Nasa announced that NISAR, the advanced earth observation satellite developed by India and the US, is set to launch in March 2025. With dual-frequency radar, […]
Year: 2024
‘Leave religious decisions on gurus’: Bhagwat’s mandir-masjid take draws dissent from seers
Akhil Bharatiya Sant Samiti has criticised RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat’s remarks cautioning against temple-mosque disputes, emphasizing that such religious matters should be decided by religious […]
Amit Shah eyes intel synergy with ‘friendly’ nations
Union Home Minister Amit Shah emphasizes cooperation with friendly nations on intelligence to detect anti-India outfits. He highlights the importance of new strategies to counter […]
2022 Agnipath protest: 69 people from Aligarh to pay Rs 12 lakh damages
A claims tribunal in Meerut has ordered 69 individuals to pay over Rs 12 lakh for damaging public property during protests against the Agnipath scheme […]
Parliament panel to hold first meet on one nation, one election on Jan 8
A Joint Parliamentary Committee’s first meeting on ‘one nation, one election’ is set for Jan 8, with an agenda to assess the implications of simultaneous […]
‘Benegal told raw & real stories about ordinary people’
The film fraternity mourned the passing of Shyam Benegal, a pioneer of New Wave cinema, who mentored numerous actors and revolutionized Indian cinema with films […]
Shyam Benegal: The man who talent-spotted a famous trio
Shyam Benegal, starting from scratch in cinema, discovered talents like Naseeruddin Shah, Shabana Azmi, and Smita Patil in the ’70s art film movement. Naseeruddin Shah […]
Saved after suicide bid, man gets death sentence for killing 3 of his family
Pramathes Ghosal, a private tutor from Bengal’s Hooghly district, was sentenced to death for the brutal triple murder of his elderly parents and married sister […]
500 years on, Vasco da Gama hailed in Lisbon, ignored in Kochi
History appears to be overlooked at St Francis Church in Fort Kochi, with no events marking 500 years since Vasco da Gama’s death. Post-colonial perspectives […]
‘Giving funds to your date is prostitution?’: Matt Gaetz on sexual misconduct report
Former Congressman Matt Gaetz contests the ethics committee report accusing him of paying women for drugs and sex, including a minor. Gaetz denies the allegations […]