China’s Chang’e-6 lunar sample-return mission to lift off in May: Report
Beijing, Feb 16 - China is expected to launch its next lunar sample-return mission, Chang'e-6, planned to the far side of the Moon, in May, according to a media report.
Paytm QR, Soundbox, Card Machine to work beyond March 15; nodal accounts moved to Axis Bank
New Delhi, Feb 16 - Leading payments and financial services company Paytm on Friday reassured its users that its mobile app, including the widely-used Made in India QR code, Soundbox, and Card Machine will remain operational without interruption even after March 15.
LIC received refund orders for Rs 21,740cr from Income Tax Dept
New Delhi, Feb 16 - Life Insurance Corporation of India had received refund orders for Assessment Years 2012-13, 2013-14, 2014-15, 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19 and 2019-20.
India partners Colombia on sharing open-sourced digital public infrastructures
New Delhi, Feb 16 - In a bid to promote digital transformation via India stack's capacity-building programmes, India and Colombia on Friday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on cooperation in the field of sharing successful digital solutions implemented at population scale for
ISRO again skips ‘unlucky’ 13 while numbering its rocket
Chennai, Feb 17 - The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has done it again. It has skipped the number '13' -- generally considered "unlucky" -- while numbering its Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) rocket, which is set to fly on Saturday evening with
Historic day with stone laying of country’s 22nd AIIMS in Rewari: Haryana CM
Rewari, Feb 16 - Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Friday said "today was a historic day" as the foundation of the country's 22nd AIIMS was laid here.
Rajasthan: Amit Shah to attend election management committee meetings on Feb 20
Jaipur, Feb 16 - Home Minister Amit Shah will visit Bikaner in Rajasthan to attend the BJP’s election management committee meetings on February 20.
DGCA issues show cause notice to Air India over elderly passenger’s death at Mumbai airport
New Delhi, Feb 16 - The aviation watchdog, DGCA has issued a show cause notice to Air India after an elderly aboard an Air India flight from New York to Mumbai passed away after collapsing at the Mumbai airport.
Satellite Cartosat-2 successfully re-entered Earth’s atmosphere: ISRO
Chennai, Feb 16 - India’s cartograph satellite Cartosat-2 launched in 2007 successfully re-entered the Earth's atmosphere over the Indian Ocean, said Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Friday.
Third round of talks with farmers’ bodies meaningful: Anurag Thakur
New Delhi, Feb 16 - Union Minister for Information & Broadcasting and Youth & Sports Affairs, Anurag Singh Thakur, said on Friday that the third round of talks with the farmers' organisations was meaningful.
BJP MP Pragya Thakur accuses Akasa Air duty manager of ‘conspiring’ against her
New Delhi, Feb 16 - BJP’s Lok Sabha MP Pragya Singh Thakur on Friday accused a duty manager of Akasa Air of conspiring and trying to cause huge loss to her during a Mumbai-Delhi flight she was travelling in.
New York judge in civil fraud case fines Trump $350 M, depleting available cash in election year
New York, Feb 17 - A local judge has dealt a blow to Donald Trump’s purse and ego, hitting him with a massive fine of over $350 million, depleting available cash in an election year and barring the billionaire real estate developer from
Jaishankar discusses bilateral ties with Canadian counterpart in Munich
Munich, Feb 17 - External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar met his Canadian counterpart Melanie Joly on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference on Friday and discussed bilateral ties.
Judge orders Trump to pay $355 million in New York civil fraud case
New York, Feb 17 - A New York judge has ordered Donald Trump to pay a fine of nearly $355 million in a civil fraud case.
Israel’s fighting in Gaza may continue during Ramadan: Minister
Jerusalem, Feb 17 - Israel's Wartime Cabinet Minister Benny Gantz has warned that fighting in the Gaza Strip will continue during Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting, if Israeli hostages are not released.
Moderate Democratic Senator Joe Manchin not to run for US President
Washington, Feb 17 - Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia, a moderate Democrat, has announced that he is not running for US President, putting an end to prolonged speculation regarding his potential candidacy outside the two major parties.
EU asks Israeli government not to take military action in Rafah
Brussels, Feb 17 - The European Union (EU)'s foreign policy chief has urged the Israeli government not to take military action in Rafah, Gaza's southernmost city, which shelters more than 1.3 million displaced Palestinians.
Blinken, China’s Foreign Minister discuss Taiwan, Ukraine war
Washington, Feb 17 - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi discussed a range of regional and global issues, including the Korean Peninsula, Taiwan and Russia's war in Ukraine during their talks in Germany on Friday, a US
Iran, Saudi Arabia vow to expand cooperation, criticize Israel
Tehran, Feb 17 - Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and his Saudi counterpart Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud held a phone conversation, during which they vowed to expand bilateral cooperation and jointly slammed Israel over the situation in the Gaza Strip.
German insolvencies keep rising amid weak economy
Berlin, Feb 17 - The number of insolvencies in Germany rose 26.2 per cent year-on-year in January amid a weak economy, preliminary figures published by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) show on Friday.