Tokyo : A resolute Indian men”s hockey team rewrote history as it claimed an Olympic medal after 41 years, defeating a plucky Germany 5-4 to win the bronze in an edge-of-the-seat play-off match of the ongoing Games here on Thursday. The eight-time former gold-winners, who battled a heartbreaking slump in the last four decades, made … Read more
New Delhi : Millions of Indians fell in love with hockey once again and social media went into a frenzy after the national team made its first Olympic semifinal in 49 years. The Indian team raised hopes of its first Olympic medal since 1980 by beating Great Britain 3-1 in the quarterfinals here on Sunday. … Read more
New Delhi : A total of 355 personnel of central paramilitary forces and the Assam Rifles were killed in the line of duty in the last five years, Parliament was informed on Tuesday. The maximum personnel were from the country”s largest central armed police force — the Central Reserve Police Force — at 209. The … Read more
Glenmark Pharmaceuticals’ arm — Glenmark Life Sciences is on track to more than double its capacity over the next four years at a cumulative investment of over Rs 600 crore. The capacity expansion is on the back of company’s plan to enter more regulated growth markets like Brazil, Mexico, Russia, Korea, Taiwan and Saudi Arabia. … Read more
For the first time since its incorporation in 1906, Tremonton City Council (Utah) will start its meeting on June 15 with Hindu prayers, containing hymns from world’s oldest extant scripture. Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed will deliver the invocation from ancient Sanskrit scriptures remotely before Tremonton City Council. After Sanskrit delivery, he then will read … Read more
Bhageria Industries is expecting to incur capex of Rs 100 crore in next 3 years from internal accruals. Besides, the company received consent from MPCB for manufacturing of Sulphuric Acid & Derivatives and expected to be commissioned by October 2019. Engineering work has also been finalised. Bhageria Industries was established with an objective to serve … Read more
Coal India has decided to increase the tenure of fuel supply pacts to be signed with the steel industry to 10 years in a bid to reduce dependence of steel sector on imported coal. The new fuel supply agreement (FSA) tenure would be applicable from the fourth tranche of the auction of coking coal linkages … Read more
The Egyptians were the first people to record methods for recycling and treating water. These records date back more than 1,500 years to 400 A.D. They indicate that the most common ways of cleaning water were by boiling it over a fire, heating it in the sun, or by dipping a heated piece of iron … Read more
Scientists from The Australian National University (ANU) and overseas have discovered molecules of fat in an ancient fossil to reveal the earliest confirmed animal in the geological record that lived on Earth 558 million years ago. The strange creature called Dickinsonia, which grew up to 1.4 metres in length and was oval shaped with rib-like … Read more
Researchers at The Australian National University (ANU) have uncovered a previously unconfirmed population boom across South East Asia that occurred 4,000 years ago, thanks to a new method for measuring prehistoric population growth. Using the new population measurement method, which utilises human skeletal remains, they have been able to prove a significant rapid increase in … Read more
Analysis of bones, from what was once the world’s largest bird, has revealed that humans arrived on the tropical island of Madagascar more than 6,000 years earlier than previously thought — according to a study published today, 12 September 2018, in the journal Science Advances. A team of scientists led by international conservation charity ZSL … Read more
This summer’s world-wide heatwave makes 2018 a particularly hot year. As will be the next few years, according to a study led by Florian Sévellec, a CNRS researcher at the Laboratory for Ocean Physics and Remote Sensing (LOPS) (CNRS/IFREMER/IRD/University of Brest) and at the University of Southampton, and published in the 14 August 2018 edition … Read more
The discovery was made by measuring the mass of the planet using the indigenously designed “PRL Advance Radial-velocity Abu-sky Search” (PARAS) spectrograph integrated with 1.2m Telescope at PRL’s Gurushikhar Observatory in Mount Abu. The discovery is important for understanding the formation mechanism of sub-Saturn and super-Neptune like planets that are too close to host star. … Read more
A team who sit third in the FIFA rankings and who boast what is frequently labelled a golden generation featuring the likes of Eden Hazard and Kevin De Bruyne have come to Russia with a considerable weight of expectation on their shoulders. They are strongly fancied to progress to the knockout phase as winners of … Read more
Walking at an average pace was found to be associated with a 20 per cent risk reduction for all-cause mortality compared with walking at a slow pace, while walking at a brisk or fast pace was associated with a risk reduction of 24 per cent. A similar result was found for risk of cardiovascular disease … Read more
The national carrier is inviting members of the Indian diaspora in Britain to share their memories of the airline in its early days. The iconic first flight, on a Super Constellation aircraft, took off from Mumbai on June 8 and landed in London via Cairo and Geneva on June 10, 1948, with just 42 passengers … Read more
From making laws tougher when offences are committed to ensuring greater effort at locating missing children, the Minister had much to talk about. Union Ministers have been presenting a report card of their Ministries before the public through DD News, on the Modi govt completing 4 years in office. Women and Child Development Minister Maneka … Read more
Talat’s marriage landed in trouble but her mother Firoza did not give it up and reached this Center. WATCH VIDEO | 4 Years Modi Government: One-Stop centres for women in distress The centre provides medical assistance, police assistance; counseling and legal assistance and all are free of cost. The best part about this One Stop … Read more
Law and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad was in Varanasi on Wednesday to present a report card of the govt’s achievements since 2014. Addressing a Press conference, the Union minister said that under Prime Minister Modi’s leadership, India got a corruption-free and transparent government. He said the Modi government took many bold decisions in the interest of the nation … Read more
Law and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad was in Varanasi on Wednesday to present a report card of the govt’s achievements since 2014. Addressing a Press conference, the Union minister said that under Prime Minister Modi’s leadership, India got a corruption-free and transparent government. He said the Modi government took many bold decisions in the interest of the nation … Read more