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June 9, 2024 2:40 PM

Last rites of Ramoji Rao held in Hyderabad

Last rites for industrialist and media mogul Ramoji Rao took place at the Ramoji Film City in Hyderabad on Sunday morning. The funeral rites were held with state honours of the Telangana government. TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu attended the last ri...

June 7, 2024 10:47 AM

Boeing Starliner’s first astronaut crew welcomed aboard space station

Boeing's new Starliner capsule and an inaugural two-member NASA crew safely docked with the International Space Station on Thursday, meeting a key test in proving the vessel's flight-worthiness and sharpening Boeing's competition with Elon Musk's Spa...

June 6, 2024 12:50 PM

Indian-American astronaut Sunita Williams makes history on Boeing’s Starliner maiden crewed mission

Boeing's Starliner spacecraft, carrying astronauts Sunita "Suni" Williams and Barry "Butch" Wilmore, took off from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Wednesday for a test mission to the International Space Station. Williams, 58, an...

June 6, 2024 1:36 PM

World hits streak of record temperatures as UN warns of ‘climate hell’

Each of the past 12 months ranked as the warmest on record in year-on-year comparisons, the EU's climate change monitoring service said on Wednesday, as U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres called for urgent action to avert "climate hell". The a...

June 5, 2024 11:34 AM

Airlines look to turbulence data, but shy from more seatbelt curbs

Airlines are showing more interest in turbulence prediction technology after two headline-grabbing incidents in recent weeks, but are holding back from making passengers stay in seatbelts at all times, according to global airline body IATA. ...

June 4, 2024 12:32 PM

Carrying lunar rocks, Chinese probe lifts off from far side of moon

China's Chang'e-6 probe has lifted off from the far side of the moon, starting its journey back towards Earth, China's national space agency announced on Tuesday. The probe's successful departure from the moon means China is closer to becoming the f...

June 3, 2024 11:11 AM

China’s lunar probe could return with answer to origins of solar system

China's Chang'e-6 lunar probe looks set to begin its historic journey back to Earth from the moon's far side after collecting samples that scientists expect will help answer key questions about the early evolution of the solar system. Chang'e-6, nam...

June 2, 2024 9:39 AM

China lands on moon’s far side in sample retrieval mission

China landed an uncrewed spacecraft on the far side of the moon on Sunday (June 2), a landmark mission aiming to retrieve the world's first rock and soil samples from the dark lunar hemisphere, China's space agency said. The landing elevates China's...

June 1, 2024 12:57 PM

Curtain raiser event at IGCC, Dhaka ahead of International Yoga day

High Commission of India launched a three-week long celebration of International Day of Yoga 2024 with a curtain raiser on Saturday morning at the Indira Gandhi Cultural Center (IGCC)in Dhaka.This year, the main events for the International Day of Yo...

May 31, 2024 9:11 PM

No more Rohingya will be allowed in Bangladesh: Bangladesh Home Minister

Bangladesh Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan today said no more Rohingya or Myanmar nationals will be allowed to enter Bangladesh. He said this to journalists while visiting Ukhia Rohingya Camp in Cox's Bazar district on Friday morning. Asaduzzaman sa...

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