India which is keenly looking forward for the first manned space mission ‘Gaganyaan’ will soon get their space suits from Russia, as the latter has started manufacturing space suits for the mission. “Research, Development and Production Enterprise Zvezda, a subsidiary of Russian space organisation Roscosmos, has started manufacturing personal flight equipment for the Indian cosmonauts undergoing training in Russia,” said Glavkosmos. Glavkosmos is a subsidiary of the Russian State Space Corporation Roscosmos. “Россия изготовит космические скафандры для индийских космонавтов, проходящих подготовку в #ЦПК — https://t.co/veJKqJz3jM Russia to make spacesuits for Indian cosmonauts undergoing training in #GCTC — https://t.co/uRTlvcEzke pic.twitter.com/cMP8FyM1l9” —…
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As per the regulations, “Foods which are referred to as food products high in saturated fat or trans-fat or added sugar or sodium (HFSS) cannot be sold to school children in school canteens/mess premises/hostel kitchens or in an area within fifty meters from the school gate in any direction.” Sales and advertisements of junk foods in school canteens and within 50 metres around school campuses has been banned in order to promote safe and wholesome food for children, regulator FSSAI said on Tuesday. The Food Safety and Standards (Safe Food and healthy diets for School Children) Regulations, 2020 in this…
The Bombay High Court on Wednesday stayed the demolition process initiated by the BMC for illegal construction at actor Kangana Ranaut’s bungalow here and sought to understand why did the town civic body enter the property when the owner wasn’t present. Justice S J Kathawalla was hearing a petition filed by Ranaut challenging the notice issued by the BMC for illegal construction at her bungalow. The petition also sought a stay the demolition process. The court sought to understand from BMC how it entered the premises and directed it to file an affidavit in response to the plea. The court…
Actor Rhea Chakraborty was arrested on Tuesday and produced before the court after many rounds of interrogation. She was arrested on charges of allegedly arranging and financing consumption of marijuana by her boyfriend, Sushant Singh Rajput, with the help of her brother, Showik, Sushant’s house manager Samuel Miranda and cook Dipesh Sawant. Furthermore, NCB described Rhea as part of an “active drug syndicate” connected with drug suppliers. The agency, however, did not ask for her custody and instead requested that she be sent to judicial custody. A magistrate remanded her in judicial custody till September 22. Rhea’s lawyer Satish Maneshinde is likely to move sessions court…
China’s People’s Liberation Army has confirmed that five youths missing from Arunachal Pradesh have been found by them and their handing over process to Indian authorities is being worked out, Union minister Kiren Rijiju said on Tuesday. The five youths had gone missing on Friday from the Sino-Indian border in the Upper Subansiri district of Arunachal Pradesh. “China’s PLA has responded to the hotline message sent by Indian Army. They have confirmed that the missing youths from Arunachal Pradesh have been found by their side. Further modalities to handover the persons to our authority is being worked out,” Rijiju tweeted.…
More than six months after it was closed down for visitors in the wake of the pandemic, the Taj Mahal will open its doors to the public from September 21. Vasant Swarnkar, Superintending Archaeologist of the Archaeological Survey of India’s Agra Circle, confirmed this to The Indian Express. However, he said that there will be a cap of 5,000 on the number of visitors allowed per day. Even as all other ASI-protected monuments in Agra were allowed to open from September 1, Taj Mahal and Agra Fort remained shut as per the district administration’s orders as they were located close…
Reliance Jio is looking at a plan to outsource and manufacture over 100 million low-cost smartphones, to be built on the Google Android platform. These phones, which will be bundled with data packs, could be launched in December or early next year, sources in the know said. It’s a key ingredient of Jio’s strategy to make India a “2G-mukt Bharat”, they said. According to some leading vendors, the company has held talks with them to manufacture the phones in India. Currently, there is enough capacity within the country to manufacture them with home-grown firms. Earlier, in a bid to strengthen…
Photos of Chinese army standing with spears and guns surfaced in as the he Chinese troops attempted to close-in on one of the Indian forward positions along the LAC near Rezang La on a Monday evening were carrying weapons like guns, rods, spears and machetes. https://twitter.com/AbhishekBhalla7/status/1303312140569206784?s=20 People’s Liberation Army (PLA) soldiers who on Monday had attempted to dislodge Indian troops from their posts on mountain heights in the Rezang La region of Ladakh. Their attempts were thwarted by the Indian Army soldiers. The pictures accessed by India show around 30 Chinese soldiers holding weapons, including guns, spears and machetes. On…
Sushant Singh Rajput’s family lawyer Vikas Singh Tuesday alleged that the FIR registered by Mumbai Police against Rajput’s sisters et al. on Rhea Chakraborty’s complaint is against the law and that they will take serious action within the matter. The senior advocate said the case associated with Rajput’s death was serious where multiple agencies just like the CBI, Enforcement Directorate and Narcotics Control Bureau are probing the difficulty and that they won’t allow the accused to deflect the investigation by filing of such complaints. He said a choice will taken during the day whether the Rajput family, which has accused…
The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday sought reports from the authorities on the violence at the Visva-Bharati university last month. A division bench comprising judge TBN Radhakrishnan and Justice Shampa Sarkar directed the varsity, Sriniketan Santiniketan Development Authority and therefore the West Bengal government to file the reports within the sort of affidavits by September 16. The PIL, which urged for a CBI investigation into the vandalism on August 17 over the development of a boundary wall, are going to be haunted for hearing again on September 18. Trouble erupted at Visva-Bharati, a central university, within the Birbhum district on…