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NEW DELHI: Isro chairman S Somanath on Monday met chess grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa at his Chennai residence and said that he “will surely inspire young people including in the space domain”.After meeting Praggnanandhaa and his family at his residence in Chennai on Monday, Somanath said, “We are proud we have a Pragyan (rover) on the Moon, and he is Praggnanandhaa on the ground...what we did for...

FEROZEPUR: An Indian Army general court martial has recommended a five-year jail term and cashiering from service as punishment to a Major who was found guilty on charges of sexual harassment involving an 11-year-old girl.The general court martial found the allegations levelled by the mother of the survivor to be correct and awarded a five-year jail term along with cashiering from service to the Major...

NEW DELHI: During the run-up to the launch of the Chandrayaan-3 mission, a delegation of Nasa scientists, on a visit to the Isro headquarters, was "astonished" to see the sophisticated technologies Indian space scientists has developed "at such low cost" to go to the Moon's south pole and wanted India to sell them to the US, Isro chairman S Somanath said on Sunday.Addressing students at an event...

NEW DELHI: Hours after a social media post went viral purportedly showing his resignation letter from the Congress, senior party leader Digvijaya Singh on Sunday accused the BJP of "indulging in fake works" and said he has reported the matter to the police."I have reported this to the police ... the BJP indulges in fake works. I entered Congress in 1971 and I will be with the party till my last breath,"...

VADODARA: It’s been an annual practice for Shardul Patel to collect Navratri-appropriate accessories much before the revelry sets in. Be it the Kediya, the colourful safa pagdis, or polishing his garba steps — Patel never left anything to chance. However, this time, the list started with a caveat — a complete heart check-up before the nine nights of celebrations.“I do my workouts regularly but...

MUMBAI: School students will soon have their own unique identification number, provided of course their parents give consent. As part of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, the Union ministry of education has planned to create 'One Nation, One Student ID' called 'Automated Permanent Academic Account Registry (APAAR) for every student from pre-primary to higher education. This is in addition to the...

MUMBAI: In a case between a senior citizen and the income tax department, the tax tribunal’s Mumbai bench held that the penalty levied for non-disclosure of interest earned on her tax refund is not valid.In their order, the ITAT bench comprising Amarjit Singh, accountant member, and Sandeep Singh Karhail, judicial member, emphasised that unless the refund is received, its interest element cannot be...

NEW DELHI: Foreign minister S Jaishankar on Friday spoke to his Saudi counterpart Prince Faisal bin Farhan and discussed the "grave situation "in the Israel-Hamas conflict. He also raised the issue of the safety and security of Indian nationals residing in Israel.Amid the Israel-Gaza War, Israeli army issues ultimatum: 'Leave Gaza in 24 HoursJaishankar had on Wednesday spoken to his UAE counterpart...

NEW DELHI: Retail inflation eased to a three-month low in September as food prices moderated, bringing much-needed relief from surging price pressures, while industrial output growth rose to a 14-month high in August led by a robust manufacturing sector.Reserve Bank of India has decided to keep the repo rate unchanged at 6.5%: Shaktikanta DasData released by the National Statistical Office (NSO) on...

NEW DELHI: The ministry of external affairs on Thursday said that the first charter flight will be reaching Tel Aviv later tonight to pick up Indians and is likely to return to India tomorrow morning.The MEA in a briefing said that Operation Ajay has been launched to bring back Indians from Israel adding that it hasn’t heard of any Indian casualty so far."A charter flight will reach Tel Aviv today...