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In this handout photograph released on July 20, 2020, by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries an H-2A rocket carrying the Hope Probe, known as Al-Amal in Arabic, developed by the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre in UAE to explore Mars, blasts off from Tanegashima Space Centre in southwestern Japan. (Photo by Handout / Mitsubishi Heavy Industries / AFP)

Arab spacecraft closes in on Mars on historic flight

For the UAE, it was the country's first venture beyond Earth's orbit, making the flight a matter of intense national...

9 Feb 2021 12:25 PM IST

NDRF personnel carry a dead body recovered from debris after a portion of the Nanda Devi glacier snapped off Sunday morning, releasing water trapped behind it in Reni, northern state of Uttarakhand, India, Tuesday, Feb.9, 2021. (National Disaster Response Force via AP)

Uttarakhand glacier disaster: Death toll rises to 28

Operation ongoing to rescue around 30 workers feared trapped inside a swamped tunnel at the Tapovan power project

9 Feb 2021 12:13 PM IST

Actor Deep Sidhu (Image credit : Facebook)

Deep Sidhu arrested in Republic Day Red Fort incident

The police had announced a cash reward of Rs 1 lakh for information leading to Sidhu's arrest

9 Feb 2021 11:48 AM IST

Well-rested and relaxed babies grow faster than those with less sleep. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

No baby boom in China as births fall by nearly a third in 2020

After decades of a 'one-child policy', Beijing changed the rules in 2016 to allow families to have two children

9 Feb 2021 10:33 AM IST

Biden and Modi committed that the US and India will work closely together to win the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, renew their partnership on climate change, rebuild the global economy in a way that benefits the people of both countries. (File photo / Saul LOEB / AFP)

Biden, Modi commit towards greater Indo-US ties; work against COVID,...

A veiled message to Pakistan was also sent, with both countries resolving to 'stand together against the scourge of...

9 Feb 2021 10:20 AM IST

Reserve Bank of India announced a slew of measures to maintain market stability. (PTI Photo)

AA Edit | Gilt' option for citizens

G-Secs are tradeable investment instruments issued by the Central or state governments and are the most risk-free...

9 Feb 2021 7:32 AM IST

Melting glaciers are the clearest signs of climate change, and since this event took place outside the monsoon period, it is safe to assume human intervention was a causative factor. (PTI /Arun Sharma)

AA Edit | An ecological tragedy of Himalayan proportions

It is obvious that lessons have not been learnt from years of having to deal with floods from the monsoon or melting...

9 Feb 2021 7:24 AM IST

A multi-agency rescue operation that involves Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), Indian Army, Indian Air Force, Indian Navy, state police, fire and disaster response force is in full swing to save those stuck in the tunnels. PTI

Uttarakhand glacier burst: 26 bodies recovered, 171 missing

Military aircraft, including MI 17, have conducted six sorties to transport rescued people from the site

9 Feb 2021 2:09 AM IST

Modi will lay the foundation stone of the second Catalytic Dewaxing Unit, at the Haldia Refinery of Indian Oil Corporation, built at Rs 1019 crores to help augment the lubricant production. (Photo:PTI)

End your protests and we will talk, Modi tells farmers

The PM said the Congress had taken a U-turn on the farm laws, reading out the words of former PM Manmohan Singh

9 Feb 2021 2:04 AM IST