Anti-Submarine Warfare Corvette ‘INS Kavaratti’ was commissioned into Indian Navy by Indian Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane at Naval Dockyard, Visakhapatnam, on Thursday. The ship was designed by the Indian Navy’s in-house organisation, Directorate of Naval Design(DND), and built by Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers, Kolkata. It has state-of-the-art weapons and sensor suite capable […]
A NASA spacecraft OSIRIS-REx touched down on the rugged surface of the Bennu asteroid on Tuesday, grabbing a sample of rocks dating back to the birth of our solar system to bring home. The minivan-sized OSIRIS-REx spacecraft, built by Lockheed Martin, unfurled its 11-foot (3.35 m) robotic arm toward a flat patch of gravel near […]
As Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (DDLJ) turned 25 on Tuesday, Twitter India launched a special emoji to honour the silver jubilee of the Bollywood film. The emoji is of a cowbell, which became a token of the protagonists’ romance in the storyline of the film. Twitter also announced that as a special surprise for fans, […]
Actor Deepti Naval, who suffered a heart attack in Manali, Himachal Pradesh, underwent angioplasty at Fortis hospital in Mohali early Tuesday and her condition was stable, doctors said. She suffered the first heart attack on Sunday and was brought to the hospital in a cardiac care ambulance late Monday. Her condition was stable and will […]
Paytm on Monday announced it will launch credit cards with cashback offers, and offer an all-round digital experience. To enable the process, Paytm will partner with leading banks. The company aims to issue two million credit cards in the next 12-18 months and capture at least 10% of the credit card market in India which […]
Pakistan has invited Indian Sikhs to attend the 551st birth anniversary celebrations of Guru Nanak Dev, an official said on Monday. The three-day Guru Nanak Gurpurb celebrations will commence at Nankana Sahib on November 27. Indian pilgrims will be offered a five-day visa to enter the country upon the proof of a mandatory Covid-19 negative […]
Just two months after India received its first batch of Rafale jet fighter from France, the Indian Air Force (IAF) is set to receive its second batch of the combat aircraft in November. Just two months after India received its first batch of Rafale fighter jets from France, the Indian Air Force (IAF) is set […]
Veteran costume designer and India’s first Oscar winner Bhanu Athaiya, 91, breathed her last on Thursday at her Mumbai home after a prolonged illness. The ace costume designer took home the Oscar for her work in the 1982 film ‘Gandhi’, which was directed by Richard Attenborough. She shared the award for Best Costume Design with […]
Twitter suffered multiple outages in many countries across the world, leaving millions of users unable to post to its platform. “Twitter has been down for many of you and we’re working to get it back up and running for everyone. We had some trouble with our internal systems and don’t have any evidence of a security […]
“All of us do not have equal talent. But, all of us have an equal opportunity to develop our talents.” Modern Indian history would be incomplete without mentioning Missile Man of India Dr APJ Abdul Kalam. From being the people’s President to spearheading the development of India’s various significant missiles, the late president contributed to […]