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Chandrayaan-3 Mission Detects Sulphur On Moon’s South Pole: ISRO

August 29, 2023 admin

New Delhi: The first-ever on-site measurements of the south polar region of the moon have confirmed the presence of sulphur on Earth’s only natural satellite, ISRO said today. The measurements were made by the Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) instrument onboard Chandrayaan-3’s rover, Pragyan. The space agency said the in-situ measurements confirmed the presence of sulphur…

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Businesswoman Martha Stewart Slammed For Using Iceberg As Cocktail Garnish

August 29, 2023 admin

The 82-year-old shared pictures of her getaway with her Instagram followers Globally renowned businesswoman-author Martha Stewart is getting backlash on the internet after she used a ‘small iceberg’ to chill her cocktail during a luxe cruise travelling to Greenland from Iceland. The 82-year-old shared pictures of her getaway with her Instagram followers, and said that…

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Longest-Ever Amarnath Yatra Draws To A Close, No Terror-Incident Reported

August 29, 2023 admin

New Delhi: The longest-ever Amarnath yatra, lasting 62 days, is nearing its completion and has been incident free this year as more than four lakh seventy thousand pilgrims did darshan. “Resolve of the government supported by locals of Kashmir ensured that the Yatra not only remained terror-incident free but also no law and order issue…

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S Jaishankar To NDTV, Chandrayaan 3, G20 Summit, BRICS: “After Chandrayaan, South Africa’s Ramaphosa Wanted To Sit Next To Modi”: S Jaishankar

August 29, 2023 admin

The BRICS Summit hosted by South Africa was the first in-person meet since 2019. New Delhi: Chandrayaan-3. The answer to the question – ‘Why did South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa want to sit next to Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the BRICS Summit in that country last week?” The $75 million Chandrayaan-3 Moon mission has…

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Cricket team for World Cup will be a balanced one with a potential to win, says Roger Binny

August 29, 2023 admin

The pressure to win has been there ever since India lifted the 1983 World Cup, but fitness, both mental and physical, holds the key, says Roger Binny. | Photo Credit: File Photo The process of selecting the cricket team for the 2023 World Cup is on, and it will be a very well balanced side…

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RBI Authorises Bandhan Bank For Disbursing Civil Pension

August 29, 2023 admin

New Delhi: Private sector lender Bandhan Bank on Tuesday said it has been appointed by Reserve Bank of India as an authorised pension disbursement bank on behalf of the Central Pension Accounting Office (CPAO) for the civil pensioners. The bank will soon be integrating with the office of CPAO, Ministry of Finance, to operationalise the…

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No Suryakumar Yadav! IPL Winning Coach Picks India’s World Cup 2023 Squad

August 29, 2023 admin

Suryakumar Yadav in action© AFP Former Australia cricketer and Indian Premier League (IPL) winning coach Tom Moody gave his picks for India’s 15-member squad for ICC World Cup 2023 and it came with a few surprises. While most of the usual names found a place in his team, there were a couple of major exclusions…

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Delivery workers live in precarity, but are slightly better off than the average urban worker: report

August 29, 2023 admin

The report has been funded by the Indian arm of Prosus, the largest shareholder of food delivery platform Swiggy. Image for representation purpose only. File A report released on Monday by the National Council for Applied Economic Research (NCAER) delivered detailed insights on the tenuous place in the urban economy of food delivery workers —…

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High Court Pulls Up Tihar Jail Over Prison Amenities

August 29, 2023 admin

Prisoner’s constitutional rights persist even behind bars, said the high court. New Delhi: Observing that a prisoner’s basic constitutional rights persist even behind bars, the Delhi High Court has constituted a four-member fact-finding committee of lawyers to “meticulously” inspect the living conditions in Tihar jail, including the status of drinking water, sanitation, overall hygiene and…

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Supreme Court To Hear Convict Vikas Yadav’s Petition On October 3

August 29, 2023 admin

Vikas Yadav was against Nitish Katara’s alleged relationship with his sister Bharti Yadav. (File) New Delhi: The Supreme Court today said it would hear on October 3 a plea by Vikas Yadav, who is serving a 25-year jail term in the sensational 2002 Nitish Katara murder case, raising the issue of denial of remission benefit…

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