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The New Glenn rocket will send two spacecraft towards Mars to study how solar winds interact with the planet’s atmosphere. Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin space company is all set to launch its New Glenn rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Monday in a bid to challenge competitor Elon Musk’s SpaceX. The NASA mission named ‘Escapade’ involves a rocket that will send 2 spacecraft towards Mars to study solar wind interaction with Earth’s atmosphere. Blue Origin on Sunday took to X to announce that the launch window for New Glenn will open at 2:45 pm ET (1:15 am Monday IST). The…

Prashant Kishor also said he believes that Congress is not a factor in the Bihar election as they have “no presence” other than in Seemanchal. Dismissing any notion that Congress Rahul Gandhi has any major influence on Gen Z in Bihar, Jan Suraaj chief Prashant Kishor criticised the Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition for his lack of presence and knowledge about the poll-bound state. Kishor also said he thinks Congress is not a factor in the election. Gen Z is not a “homogeneous group” that will respond to Gandhi’s call, despite the Congress MP’s repeated “vote theft” allegations and call…

Coming after violence by protesters in Leh interrupted the process in September, talks on Oct 22 had six representatives from Muslim community, three Buddhists. While the Apex Body Leh (ABL) and Kargil Democratic Alliance (KDA) have resumed negotiations with the central government demanding statehood and Sixth Schedule status for Ladakh, sections within the Buddhist community have raised concerns over under-representation in the process. Some leaders of the community have also expressed reservations against the demand for statehood. Coming after violence by protesters in Leh in September interrupted the process, the latest round of talks on October 22 had six representatives…

Many of the protesters are mothers who were accompanied by children. They said they had gathered to demand urgent government action to ensure clean air. The worsening air quality in Delhi has prompted scores of people to stage a protest at the India Gate on Sunday, with the protestors including parents and environmental activists. Many of the protesters are mothers who were accompanied by children. They said they had gathered to demand urgent government action to ensure clean air in the national capital. “We want to meet our elected officials. We had sought an appointment with the chief minister but…

Pawan Khera said that Shashi Tharoor making such statements as a member of the party’s working committee and an MP shows the Congress’s ‘liberal spirit’. The Congress has distanced itself from Shashi Tharoor’s defence of BJP veteran LK Advani’s Rath Yatra of the 1990s, saying that the Thiruvananthapuram MP “speaks for himself”. Chairman of the Congress Media and Publicity department, Pawan Khera, said that Tharoor making these kinds of statements as a member of the party’s working committee and an MP shows Congress’s ‘liberal spirit’. “Like always, Dr Shashi Tharoor speaks for himself, and the Indian National Congress outrightly dissociates…

Shashi Tharoor shared a post from 2019 taking a dig at the depleting levels of Delhi air quality. Congress MP Shashi Throor on Saturday took a dig at the deteriorating air quality of Delhi by sharing an old post on social media about Delhi air pollution and calling it relevant. He took to his X handle and posted an image which read “Kab tak zindagi kaatoge cigarette bidi aur cigar mein? Kuch din to guzaro Delhi_NCR mein. (How long will you spend your life on cigarettes, bidis, and cigars? Spend a few days in Delhi-NCR instead!” ) Along with this,…

The ‘public charge’ rule allows officials to deny visas or permanent residency to any applicant who might become dependent on US government assistance.  The US State Department has ordered embassies worldwide to enforce sweeping new visa screening rules under the “public charge” provision of immigration law. The ‘public charge’ rule under US immigration policy allows officials to deny visas or permanent residency to any applicant who might become a ‘public charge’, implying that they might be dependent on government assistance. This move revives and seeks to expand the standards set during the first term of President Donald Trump. These had…

Roshan Kushwaha, District Magistrate of Samastipur, said his team has took possession of the VVPAT slips and an FIR has been lodged in the case. The Election Commission on Saturday issued a statement after the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) alleged that several VVPAT slips were found scattered on a road in the Sarairanjan assembly constituency in Bihar’s Samastipur district. In the statement, the poll body said that the VVPAT slips in question were mock slips, which are generated while testing Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) before polling. The Election Commission also said that the District Magistrate of Samastipur have been directed…

The FIR was registered by the Wilson Garden Police Station, which has initiated an investigation into the incident. Two days after a woman in Bengaluru accused a Rapido bike driver of sexually harassing her during a ride in central Bengaluru, a first information report (FIR) has been registered by the police. The FIR was registered by the Wilson Garden Police Station, which has initiated an investigation into the incident. According to the complainant, the incident occurred on November 6 when the woman had booked a ride to return to her accommodation from Church Street. “…the captain tried to grab my…

The 24-hour average Air Quality Index (AQI), reported at 4 pm every day, stood at 361 on Saturday. It worsened further to 372 at 6 pm. Delhi’s air quality worsened on Saturday as pollution levels exceeded the 400-mark in many areas, making the national capital one of the most polluted cities in the country. The 24-hour average Air Quality Index (AQI), reported at 4 pm every day, stood at 361 on Saturday, according to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB). It worsened further to 372 at 6pm. According to the CPCB’s Sameer app, which monitors real-time data from the city’s…