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An illustration showing the soft-landing of Chandrayaan-3 on the surface of the Moon. The spacecraft is set to land on August 23, 2023 around 6.04 p.m. IST. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has been able to successfully establish a two way communication between Chandrayaan-3’s Lander Module and its predecessor Chandrayaan-2’s orbiter. “‘Welcome, buddy!’…
The rupee settled at 83.12 (provisional) on August 21, 2023 against the U.S. dollar, down 2 paise from its previous close. | Photo Credit: Reuters The rupee depreciated by 2 paise and settled for the day at an all-time low of 83.12 (provisional) against the U.S. dollar on Monday (August 21), weighed down by a…
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In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, a sun bear interacts with tourists at the Hangzhou Zoo in Hangzhou in eastern China’s Zhejiang Province on Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2023. The zoo in eastern China is denying suggestions some of its bears might be people in costumes after photos of the animals standing like humans…
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BSE said that the scrip will be in the trade-for-trade segment for 10 trading days. Jio Financial Services, the demerged financial services unit of Reliance Industries, had a volatile market debut on Monday. Shares of Jio Financial Services hit the lower circuit after slipping 5 per cent to a low of Rs 248.90 apiece. On…
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Jio Financial Services Ltd (JFSL) demerged from Reliance last month. (File) New Delhi: Shares of Jio Financial Services, the demerged financial services unit of Reliance Industries, listed on the bourses on Monday, with the stock falling nearly 5 per cent on the NSE later in the trade. On the BSE, shares of the company began…
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Chinese leader Xi Jinping has called for patience in a speech released as the ruling Communist Party tries to reverse a deepening economic slump and said Western countries are “increasingly in trouble” because of their materialism and “spiritual poverty.” File | Photo Credit: AP China’s economy, the world’s second-largest, is now in deep distress and…
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Superconducting material hovering over a set of neodymium magnets. A property in the realm of materials science that has been the source of endless fascination for scientists is superconductivity. Materials possess an innate resistance to the flow of an electric current, which leads to a loss of electrical energy and heat. Most materials retain this…
The story so far: On August 11, Roscosmos, the Russian space agency, launched its Luna 25 spacecraft onboard a Soyuz 2 rocket from the Vostochny Cosmodrome. Luna 25 consisted of a lander and its mission was to soft-land near the moon’s south pole, and there study the optical, physical, and chemical properties of moondust and…
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Watch | Data Point: How tough is it to land Chandrayaan-3’s Vikram lander on the moon? Chandrayaan-3 is expected to land on the moon on August 23. But space is hard. Data shows that moon missions are especially hard. After Chandrayaan-2’s failure, The Hindu looked at how successful past moon missions have been, to assess…
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The 30-share BSE Sensex climbed 145.44 points to 65,094.10 in early trade. (File) Mumbai: Equity benchmark indices rebounded in early trade on Monday after two days of decline amid mixed global market trends. The 30-share BSE Sensex climbed 145.44 points to 65,094.10 in early trade. The NSE Nifty gained 45.05 points to 19,355.20. From the…
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