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At UN peacekeeping summit, wave of the hand is the only interaction between Modi, Sharif

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Amid a chill in bilateral relations, waving at each other was all that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif did on Monday as they attended the UN peacekeeping summit. Assembling for the Leaders’ Summit on Peacekeeping being hosted by US President Barack Obama, Modi walked into the conference hall first. Sharif […]

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ISRO’s ASTROSAT launch: India reaches for the stars

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Barely a year has passed since its first interplanetary mission, Mangalyaan, entered the orbit of Mars, and ISRO has crossed yet another important milestone. The ASTROSAT, launched this morning, is India’s first attempt at setting up an observatory in space, a place from where it can study cosmological phenomena. ASTROSAT, which is carrying five payloads,

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NASA Confirms Evidence That Liquid Water Flows on Today’s Mars

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New findings from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) provide the strongest evidence yet that liquid water flows intermittently on present-day Mars. Using an imaging spectrometer on MRO, researchers detected signatures of hydrated minerals on slopes where mysterious streaks are seen on the Red Planet. These darkish streaks appear to ebb and flow over time. They

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Supermoon lunar eclipse 2015 Amazing pictures from the UK and around the world of the ‘blood moon’

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And there we go. As the sun comes up over the UK, a once in a generation event comes to an end. We have tracked the supermoon across the globe from Australia, to LA, to New York and then to lovely Norfolk. It was a bit of a slow-burner, starting at 1.10am, before the moon

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Shikhar Dhawan’s quick-fire century leads India A’s strong reply against Bangladesh A

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Senior batsman Shikhar Dhawan proved his form and fitness in style before the South African series as he led India A’s strong reply against Bangladesh A with an unbeaten century on Day 1 of the only unofficial cricket Test. Responding to the visitors’ score of 228, India A rode on a 112-ball 116 not out

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INS Viraat, World’s Oldest Operational Aircraft Carrier, Is Visiting This City

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The oldest operational aircraft carrier in the world, INS Viraat of Indian Navy, expected to be decommissioned some time next year, is on a visit to Kochi. “She is the oldest operational carrier in the world. We continue to run it at its operational best,” a Navy official told reporters onboard the ship at the

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In US speech, PM Modi takes jibe at corruption in UPA with ‘damaad’ jibe

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In a veiled attack on the corruption during UPA regime and a barb at the Congress President’s son-in-law Robert Vadra, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday deprecated the culture of graft in the country and said he has provided graft-free governance. He said corruption during the previous government’s time had triggered anger among people. “In

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India’s first dedicated space observatory launched successfully

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Astrosat, India’s first dedicated space observatory, was launched on Monday at 10 AM from the spaceport of Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh. It is aimed at studying celestial objects. PSLV-C30 carrying Astrosat along with six other co-passengers, one satellite each from Indonesia and Canada, and four nanosatellites from the US. Mission Readiness Review (MRR) committee and

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Himachal CM Virbhadra Singh lives to fight another day

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A day after the CBI and ED officials raided Virbhadra Singh’s properties in Shimla and New Delhi, opposition BJP and CPIM demanded his resignation on moral grounds, the BJP leaders accused the Congress of shielding the corrupt leaders and also demanded re-elections in the state. “The chief minister should immediately step-down as the allegations being

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In a first, France launches air strikes on Islamic State training camp in eastern Syria

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Six French jet fighters targeted and destroyed an Islamic State training camp in eastern Syria, President Francois Hollande said on Sunday, making good on a promise to go after the group that the President has said is planning attacks against several countries, including France. The airstrikes were the first in Syria by France as it

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Number of Indians Dead in Haj Stampede Rises to 35, Says Government

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The death toll of Indian pilgrims in last week’s horrific stampede during Haj rose to 35 today as authorities identified 13 more bodies among the victims of the worst tragedy to hit the annual pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj tweeted the updated toll. Unfortunately, there are six more Indians taking the

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‘Make India’ more important than ‘Make in India’: Arvind Kejriwal

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Taking a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s dream project ‘Make in India’, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Sunday said the priority should be on ‘Making India’. ‘Make in India’ is an initiative by Modi to promote manufacturing in India. “If we concentrate on providing proper infrastructure, rendering honest services and ensuring a conducive atmosphere for

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India replaces China as next big frontier for US tech companies

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American technology companies desperately want to win over people like Rakesh Padachuri and his family. Padachuri, who runs a construction business in this city, the center of India’s technology industry, uses his smartphone to reserve movie seats through BookMyShow and to order pizzas from Domino’s. His wife, Vasavi, orders clothes from Myntra and Amazon.com, and

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Anil Kapoor, Juhi Chawla, Jitendra get BMC notice for mosquito breeding areas in their homes

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The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has served notices to three Bollywood actors and a singer after their residences in suburban Juhu and Malabar Hill here were found to be breeding grounds for mosquitoes The notices were served on Wednesday to Bollywood actors Anil Kapoor, Juhi Chawla and Jitendra along with singer Amit Kumar Ganguli by

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Kis Kisko Pyaar Karoon review: The biggest joke is that Kapil Sharma’s debut film was to be a comedy

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Thriller specialists Abbas-Mustan do a David Dhawan and Kapil Sharma does a feature film version of his comedy show. Without a single funny line. The result: a one-man show that might have worked with yesteryear’s Govinda and the Sajan Chale Sasural genre. With Sharma in every frame, giving the same pop-eyed look and rattling off

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Ansals released due to age in Uphaar tragedy: Travesty of justice, say legal eagles

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The Supreme Court’s decision to spare the Ansal brothers, convicts in the Uphaar Cinema tragedy, any more jail time due to their age has attracted sharp criticism from members of the legal fraternity. “The judgement is no less than travesty of justice,” advocate Ashok Agarwal, senior lawyer in Supreme Court and rights activist, said. “It

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You Will Soon Be Able To Drive From Delhi To New York, Thanks To The World’s Longest Highway

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Let’s cut to the chase and tell you how it is. You will soon be able to drive from Delhi to New York. Yup! All thanks to the most outlandish project ever. And the Russians are doing it. They’re building the longest highway in the world. And by longest we mean it will stretch more

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‘It was not a flag’: Government clarifies that Modi autographed memento, not tricolour

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi put his autograph on what appeared to be an Indian flag evoking sharp criticism from the Congress but the government clarified that it was only a memento. The artwork has been taken for review. The controversy erupted after super chef Vikas Khanna, who had dished up the fare for the prime

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India can win more than 10 medals at Rio Olympics, says sports minister Sonowal

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Claiming that the preparations of Indian athletes for next year’s Olympics have been going on satisfactorily, Sports Minister Sarbananda Sonowal today said the country can win at least 10 medals in the Rio Games. “Our target is to win more medals in the Rio Olympics. I think we can win 10-plus medals in Rio Games,”

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