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Vedanta Resources raises USD 1.2 bn ahead of open offer for Indian listed unit

Vedanta lost USD 200 mn in profits in one year of Tuticorin plant shutdown: Agarwal

5:52 pm June 16, 2019

New Delhi: Vedanta Ltd has lost about USD 200 million in profits ever since its copper smelter plant in Tamil Nadu was shut more than a year back after police fired on protesters and killed 13 people, Group Chairman Anil Agarwal said. Agarwal added that the stoppage of production at the Tuticorin plant of the […]

2 shot dead in northeast Delhi

6:00 pm June 14, 2019

New Delhi: Two men were shot dead allegedly by unidentified persons on Friday in northeast Delhi, police said. The deceased have been identified as Khurvesh (40) and Kanchi (28), both residents of Nand Nagari, they said. Khurvesh was named in 41 cases in the national capital and marked as a “bad character” in police records, […]

French envoy meets ISRO chief

10:27 pm June 13, 2019

New Delhi: French envoy Alexandre Ziegler met Chairperson of Indian Space Research Organisation K Sivan on Thursday and discussed ways to further space cooperation between the two countries. “Excellent meeting with Dr K Sivan, Chairman of @isro and his team. We are working extensively to reach a major milestone in our 60-year-old spatial cooperation. Our […]

12-year-old boy suffering from bird flu dies at AIIMS in Delhi

AIIMS resident docs to boycott work on Friday

5:10 pm June 13, 2019

New Delhi: Several resident doctors at the AIIMS here worked with bandages on their heads in a symbolic protest and have decided to boycott work on Friday in solidarity with the doctors protesting against an attack on their colleagues in West Bengal. Condemning the violence in West Bengal, the AIIMS Resident Doctors’ Association (RDA) has […]

14 missions lined up for launch in 2021: ISRO chairman

India planning to have own space station: ISRO chief

5:04 pm June 13, 2019

New Delhi: India is planning to launch its own space station, ISRO chief K Sivan said Thursday. The ambitious project will be an extension of the Gaganyaan mission. “We have to sustain the Gaganyaan programme after the launch of (the) human space mission. In this context, India is planning to have its own space station,” […]