Stepping into 2021, the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) rolled out its decade-long programme, which involves the development of a heavy lift rocket, a reusable satellite launch vehicle, a semi-cryogenic engine, among others, said the top official. In the short term, the space agency has to realise the first developmental flight of the Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) operational Geo-Imaging capability, the third moon mission Chandrayaan-3, the first solar mission Aditya-L1, and the first Indian Data Relay Satellite. “The first unmanned flight under the Gaganyaan Programme is another significant milestone to be achieved this year,” ISRO Chairman K. Sivan, who…
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It was curtains for FarmVille, one of the earliest interactive Facebook Flash games, on Friday as its developer shut it down along with Adobe bidding farewell to its Flash Player for web browsers. Although people may treat the game as annoying in the age of multi-player, high-end games, FarmVille was a huge win for its parent company Zynga at its peak. At its peak, the game had nearly 30 million users playing it daily. “Following an incredible 11 years since its initial launch back in 2009, we are officially announcing the closure of the original FarmVille game on Facebook,” Zynga…
Police in Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Friday said they had seized three “unique” Chinese grenades from a militant associate who had been detained. Speaking to the media, SSP Baramulla, Abdul Qayoom, said the three recovered grenades were Chinese and the recovery was the first of its kind. “Arrested militant associate, Asif Gull was tasked to kill a newly-elected municipal councillor. He has been slapped with four Public Safety Act (PSA) detention orders in the past. “Most wanted militant, Hyder, slain last year, and another associate were in touch with Asif Gull and it repeatedly surfaced he was involved…
BJP chief Jagat Prakash Nadda on Friday expressed his to AIIMS Director Randeep Guleria and his team for their support after he and his family members fully recovered from Covid-19. “I thank everyone for their wishes, prayers and moral support during my illness. My family members and I have now fully recovered from the Covid-19. We wholeheartedly thank Dr Randeep Guleria, Director of AIIMS and his team for their dedication and continued support in these challenging times,” the BJP chief tweeted. Nadda tested positive for coronavirus on December 13, soon after his visit to West Bengal. He was under the…
Karnataka’s Minister of Health, K. Sudhakar said on Friday that the newly established Health Vision Committee will devise a blueprint for a resilient health care system that provides integrated, accountable, open, equitable and affordable quality health care to all residents of the state. After the first meeting with the members of the Vision Group here, Sudhakar told reporters that Vision Group has been directed to prepare a report on comprehensive development in the Health sector. “Our government is working towards comprehensive transformation in the health sector. Currently National Health policy 2017 is in place and we are committed to provide…
The Modi Government has given the defence forces three more months to procure military systems under the emergency clause in order to be properly prepared for the war. Since April-May, India and China have been engaged in a border dispute in the Ladakh region, deploying forces opposite each other after the Chinese aggression there. The three forces, Army, Navy and Air Force, were given emergency powers to acquire or lease any arms system of their choosing around July of this year, as the situation grew volatile along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in East Ladakh, to help plan for…
To name a few roads after Muslims in minority-dominated areas as reeking of the “communal mentality of two-nation theory” and to urge the Bengaluru civic authority to amend the list of non-Muslim public figures by BJP MP Tejasvi Surya Following a report in a Kannada daily,Bengaluru South MP has sent a letter to Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (city corporation) Commissioner N Manjunath Prasad, stating that only Muslim names have been selected to baptise the roads. Claiming that BBMP’s list of names has only Muslim names, Tejasvi Surya said, “Christening of roads in Muslim-dominated locality with only Muslim names reeks of…
Class 10 and 12 final exams for schools affiliated with the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will take place from May 4 to June 10 and the results will be declared on July 15, announced by Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank on Thursday. Class 10 and 12 board examinations will take place from May 4 to June 10. Schools will be required to take realistic exams on 1 March. The date sheet for both classes will soon be published. The findings will be declared by 15 July,” Mr Pokhriyal announced. The three-month delay due to the coronavirus pandemic…
A mob in northwestern Pakistan attacked and set ablaze a century-old Hindu temple on Wednesday, officials said, prompting condemnations from the Muslim-majority country’s Hindu community. Hindus are the main non-Muslim majority in the world that achieved independence from British control in 1947, when the subcontinent was split into Pakistan’s Muslim-majority and India’s Hindu-majority. Videos made at the scene by locals and shared with Reuters showed a crowd smashing off the walls of the temple building, using stones and sledgehammers, while black smoke from a massive fire blew into the sky. Local Muslim clerics had coordinated what they told the police…
On Wednesday, the Union Cabinet approved a Memorandum of Understanding between India and Bhutan on cooperation in the peaceful use of outer space. According to an official release, the Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi accepted and exchanged the MoU between India and Bhutan on Cooperation in Peaceful Uses of Outer Space signed on 19 November by both sides in Bangalore/Thimpu. This MoU would allow India and Bhutan to collaborate in areas of potential interest, such as Earth remote sensing; satellite communication and navigation; space research and planetary exploration; the use of spacecraft and space systems and ground…