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Chandrayaan-2: ISRO anxious but optimistic ahead of crucial soft-landing

ISRO quiz top scorers to watch Chandrayaan-2 landing with PM

8:22 pm August 26, 2019

New Delhi: The increase awareness about its space programmes, the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is conducting an online quiz for school students and the top scorers will get to watch the Chandrayaan-2 landing with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the agency’s Bengaluru headquarters. The Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry has written to the Central […]

BAI announces cash rewards for Sindhu, Sai Praneeth

9:40 pm August 25, 2019

New Delhi: Badminton Association of India on Sunday announced a cash reward of Rs 20 lakh and Rs 5 lakh for PV Sindhu and Sai Praneeth for their historic feats in the World Championships in Basel, Switzerland. “BAI President @himantabiswa announces cash award of Rs 20 lakh for World Champion @Pvsindhu1 and 5 lakh for […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

Neeraj Bawana gang members arrested in outer Delhi

8:22 pm August 25, 2019

New Delhi: Delhi Police said on Sunday they have arrested four members of the notorious Neeraj Bawana gang from outer Delhi and seized two country-made pistols and live cartridges from them. Vikas, 26, Deepak, 23, both residents of Sultanpur Dabas village, Vinay, 23, of Bawana, and Vicky, 26, of Ghevra village, were arrested on Friday […]

Assets under gold ETFs jump to Rs 5,000 cr in first 4 months of FY20

7:30 pm August 25, 2019

New Delhi: Assets managed by gold exchange traded funds rose to Rs 5,079.22 crore in the first four months of the current fiscal, a period during which stock market dropped 3 per cent as investors turned to the yellow metal amid economic headwinds. Data from Morningstar showed that assets under management (AUM) of gold ETFs […]

Give specific timelines for cleaning of Yamuna: NGT

7:15 pm August 25, 2019

New Delhi: The National Green Tribunal has directed stakeholders to give specific schedule for cleaning the Yamuna, while noting that repeated timelines have not been adhered to in the last 30 years and pollution of the river was still continuing. A bench headed by NGT chairperson justice Adarsh Kumar Goel made it clear that the […]