Washington, NASA has said its Manager of the International Space Station Programme, Kirk Shireman, is retiring on June 26 to take a position in private industry, marking the second high-profile exit from the agency within a month.

Shireman has been in the position since 2015. Joel Montalbano, who has served as Dep

Tokyo, June 17 (IANS) In a record low for the second consecutive month, Japan again recorded a 99.9 per cent slump in the number of visitors from abroad in May due to restrictions imposed to contain the spread of COVID-19 in the country, official sources said on Wednesday.

In April, some 2,900 foreigners arri

Bhubaneswar, Bharatiya Janata Party's Balasore Sadar MLA Madan Mohan Dutta died of a heart attack at a private hospital here on Wednesday, family sources said. He was 62.

The legislator was suffering from several diseases, including kidney problems.

Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, Union ministers

New Delhi, Indian Army troopers were outnumbered by 1:5 when they came under attack from the Chinese People's Liberation Army soldiers at patrolling point number 14 in Galwan Valley on the Line of Actual Control in eastern Ladakh.

"We were outnumbered," admitted an Indian Army officer, talking about

Ballia (UP),  A personal protective equipment (PPE) kit for COVID-19 warriors, developed by a local entrepreneur in Ballia, has got unique certificate code (UCC) from the laboratory of ordinance factory and approval for manufacturing from the Government of India.

The entrepreneur, Surendra Singh Chhabra,

New Delhi, Questioning the Narendra Modi-led government's silence over the killing of 20 Indian Army soldiers in Galwan Valley in eastern Ladakh on Monday night by the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) troops, Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi has slammed the government, saying India deserved a leadership t

New Delhi, A day after the India Army said 20 of its officers and soldiers were killed in a violent face-off with the Chinese troops in Ladakh, the Swadeshi Jagran Manch on Wednesday demanded that Chinese companies be banned from participation in the tendering process in the country.

The Manch -- an affiliate of R

New Delhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday sent out a clear signal on the India-China stand-off that resulted in the killing of 20 Indian soldiers, saying India won't tolerate any misadventures when it comes to defending its sovereignty and territorial integrity.

It was PM's first statement after

New Delhi/Beijing, China on Wednesday continued to send mixed signals with its support for peaceful resolution of the stand-off in Ladakh on the one hand, and laying claim in the Galwan valley on the other.

The Foreign Ministry spokesman in Beijing, Zhao Lijian, told reporters on Wednesday that both China and Indi

Hamirpur (UP), Hours after the wedding and just before the 'bidaai' ceremony, the brother and mother of the 24-year-old groom tested positive for Corona and the bride and her family had to be home quarantined.

The 'baraat' returned without the bride.

The incident took place in Kwetar