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A minor planet, between Mars and Jupiter, has been named after Pandit Jasraj, the doyen of Indian classical vocal music. The announcement was made by Nasa’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) on September 23, 2019. The International…

French Riviera microstate Monaco will release postage stamps on Mahatma Gandhi on his 150th birth anniversary on October 2. According to media reports, 40,000 stamps priced at 2.10 euros will be out for sale from October 2. These will be…

The annual mega sales of e-commerce giants Amazon and Flipkart have posted record numbers this year. Amazon on Monday said it has had its best opening ever in India. The five-day sale, which began on September 29 has products with…

What do Henrik Ibsen, Leo Tolstoy, Rabindranath Tagore and Pratibha Ray have in common? They are acclaimed writers whose works became accessible to a wider readership because some scholars thought of translating them into English and other…

Panjim: In a midnight scare, a Delhi-bound IndiGo flight made an emergency landing at Goa's Dabolim airport after fire erupted in the aircraft's left engine late on Sunday. All passengers and crew members were safely evacuated from the…

A new Vande Bharat express or ‘Train 18’ will run from New Delhi to Shri Vaishno Devi Katra (SVDK) from October 3. A trial run was successfully carried on Saturday. This new train will reach Katra in 8 hours instead of 12 hours like other…

After much protests and panic, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Thursday decided to increase the withdrawl limit of depositors of Punjab and Maharshtra Co-operative (PMC) Bank to Rs 10,000 for the next six months. Earlier, RBI had capped…

The Ganges and Brahmaputra river basins will experience large scale uncertainty in rainfall and frequent floods by 2100 due to the effects of climate change, according to a report by Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC).…

New Delhi: The Centre has instituted the highest civilian award for contribution to India's unity and integrity in the name of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. The 'Sardar Patel National Unity Award', comprising a medal and a citation, seeks to…

Admitting that Pakistan has failed in its attempts to internationalise the Kashmir issue, Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that he was “disappointed with the international community” over the issue. Pakistan has been repeatedly snubbed…