Yesterday, when SpaceX Block 5 Falcon 9 rocket lifted off the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, the co-founder and CEO of Exseed Space, Kris Nair tweeted, “WE ARE IN SPACE”. The tweet was important because it was about India’s first private satellite Exseed SAT1 taken to orbit by Falcon 9. The satellite is expected …
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A 22-year-old transgender police constable in Tamil Nadu’s Ramanathapuram has been admitted to hospital after she tried to commit suicide alleging harassment by three of her superiors, police said on Tuesday. R Nasriya, who joined the police force in August this year, shot a selfie video of her drinking rat poison and posted it on WhatsApp Monday night, saying she …
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When we think of farmers we imagine them working their fingers to the bone, sowing, ploughing and harvesting crop only to reap a meagre income once the output is sold. Women agricultural labourers are also known to contribute to farming apart from doing household chores. In Pastapur village of Zaheerabad, women farmers handle heavy tripods, set frames using a viewfinder, …
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As pollution becomes a major threat, this could be a real game-changer. In the Philippines, an aborigine tribe known as the Igolot-Garonne has found a way to customise bicycles in the most imaginative ways possible. Showing off their excellent wood-carving skills, the tribe has been building bicycles in ornate designs. The tribesmen carve beautiful bikes and participate in their very …
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In light of recent incidents of terrorism in various parts of India, Home Minister Rajnath Singh has sent a strong message saying that Pakistan can seek India’s help if it is unable to handle terrorism alone. Singh said that in the last four years of Narendra Modi-led government, no major terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir had taken place, news …
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The war has devastated Yemen to such an extent that even the United Aid officials have acknowledged that the country is on the verge of a major catastrophe. The stories of thousands of children dying of starvation in the country have already left people around the world worried. AP UN aid chief Mark Lowcock warned that Yemen was “on the brink …
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India’s love for the game of soccer is well known. Though families can be seen glued to their screens when it comes to a cricket match, football is more sought after when it comes to playing a particular sport. While Indian strikers like Bhaichung Bhutia and Sunil Chhetri are popular names in the country, India has still a long way …
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In a heinous crime, an Ola cab driver was robbed by four men in a secluded place outside Bengaluru. The men asked him to video call his wife and later asked her to strip and took screenshots of it. Four men boarded Somashekhar ‘s cab for Dommasandra from Bengaluru’s Adugodi which is a 22 km distance. When the cab reached …
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Army personnel have to perform strenuous tasks at the border and therefore, it is important that their diet and fitness routine is taken care of. Not only armed soldiers are known to ditch junk and fried food but cannot give physical exercise a miss even for a single day. Now the 31st battalion of Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC) in Uttarakhand’s …
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Arunachal Pradesh Governor Brig (Retd) B D Mishra took a pregnant woman, who urgently needed medical attention, in his helicopter from Tawang to a hospital. When the chopper developed a snag after refuelling at Tezpur, the Governor requisitioned an Air Force helicopter and let the woman and her husband leave first for the capital city. He returned later in another …
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