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Hurricane Dorian: Humanitarian crisis unfolds in Bahamas

11:06 pm September 3, 2019

Fressport, Bahamas: Practically parking over the Bahamas for a day and a half, Hurricane Dorian pounded away at the islands Tuesday in a watery onslaught that devastated thousands of homes, trapped people in attics and crippled hospitals. At least five deaths were reported, with the full extent of the damage far from clear. The United […]

Deadly Hurricane Dorian parks over the Bahamas

9:20 pm September 3, 2019

Freeport, Bahamas: Practically parking over the Bahamas for a day and a half, Hurricane Dorian pounded away at the islands Tuesday in a watery onslaught that devastated thousands of homes, trapped people in attics and crippled hospitals. At least five deaths were reported, with the full extent of the damage far from clear, news agency […]

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

First de-orbiting manoeuvre performed for Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft: ISRO

2:17 pm September 3, 2019

Bengaluru: A day after lander ‘Vikram’ was separated from Chandrayaan-2’s orbiter, the ISRO said on Tuesday it has successfully performed the first de-orbiting manoeuvre for the spacecraft. The city-headquartered space agency will perform one more de-orbit manoeuvre on Wednesday, before the powered descent on September 7 for its landing in the south polar region of […]

IAF inducts 8 US-made Apache helicopters

11:47 am September 3, 2019

Pathankot: The Indian Air Force inducted eight US-made Apache AH-64E attack helicopters here on Tuesday, which will give a major boots to its combat capabilities. Officials said the aircraft were formally inducted at the induction ceremony at Pathankot Air Force station with Air Chief Marshal B S Dhanoa as the chief guest. The AH-64E Apache […]

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 […]