New York, Aug 29 (UNI) In the past week, several shootings in the U.S. states of Kentucky, Florida, and California have claimed eight lives, not including the shooters. Most recently, on Sunday early morning, a shooting occurred at a restaurant in downtown Louisville, the U.S. state of Kentucky, killing one and injuring six. No arrests…
Chennai, Aug 29 (UNI) Four members of a family sustained burn injuries in a cracker explosion in their house near Rasipuram in Namakkal district of Tamil Nadu on Monday night. Police said the the owner of a licensed fireworks manufacturing unit took the crackers to his house from the godown when it exploded following a…
New Delhi, (UNI) The Central Government filed an affidavit on Monday before the Supreme Court on the batch of petitions challenging the Patna High Court verdict upholding Bihar Caste Survey and asserted its commitment to take all affirmative actions for uplift of SCs/STs/SEBCs. The Centre told the Apex Court that only the Central Government, and…
Beijing, Aug 29 (UNI) A 7.1-magnitude earthquake jolted Bali Sea region of Indonesia at 3:55 a.m. Tuesday Beijing Time, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC). The epicenter was monitored at 6.80 degrees south latitude and 116.60 degrees east longitude, with a depth of 520 km, said the CENC.
New Delhi, (UNI) The Cauvery Water Regulation Committee (CWRC) on Monday directed Karnataka to release 5,000 cusecs of water per day for the next 15 days to Tamil Nadu. However, a final decision will be taken during a Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) tomorrow. The CWRC directed Karnataka to release 5,000 cusecs of water to…
Mumbai, Aug 28 (UNI) The Board of Directors of Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) on Monday recommended to the shareholders for approval of appointment of Isha Ambani, Akash Ambani and Anant Ambani as non-executive directors of the company. “Isha Ambani, Akash Ambani and Anant Ambani have been closely involved with and are leading and managing key…
Mumbai, Aug 28 (UNI) Rohit Sharma opened up about the competition for places in India’s potential World Cup 2023 squad ahead of the September 5 deadline. India are currently in a pre-tournament camp near Bangalore where the members of the Asia Cup squad are preparing for the tournament starting on August 30. During the squad…
Moscow, Aug 28 (UNI) Russia’s air defense systems downed two Ukrainian drones over Crimea on Monday, the Defense Ministry said. Earlier in the day, Crimean head Sergey Aksyonov said that two reconnaissance drones have been destroyed in the region. “Today, at around 10.30 [07:30 am GMT], another attempt by the Kiev regime to carry out…
Chennai, Aug 28 (UNI) After the success of its third Lunar mission Chandryaan-3 that ensured soft landing on Moon’s south polar region, a buoyant ISRO is all set yet another inter-planetary mission–to explore the Sun on September two. ISRO on Monday announced that Aditya-L1 spacecraft, the first space based Indian mission to study the Sun…
Chennai, Aug 28 (UNI) The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Monday announced that the Rover, deployed by the Lander on board the third Lunar Mission Chandrayaan-3 on the South Polar Region, came across a crater, retraces the path and was now safely heading on a new path. ISRO said “On August 27, 2023, the…
