This is the second World Blood Donor Day on the road for activist Kiran Verma. This year, with a placard on his hand that urges people to donate blood, Mr. Verma is on his way to Siliguri, West Bengal’s picturesque gem nestled in the foothills of the Himalayas, from Malda. His aim is to walk … Read more
Pratap Simha, Mysuru MP, chaired DISHA meeting in Mysuru on Saturday, June 3. MLAs Darshan Dhruvanarayan, K. Harish Gowda, T.S. Srivatsa, Deputy Commissioner K.V. Rajendra and MCC Commissioner Lakshmikanth Reddy were present. | Photo Credit: M.A. Sriram Pratap Simha, Mysuru MP, on Saturday, June 3, said the Centre’s Jal Jeevan Mission will reach every household … Read more
River Ganges at Shivala Ghat, Varanasi. File | Photo Credit: Prashant Nakwe The Jal Shakti Ministry’s National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) cleared eight projects worth ₹638 crore on Tuesday. The projects include the rejuvenation of river Hindon, a tributary of the Yamuna, stretches of which rank as among the most polluted in the country. … Read more
Chief Minister of Telangana & BRS Party President K. Chandrashekar Rao participate in Public Meeting at Kandhar Loha, Nanded District, Maharashtra, on Sunday, March 26 2023. | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) is on a mission to fight for farmers issues and work for addressing their problems, party president and Chief … Read more
LVM3-M3/OneWeb India-2 takes off from the second launch pad at Satish Dhawan Space Centre SDSC-SHAR, Sriharikota on March 26, 2023. | Photo Credit: R. Ragu Indian Space Research Organisation’s heaviest payload rocket, LVM3 carrying 36 OneWeb satellites onboard took off on March 26 from the second launch pad at Satish Dhawan Space Centre SDSC-SHAR, Sriharikota. … Read more
The LVM3-M3/OneWeb India-2 mission mission has commenced | Photo Credit: ANI The countdown for the launch of 36 satellites on-board LVM3-M3/OneWeb India-2 mission has commenced, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said on Saturday. Network Access Associates Ltd, United Kingdom (OneWeb Group Company) has signed an agreement with ISRO’s commercial arm NewSpace India Ltd to launch 72 satellites … Read more
The Fire and Rescue Services is engaged in the lengthiest operation in its history as firefighters remain deployed round-the-clock at the Brahmapuram solid waste treatment plant where a fire broke out on plastic garbage heaps last Thursday. Over 200 firefighters drawn from units in Kannur to Thiruvananthapuram are fully engaged in efforts to bring the … Read more
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Anil Kumar, a resident of Enadi village, near Vaikom, cleans up the clogged Pullanthi river on his country boat. | Photo Credit: VISHNU PRATHAP Located in the backwater landscape of Kottayam, the village of Enadi still retains its old charm of fresh air and nature in abundance. However, the Pullanthi river that flows by the … Read more
Sixteen human rights activists from Bastar and other parts of the country have alleged that they had to abort a fact-finding mission “on human rights violations in Sukma and Bijapur districts” of south Chhattisgarh after security forces harassed them. The activists had left Sukma on February 1 to visit the interior villages of the district, … Read more
Visible Line Emission Coronagraph, the primary payload on board Aditya-L1, was handed over to ISRO by the Indian Institute of Astrophysics in Bengaluru on January 26, 2023. | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is planning to launch the Aditya-L1 mission by June or July this year. Aditya-L1 is the first … Read more