NEW DELHI: Delhi’s Rouse Avenue Court on Wednesday deferred the hearing till February 17 in the criminal defamation case filed against journalist Priya Ramani by former Union Minister MJ Akbar. The court, which was set to pronounce the judgement today, will now pronounce the verdict in the case on February 17. The court recently had […]
Ground-based measurements are critical to supplement satellite imagery but the prevailing conditions aren’t conducive, says Kalachand Sain, Director, WIHG. On February 7, a flash flood hurtled down in Chamoli, Uttarakhand killing at least 31 and destroying two hydropower projects. The trigger for the floods is believed to be either a glacial lake being breached or […]
Ground-based measurements are critical to supplement satellite imagery but the prevailing conditions aren’t conducive, says Kalachand Sain, Director, WIHG. On February 7, a flash flood hurtled down in Chamoli, Uttarakhand killing at least 31 and destroying two hydropower projects. The trigger for the floods is believed to be either a glacial lake being breached or […]
Koo, an Indian alternative to Twitter, has become the talk of the town as it promotes Aatmanirbhar Bharat by offering a a Twitter-like experience, but in Indian languages. It is available as an app on both iOS and Android, and also has a webpage. Koo is the winner of the government’s Aatmanirbhar Bharat app challenge from […]
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan unveiled an ambitious 10-year space programme for his country Tuesday that includes missions to the moon, sending Turkish astronauts into space and developing internationally viable satellite systems. Erdogan announced the programme, seen as part of his vision for placing Turkey in expanded regional and global role, during a live televised […]
The statement from China’s Ministry of Defence said this followed a consensus reached at the last round of talks between Corps Commanders on January 24. China’s military announced on Wednesday that frontline troops from India and China had begun disengaging from the north and south banks of Pangong Lake, where both sides have been locked […]
In order to make its Messenger platform safer for its users, Facebook has rolled out more options around Message Requests, according to a report by Engadget. As per the report, this new feature will make it easier to mass-delete and block suspicious accounts. Further, the company also said that it is working on “new ways […]
MELBOURNE: A “nervous” Naomi Osaka said she dreamed of defeat and feared the worst before putting her worries to rest with a sweeping victory over Caroline Garcia at the Australian Open on Wednesday. Osaka, the third seed, faced a tricky contest against the Frenchwoman, who was ranked a career-high of fourth in late 2018, but […]
People still can’t stop gushing over Ananya Panday who made her big Bollywood debut with Student of The Year 2. Ananya’s cousins Ahaan and Alanna Panday too enjoy a massive fan following on social media. Very often, Alanna rules the headlines for her gorgeous pictures. Ahaan and Ananya often pictures and videos with Alanna on […]
MELBOURNE: German sixth seed Alexander Zverev put in a clinical display to ease past American qualifier Maxime Cressy 7-5, 6-4, 6-3 into the third round of the Australian Open on Wednesday. The U.S. Open finalist got a high percentage of first services in and never appeared to lose control against his fellow 23-year-old during the […]
