By Venkatachari Jagannathan Chennai, Sep 26 (IANS) Did the failure of India’s moon lander Vikram’s navigation systems result in its crash-landing on the lunar surface on September 7 is also among the questions that are…
New Delhi, Sep 25 (IANS) The Punjab and Haryana High Court has issued a direction to the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) to appoint a team of auditors to ascertain the debt in…
By Quaid Najmi Pune (Maharashtra), Sep 25 (IANS) Nearly two months after the revocation of Article 370 and 35A in the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir, scores of broke Kashmiri students here have resorted…
New Delhi, Sep 25 (IANS) Sophisticated Chinese hackers posing as NGO workers, journalists and tourists to India have targeted senior members of Tibetan groups close to the Dalai Lama, installing spyware on iPhones and Android…
New Delhi, Sep 24 (IANS) The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has put in place a multi-pronged approach to improve the employability of engineering students besides empowering them to become entrepreneurs and job…
Chennai, Sep 24 (IANS) The Facebook post is not to criticise any organisation or its head but meant to bring out the critical qualities of leadership, said Tapan Misra, Senior Advisor to Indian Space Research…
New York, Sep 24 (IANS) In a first-of-its-kind initiative, 16 child petitioners, including Sweden’s Greta Thunberg and American Alexandria Villase, from 12 countries presented a landmark official complaint to the UN Committee on the Rights…
New York, Sep 24 (IANS) Major announcements by governments including India, France, Germany, the UK along with private sector leaders at the UN Climate Action Summit boosted climate action momentum, and demonstrated growing recognition that…
By Subhash K. Jha Mumbai, Sep 23 (IANS) Lata Mangeshkar turns 90 on September 28. The playback legend opened up in an exclusive chat. SKJ: It is that time of the year again? Lata: You…
By Durga Chakravarty New Delhi, Sep 23 (IANS) SMM Ausaja, a film archivist and poster collector, has hit the goldmine in a local scrap shop of Mahim, Mumbai. He has discovered a tattered suitcase that…
New York, Sep 23 (IANS) The European Investment Bank (EIB), together with eight other multilateral development banks like the Asian Development Bank, pledged at the UN Secretary-General’s Climate Action Summit to raise their annual global…
New York, Sep 23 (IANS) A meeting of ministers and high-level representatives of the Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) agreed to accelerate efforts to significantly reduce short-lived climate pollutants by the end of the…
New York, Sep 23 (IANS) In a massive boost for climate action and sustainability, leading banks and the UN have launched the Principles for Responsible Banking, with 130 banks collectively holding $47 trillion in assets,…
N0ew Delhi, Sep 22 (IANS) To realize its dream to have clean, green and people-centric mobility solutions, Delhi may need to deploy nearly 35,000 electric and accessible passenger vehicles, at least 1,000 electric vehicles for…
Ranchi, Sep 22 (IANS) The Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) of Jharkhand Police have arrested Al Qaeda terrorist Mohhamad Kalimuddin Mujahiri. “Kalimuddin is most wanted terrorist of Al Qaeda. He has been arrested from Tatanagar railway station….
New Delhi, Sep 22 (IANS) The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Sunday announced the name of 22 candidates for the October 21 Assembly elections in Haryana. They include Ranbir Sing Rathi from Gurugram, Kumari Sumanata…
Nairobi, Sep 22 (IANS) G20 nations are collectively not on track to meet their Paris Agreement commitments, but they have huge opportunities to undertake rapid and deep cuts to greenhouse gas emissions, a new UN…
New York, Sep 22 (IANS) A day after thousands of young people marched and rallied for urgent climate action, young leaders brought their message to the UN for the Youth Climate Summit, the opening salvo…
Hyderabad, Sep 21 (IANS) Heartfulness meditation can contribute to cultivating gratitude among practitioners, a study said. The study published in the International Journal of Recent Scientific Research has confirmed that Heartfulness meditation, the popular meditation…
New York, Sep 21 (IANS) Over four million people took to the streets, kicking off a week of actions in which more than 5,800 events will take place in 163 countries in all corners of…