth for the first time in…
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32 per cent of the world’s population has received at least one booster or additional vaccine dose. Geneva: A UN anti-racism committee on Thursday urged rich countries — particularly Britain, Germany, Switzerland and the United States — to waive coronavirus vaccine patents and said they violated a guarantee against racial discrimination. In June 2022, World…
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(This article forms a part of the Data Point newsletter curated by The Hindu’s Data team. To get the newsletter in your inbox, subscribe here.) On August 23, India made history by becoming the fourth country to successfully land on the moon. The Chandrayaan-3 mission executed a soft landing near the moon’s south pole, marking a…
On August 23, India made history by becoming the fourth country to successfully land on the moon. The Chandrayaan-3 mission executed a soft landing near the moon’s south pole, marking a first in lunar exploration. This achievement came on the heels of Russia’s failed lunar landing on August 20, due to an engine malfunction. What…
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Daily Quiz | On talk show genre Actor Marlon Brando with Dick Cavett in a rare television appearance during the taping of Cavett’s show, in New York on June 12, 1973. START THE QUIZ 1 / 5 | This political satire talk show premiered on September 8, 2015. After Letterman announced his intention to retire…