Day: September 2, 2019

Chandrayaan-2 lander separates, 5 days to go for touchdown

8:09 pm September 2, 2019

Bengaluru: In a key event of India’s second moon mission Chandrayaan-2, lander ‘Vikram’ was separated from the orbiter on Monday, five days ahead of its planned lunar touchdown, space agency ISRO announced. The separation of Vikram, which is set for soft landing on September 7 on the lunar surface along with rover ‘Pragyan’, was carried […]

TMC govt playing with emotions of Hindus: Adityanath

Pay dues to farmers or face action: Govt to Muzaffarnagar sugar mills

4:58 pm September 2, 2019

Muzaffarnagar (UP): The state government has directed owners of seven sugar mills here to clear dues of farmers amounting to over Rs 440 crore, failing which strict action would be taken against them, an official said on Monday. According to District Cane Officer RD Divedi, seven out of the total eight sugar mills in the […]

Woman kills her two kids, self over domestic feud in Thane

4:46 pm September 2, 2019

Thane: A 28-year-old woman allegedly killed her two children before committing suicide due to marital discord in Thane city of Maharashtra, police said on Monday. A suicide note was found at the spot in which Seeta Vaviva purportedly held her husband and in-laws responsible for killing the children and herself, Kasarwadavli police station’s senior inspector […]

Architecture student from Assam commits suicide in MP

3:21 pm September 2, 2019

Bhopal: A 24-year-old architecture student from Assam allegedly committed suicide here in Madhya Pradesh by choking herself with a gas cylinder pipe, a police official said on Monday. A suicide note was found at the spot in which the woman purportedly mentioned that she was taking the extreme step “on her own”, he said. The […]

COVID surge, vaccine shortages spread beyond India’s borders

Asian markets mostly down as China-US tariffs kick in

3:14 pm September 2, 2019

Hong Kong: Most Asian markets fell on Monday as fresh Chinese and US tariffs on goods worth hundreds of billions of dollars kicked in, though Donald Trump reiterated that the two sides were still due to hold talks this month. Hong Kong was weighed down by another weekend of violence, fuelling worries about possible Chinese […]