Hyderabad : The Indian Space Research Organasion (ISRO) has confirmed that it would launch the Cryogenic mark-III based GSLV satellite launch vehicle during December this year.Senior ISRO official and VSSC Director Dr K Sivan told this to reporters on the sidelines of the 10th High Energy Materials Conference and Exhibition in Hyderabad this morning.The high-thrust […]
MEW DELHI : Lance Naik Hanumanthappa Koppad, who was described as a miracle soldier after being dug out alive from snow and ice in which he was buried for six days in the inhospitable Siachen glacier, died on Thursday.Lance Naik Koppad was flown down to the Army Hospital (Research and Referral), where he battled for […]
Washington : Pakistan’s growing nuclear arsenal and its evolving “tactical nuclear weapons” doctrine pose increasing risk of an “incident”, Pentagon’s top spymaster has warned.“Pakistan’s nuclear weapons continues to grow. We are concerned that this growth, as well as the evolving doctrine associated with tactical weapons, increase the risk of an incident or accident,” Defence Intelligence […]
London : U.S. Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump won the New Hampshire Republican primary despite being scorn by many in the political establishment. According to the Guardian, with two exceptions, every Republican nominee in the past 50 years has won the Granite State’s first-in-the-nation primary.Trump’s success in New Hampshire came despite his controversial remarks that […]
Beijing : China’s first case of Zika virus has been detected in a 34-year-old man who recently came from a visit to Venezuela, the government said. According to ABC News, the man, from the southern city of Ganzhou, is now making speedy recovery and was treated in Venezuela on January 28 before returning home on February […]