Chandrayaan lander finds plasma sparse on Moon, records event

The initial assessment of the first-ever measurements of the near-surface lunar plasma environment over the south pole region by RAMBHA-LP payload onboard Chandrayaan-3 lander indicates that plasma......

Chandrayaan's Pragyan rover finds Sulphur on Moon, detects oxygen

The Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscope instrument onboard 'Pragyan' rover of Chandrayaan-3 has unambiguously confirmed the presence of sulphur on the lunar surface near south pole, through......

What Chandrayaan-3 Discovered

Three Wednesdays ago, on August 23, Chandrayaan-3 landed close to the Moon's south pole, making space history. Over the next 10 days, Chandrayaan's lander Vikram and rover Pragyan sent images of......

SEE: Pragyan covers 8 metres of Moon's surface

Chandrayaan-3 mission's rover 'Pragyan' has traversed a distance of about eight metres on the lunar surface, and its payloads have been turned on, ISRO said on Friday. All payloads on the......

Despite slew of records, problems still plague MGNREGA

MGNREGA scheme: A significant Rs 17,370.58 crore has been carried forward over to the next financial year as unpaid dues as demand for work continued unabated for the scheme in rural areas.......

UK minister admits deadlock over visa bond scheme

UK home secretary Theresa May, the driving force behind plans to introduce a controversial 3,000 pound visa bond for visitors from certain countries including India, has admitted the scheme remains......

New Bill to define independent directors' role

The role of independent directors on the board of Indian companies will be clarified in the new Companies Bill and their responsibilities will be made finite in terms of what they are answerable......

UK may cut 11.5-b pounds from utility services

Facing a whopping budgetary deficit of 157 billion pounds, the Conservative-led coalition Government in the UK has signalled a cut in grants totalling 11.5 billion pounds to public utility services......

Why Aattam Is A Masterpiece

What follows is essentially a long scene set in a single location, and you watch in amazement as the scene grows into one of Indian cinema's funniest and most spectacular pieces of sustained......

The Great Weddings of Munnes Review

If disbelief can be suspended in the quest for a few laughs, then some of the encounters are genuinely hilarious, and one with a ghost, particularly bizarre, observes Deepa Gahlot. If a series is......

Why Will Smith PUNCHED Chris Rock at the Oscars

'Wow. Will Smith just smacked the s**t out of me.''Keep my wife's name out of your f**king mouth!' IMAGE: Chris Rock gets punched by Will Smith. Photograph: Neilson Barnard/Getty Images In a wild......

John Abraham Wants A Woman To Beat Him Up

'Let's get a woman to be the antagonist, who really throws me around and hammers the s**t out of me. That would be fun.' Photograph: Kind courtesy John Abraham/Facebook John Abraham told us he is......

I Don't Get this Indian Cricket Team

They represent a new tribe whose grace and skill-sets lie well beyond my comprehension, notes Sreehari Nair. IMAGE: Mohammed Shami celebrates with team-mates after taking Rassie van der Dussen's......

Dubai Open chess: Gupta, Negi in joint lead

Grandmaster and defending champion Abhijeet Gupta showcased his positional acumen to outwit Grandmaster Amin Bassem of Egypt in the sixth round of 14th Dubai International Open chess tournament in......

Tania Sachdev wins Asian Chess

Grandmaster-norm holder Tania Sachdev won the Asian Women's Chess Championship after drawing with Chinese Ju Wenjun in the ninth and final round in Tehran on Tuesday. Tania, who turned 21a few......

Harika moves to sole second place

Top seed D Harika scored a thumping victory over Sabrina Vega Gutierrez of Spain to reclaim sole second spot after the end of the eighth round in the World Junior Girls' chess championship in......

Indians surrender lead

Second seeded Grandmaster Krishnan Sasikiran slid to joint second place after being held to a quick draw by Grandmaster Vugar Gashimov of Azerbaijan in the third round of Dubai International Chess......