Cape Canaveral: Astronauts performed their second spacewalk in under a week Wednesday to replace old batteries outside the International Space Station. Commander Chris Cassidy and Bob Behnken ventured out to tackle the big, boxy batteries. For every two outdated batteries coming out, a new and improved one goes in to supply power to the station on the night side […]
Read MoreJaipur: A third flight from Kazakhstan carrying 147 passengers on board arrived in Jaipur on Thursday under the Centre’s mega evacuation mission amid the coronavirus-forced lockdown, an official said. As many as 618 Rajasthan natives have reached Jaipur in six flights so far under the Vande Bharat Mission, an official said Thursday. So far three […]
Read MoreNew Delhi: India is expected to join over 60 countries at a two-day crucial conference of the World Health Organisation in Geneva in pushing for an “impartial, independent and comprehensive” evaluation of the global response mechanism to the COVID-19 crisis as well as to find out the “zoonotic source” of the deadly infection. The two-day […]
Read MoreNew Delhi: India will expand from next week its mega mission to evacuate stranded Indians from abroad by including countries like Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Russia, Germany, Spain and Thailand, official sources said on Friday. They said stranded Indians in central Asia as well as in various European countries will be brought back home under the second […]
Read MoreMumbai: A 59-year-old woman tested positive for coronavirus in Aurangabad city of Maharashtra on Sunday, a state health official said. With this, the number of coronavirus positive cases has gone up to 32 in the state. “The woman has tested positive for coronavirus infection. She had travelled to Russia and Kazakhstan. She has been quarantined […]
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