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13 glacial lakes in India’s Uttarakhand flagged as highly sensitive
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Leaseholder arrested after Kolkata hotel fire kills nine
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Lightning strikes kill 14 in India’s Jharkhand
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Hasina not allowed to use Indian soil for politics
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1 August 2026 India

2024 India Polls: Inflation hurting Modi but he may win

Indian voters are growing unhappy with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government due to high inflation and unemployment but he is still on track to comfortably win a third term in elections next year due to his personal popularity, a key survey said.
25 August 2023

Global warming link to intense rains: scientists

Torrential rains that have battered India’s Himalayas in recent years, killing hundreds of people and causing billions of dollars worth of damage, are becoming more intense due to a clash of weather systems triggered by global warming, scientists said.
25 August 2023

Chandrayaan rover now ready to explore moon's South pole

Two days after landing its lander module on the moon, India's space agency today said the Chandrayaan-3 rover, "Pragyan", successfully traversed a distance of about 8m and its payloads have been turned on for analysing the chemical composition of the lunar soil
25 August 2023

Indian rover rolls onto moon surface

The moon rover of India’s Chandrayaan-3 exited the spacecraft yesterday to begin its exploration of the lunar surface and conduct experiments to help future probes, as the media hailed the historic landing as the country’s biggest scientific feat.
24 August 2023

Hasina writes to Modi hailing India’s historic moon landing

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina sent a message to her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi congratulating him and the people of India on the successful lunar landing of Chandrayaan-3
24 August 2023

Indian rover begins exploring Moon's south pole

India began exploring the Moon's surface with a rover on Thursday, a day after it became the first nation to land a craft near the largely unexplored lunar south pole
24 August 2023

Dengue vaccine: Indian manufacturer targets Jan 2026 launch

Vaccine manufacturer Indian Immunologicals Limited (IIL) expects to commercially launch its dengue fever vaccine by early 2026, a top executive said, as the race to develop the country's first such vaccine heats up
24 August 2023

Moon’s South Pole: India becomes first nation to land craft near it

India yesterday became the first nation to land a craft near the Moon’s south pole, a historic triumph for the world’s most populous nation and its ambitious, cut-price space programme.
23 August 2023

India’s Mizoram: 26 killed as under construction bridge collapses

A railway bridge being built in India collapsed yesterday killing at least 26 workers and injuring two, police said, as the state-run railway authority opened an investigation.
23 August 2023

Chandrayaan-3 lands on moon in historic moment for India

 An Indian spacecraft landed on the moon on Wednesday, the space agency said, in a mission seen as crucial to lunar exploration and India's standing as a space power, just days after a similar Russian lander crashed.
23 August 2023

Tendulkar named 'national icon' of Indian EC

Amidst voting apathy among the urban people and youths, India's Election Commission today designated cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar as its "national icon" to encourage greater voter participation in the electoral process
23 August 2023

India counts down to crucial moon landing

India will make its second attempt to land on the moon on Wednesday, a mission seen as crucial to lunar exploration and the country's standing as a space power, just days after a similar Russian lander crashed
23 August 2023

At least 17 killed in Indian railway bridge collapse: police

At least 17 workers were killed today when an under-construction railway bridge over a river collapsed near Sairang area of the north-eastern Indian state of Mizoram, a police official said
23 August 2023

Chandrayaan-3: All systems working perfectly, says ISRO chief

As India waits with bated breath for the maiden attempt to land its first unmanned mission on the moon tomorrow, the national space agency chief S Somnath met Science and Technology Minister Jitendra Singh yesterday and said all systems are working perfectly, and no contingencies are anticipated tomorrow (August 23).
22 August 2023

India defends decision to impose 40pc export duty on onions

India yesterday said the decision to impose a 40 percent export duty on onions was a timely move to boost domestic supply and control retail prices
21 August 2023

Chandrayaan-3: ISRO releases images of moon's south pole area

The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) today came out with images of the moon’s unexplored south pole area captured by the Lander Hazard Detection and Avoidance Camera (LHDAC) fitted in the spacecraft which is expected to make a soft landing in the region in a couple of days.
21 August 2023

India's Chandrayaan-3 moves closer to the moon

India’s maiden attempt to land a spacecraft on the moon moved closer to reality as the national space agency today said it has successfully reduced the orbit of the Chandrayaan-3 mission's lander module before the final descent to the lunar surface.
20 August 2023

Be mindful of reach before posting on social media

Users of social media must remain mindful of its impact and reach, India’s Supreme Court stressed on Friday, offering no relief to actor, playwright and former legislator S Ve Shekher, who wanted to be let off in cases registered against him for sharing a derogatory Facebook post against women journalists in April 2018.
19 August 2023

Delhi stands with Dhaka as ‘steadfast partner’

Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Pranay Verma yesterday said India stands with Bangladesh as a “steadfast partner” and committed to supporting its aspirations for a “peaceful, prosperous, and inclusive” future.
19 August 2023