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New Delhi: Domestic private space firm Skyroot Aerospace Thursday said it will attempt the maiden test flight of its Vikram‑1 orbital rocket from the first launch pad at SDSC‑SHAR July 18. The launch will mark the first time an orbital-class rocket, fully designed and developed...

New Delhi: AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal met climate activist Sonam Wangchuk at the Jantar Mantar Thursday and expressed solidarity with his protest against alleged paper leaks, demanding the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. Addressing the protest, Kejriwal said the Centre should listen...

Srinagar: Politics must have room for compassion, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said Thursday, as he called out the Centre for not approaching activist Sonam Wangchuk, who has been on a hunger strike for 19 days. Abdullah noted that the activist has only...

New Delhi: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge Thursday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi over reports that the government is now planning to reintroduce a Constitution amendment bill that would involve delimitation, urging him to convene an all-party meeting to discuss the revised proposals. In his...

New Delhi: Trinamool Congress MP Rukmini Mallick Thursday resigned from the Rajya Sabha, the fourth TMC MP to do so ever since the Mamata Banerjee-led party was ousted from power in West Bengal. Mallick met the Rajya Sabha chairman and tendered her resignation. I do...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Thursday voiced concern over the introduction of a third language in Class IX under the CBSE curriculum, observing it would increase the stress level of students and suggesting it be introduced in Class V or Class VI so that students...

New Delhi:  The government will introduce a course in engineering biology, the first of its kind in India, Union minister Jitendra Singh said Thursday. Singh, Minister of State (Independent Charge) in the Ministry of Science & Technology, further said that even IITs and IISc have...

Mumbai: Actress Shweta Tiwari has urged the government to listen to the concerns of activist, innovator and reformer Sonam Wangchuk. On Thursday, the actress took to the Stories section of her Instagram, and penned a long note in which she extended support to Sonam Wangchuk...

New Delhi: Centre has raised windfall taxes on exports of diesel and aviation turbine fuel (ATF) while lowering the levy on petrol exports, as surging global oil prices driven by the escalating US-Iran conflict boosted refining margins, with the revised rates taking effect from Thursday....

New Delhi: Delhi High Court Thursday directed authorities to monitor on a daily basis the health of activist Sonam Wangchuk, who is on an indefinite fast at Jantar Mantar here, and extend medical aid if needed. A bench of Chief Justice D K Upadhyaya and...