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India chose a much lower orbit of less than 300 km during Mission Shakti for “capability demonstration” and to avoid threat of debris to global space assets, DRDO Chairman G Satheesh Reddy said Saturday. His remark comes days after NASA raised concerns about the spread of debris from the Anti-Satellite Test (A-SAT) test India conducted on March 27. Reddy, at ...

The final results of Civil Services Examination (CSE), 2018 have been declared yesterday i.e 5th April, 2019. The following are the highlights of the result: The Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination, 2018 was conducted on 3rdJune, 2018.  10,65,552 candidates applied for this examination, out of which 4,93,972 candidates actually appeared. A total of 10,468 candidates qualified for appearance in the Written ...

Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) 10th-12th board examinations have ended. The 10th exam ended on March 29, while the 12th examination ended on April 3. Now after the exam is over, everyone is waiting for the result. It is being said that according to the dates of the examination, results will be declared after one or two weeks as ...

IGNOU is likely to start four online courses from July even as the varsity has identified 85 online programmes. The varsity will start MA in Hindi and three certificate programmes after receiving approval from the University Grants Commission, Indira Gandhi National Open University’s (IGNOU) vice-chancellor Professor Nageshwar Rao said. The open university has submitted a proposal to the UGC and ...

An international kidney racket was busted with the arrest of three people who allegedly lured a 33-year-old man from Hyderabad and got his kidney removed in Turkey after promising to pay Rs 20 lakh, police said Monday. Amrish Prathap, kingpin of the crime, and his two accomplices, Sandeep Kumar alias Rohan Malik and a 37-year-old woman, were arrested from Delhi ...

Eight passengers, including a minor and two women, were killed and 30 injured when a privately-operated bus rammed into a tanker on the Yamuna Expressway in Greater Noida on Friday morning, officials said. The bus was en route Delhi from Uttar Pradesh’s Jalaun district when the incident occurred at 5 am under Rabupura police station limits, they said. Uttar Pradesh ...

Clearing decks for the scheduled merger of three public sector lenders — Vijaya Bank, Dena Bank and Bank of Baroda — the Supreme Court on Thursday refused to stay the amalgamation. The top court dismissed the applications filed by several bank officers’ associations for staying the merger, effective April 1. The proposed amalgamation will make Bank of Baroda, which will ...

In a joint operation launched by Marine Task Force (MTF), Indian Coast Guard (ICG) and Anti-Terrorist Squad of Gujarat apprehended nine Iranian personnel along with 100 kilograms of narcotics off the coast of Gujarat on 26 March 2019. On 24 March 2019, inputs were received from ATS, Gujarat, regarding an illegal consignment of narcotic drug, heroin, likely to be smuggled ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday announced that India had demonstrated anti-satellite missile capability by shooting down a live satellite. Addressing the nation, the prime minister said India’s action was not directed against any country. Shooting down a low earth orbit satellite is a rare achievement for the country, he said. The satellite was orbiting at an altitude of 300 ...

On 25 March 2019, the IAF formally inducted the CH 47 F(I)- Chinook heavy lift helicopters into its inventory at Air Force Station Chandigarh. Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa PVSM AVSM YSM VM ADC, Chief of the Air Staff was the Chief guest and the event was attended by various dignitaries. IAF had signed a contract with M/s Boeing Ltd ...