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 CHENNAI: India will soon touch the magic figure of launching 100 foreign satellites, said a senior official of ISRO. According to Antrix Corporation - the commercial arm of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), India till date has launched 74 satellites from 20 countries. On Monday morning an Indian rocket Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) will launch five more foreign satellites.
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 NEW DELHI - All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) will issue certificate of appreciation to its security officials and engineers for showing courage and filing an FIR against AAP legislator Somnath Bharti for damaging a fence at the hospital premises here and misbehaving with guards. "AIIMS in recognition of services rendered by the Engineers and Security Officials has decided to issue certificates of appreciation...  DUBAI - An Indian businessman owns a staggering number of 22 apartments in Burj Khalifa tower, the world's tallest building located in Dubai in the UAE, a local newspaper reported on Sunday. George V. Nereaparambil, a mechanic-turned businessman, says he intends to continue buying more if he gets a good bargain. "If I get a good deal, I'll buy more. I am a dreamer and I never stop dreaming," he told Khaleej Times here.  MUMBAI - Micro-blogging website Twitter introduced an emoji on Ganesh festival, and the special emoji has won over hearts globally. According to a statement issued by the site, the number of tweets using hashtag #GaneshChaturthi that went out from September 3 to 6, were 4,80,000. There was also a spike on Monday morning with 600 tweets per minute. The first-ever Ganesh festival emoji was launched on September 4.  NEW DELHI - From her fellow contestants to judges, she made everyone on the sets of "MasterChef Australia" fall in love with "desi" spices. Nidhi Mahajan, whose exit from the globally-renowned TV cooking show was an emotional affair, says Indian cuisine goes way beyond the misconceptions that people across the world have about it. "I would love to tell people that there is nothing as massive as Indian cuisine and each dish,  MUMBAI - On India's Independence Day, Air India launched an Ahmedabad-Newark via London tri-weekly flight which took off at 5 a.m. on Monday from Ahmedabad, an official said here. Gujarat Revenue Minister Bhupendrasinh Chudasama handed over the first boarding pass to a passenger on the inaugural service of AI-171 by a Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft. The flight will reach London at 10.15 a.m., depart from there at 12.30 p.m.  JOHANNESBURG - Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday visited Constitution Hill here, the site of South Africa's highest constitutional court and where Mahatma Gandhi was once incarcerated, and played floral tributes to the leader of India's freedom struggle. “Homage to a remarkable history. PM visits Constitution Hill, earlier a prison which housed both Gandhiji & Mandela,” External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Vikas Swarup tweeted...  NEW DELHI - India abstained from voting in the UN Human Rights Council on a resolution to appoint an independent expert for the LGBT community as the issue of LGBT rights is with the Supreme Court, a senior official said on Friday. “The issue of LGBT (lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transgenders) rights in India is a matter being considered by the Supreme Court under a batch of curative petitions filed by...  SRIHARIKOTA - India on Monday successfully tested its home-grown winged reusable launch vehicle (RLV), demonstrating its space technology prowess and joining an elite club of space-faring nations like the US, Russia and France. "We have successfully tested the first delta-winged-body aerospace vehicle operating in hypersonic flight regime," the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said in a statement...  NEW DELHI - US and Indian officials on Monday discussed the maritime challenges and naval cooperation in the Asia-Pacific region, the US Embassy said. "The dialogue agreed upon during Defence Secretary Ashton Carter’s recent visit to India is a further sign of the growing bilateral relations," said US Ambassador to India Richard Verma, who also participated in the meeting. An embassy statement issued here said that... |
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