Mauritius Prime Minister Dr Navinchandra Ramgoolam announced that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be conferred the country’s highest award, “The Grand Commander of the Order of the Star and Key of the Indian Ocean.” PM Modi is the first Indian to receive the honour. He is visiting the island nation at the invitation of Mauritius Prime Minister Ramgoolam. Earlier on… Continue reading "Mauritius announces highest national award for PM Modi"
The 39-member Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) held its first meeting on the Bills related to ‘One Nation, One Election’ here on Wednesday where all the members expressed their views. The panel is mandated to review The Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty-Ninth) Amendment Bill, 2024 and The Union Territories Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2024, which aim to align elections at the national… Continue reading "JPC on ‘One Nation, One Election’ Bills holds its first meeting"
Forty years after the Bhopal gas tragedy, the shifting of about 337 metric tonnes of chemical waste stored at the Union Carbide factory site commenced on Wednesday for its disposal. On the night of December 2, 1984, a massive release of methyl isocyanate (MIC) gas from the Union Carbide plant transformed the city into a gas chamber, killing more than… Continue reading "Bhopal gas tragedy: Toxic waste removed from Union carbide factory after 40 years"
The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) on Monday night launched its workhorse PSLV rocket with several satellites, including two that will carry out an ambitious autonomous orbital rendezvous and docking experiment that only a handful of space agencies have mastered. The Space Docking Experiment (SpaDeX), ascending aboard the PSLV-C60 rocket from the windswept launch pad at Sriharikota at 10pm, achieved… Continue reading "ISRO launches critical space docking mission"