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According to Indian space agency, the Aditya-L1 is now navigating its path towards the Sun-Earth Lagrange Point 1 (L1). “This is the second time in succession that ISRO could send a spacecraft outside the sphere of influence of the Earth, the first time being the Mars Orbiter Mission,” it said. This is also the fifth consecutive time the ISRO has successfully transferred an object on a trajectory toward another celestial body or location in space. It has transferred its spacecraft thrice towards the moon and once towards Mars. The Aditya-L1 was orbited in low earth orbit (LEO) on September 2…

He changed his mind, played in a tournament to prepare for CWG and won his first Challenger Tour event in Lorient, France, in May 2022. He went to play in the Commonwealth Games and continued with playing squash.It proved to be a good decision as on Saturday, Abhay Singh scripted history for India as he came back from the brink of defeat to beat Pakistan’s Noor Zaman 3-2 in the third match, winning the match after facing a matchball at 8-10. He won the next two points to tie scores at 10-all and then secured victory for India by winning…

A bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Sanjeev Narula was hearing the plea alleging that these appointments were made based on forged and fabricated documents. The petitioner, Navendu Charitable Trust, has said that these 35 candidates misrepresented themselves maliciously, leading to their illegal selection. It further claim that the Department of Education in the Delhi government failed to properly scrutinise the submitted documents, resulting in these erroneous selections.During the hearing, the petitioner’s counsel requested time to include the individuals against whom these allegations have been made. The bench granted this request and scheduled further proceedings for October…

According to police, information was received regarding the stabbing of a woman in Rajouri Garden police station and a police team rushed to the spot. “It was found that Dr. Sangay Bhutia runs a clinic named Hair & Senses in Tagore Garden Extension. In the afternoon, an individual entered and assaulted her with a knife in the staircase of the building. Dr. Bhutia’s clinic is located on the ground floor of the building, where she also resides on the upper floors,” said a senior police official. Following the attack, the assailant fled the scene. “Based on preliminary information, the victim…

In fact, an ED counsel has told the Calcutta High Court the agency’s Kolkata-based office has requested the head-office in Delhi to send in additional manpower.The lack of manpower in ED’s Kolkata office has come to the limelight in the wake of the decision of the Calcutta High Court to remove the agency’s assistant director Mithilesh Kumar Mishra as the head of the team investigating the multi-crore cash for school job case in West Bengal.The court also observed that Mishra cannot be assigned to any kind of investigation into any money laundering case in West Bengal.ED sources said that currently,…

Imphal, Sep 30 (IANS) Three Wushu players from Arunachal Pradesh missed the opportunity to participate in the ongoing 19th Asian Games at Hangzhou as China did not provide them the visas, however, Naorem Roshibina Devi — from ethnic riot ravaged Manipur managed to win the silver medal in women’s 60-kg Sanda final.An eight-member Indian contingent participated in Wushu at the Hangzhou Asian Games. Naorem Roshibina Devi was India’s only medal winner in the sport. She dedicated her silver medal to the people of her crisis-ridden home state.Roshibina lost to home favourite Wu Xiaowei of China 0-2 in the final.The 22-year-old,…

Hangzhou, Sep 30 (IANS) Having fought back his way into the match by winning the fourth game for a 2-2 score in the deciding third match in the Men’s squash final at the Asian Games on Saturday, India’s Abhay Singh was staring down the barrel 8-10 down in the fifth game against Noor Zaman of Pakistan.For the layman, the Indian players looked down and out as he was facing the match ball after winning the first game. But the 25-year-old Indian showed nerves of steel as he scripted a sensational comeback and won the next four points, leaving the Pakistan…

San Francisco, Sep 30 (IANS) Meta-owned WhatsApp is reportedly planning to replace the green verification badge with a blue checkmark for verified channels on Android.According to WABetaInfo, the change will also apply to verified businesses.This is not surprising, especially given Meta Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s recent announcement about the ability for businesses on WhatsApp to subscribe to Meta Verified in the future, which would provide them with a verification badge as well as several benefits such as impersonation protection and dedicated tech support.Moreover, the report mentioned that Meta wants to standardise the colour of the verification checkmark across all…

The win over the experienced second-seeded pair from China sent the Indian duo into the semifinals, ensuring them a bronze medal and also the first table tennis medal for India.After dominating the first two games, Anhika and Suthirtha endured a hiccup in the third game before winning the fourth to script an 11-5, 11-5, 5-11, 11-9 triumph.The Chinese pair produced a tough fight but it was the Indian pair that prevailed and closed out the match 11-9 in the fourth game. The Chinese pair had four match points to save and they saved three before making an unforced error, giving…

“Modi has no moral right to visit Telangana, after insulting our formation,” reads the posters pasted in Hyderabad. The posters carry four different images of Modi speaking in Parliament on different occasions about Telangana formation. They also refers to the Prime Minister’s quote, “Mother was killed to save the child”. It also carried quotes from Modi’s speeches made in 2018, 2022 and 2023. The latest quote “Telangana kush nahi tha” was from his remarks made on September 18. The BRS has already condemned Modi’s remarks. BRS Working President K.T. Rama Rao had said that his remarks on formation of Telangana…