Preparations for the launch of weather satellite INSAT-3DR with the geosynchronous satellite launch vehicle (GSLV-MkII) next month are progressing at Sriharikota, officials said on Friday. “The weather satellite INSAT-3DR will be put into orbit by a GSLV rocket August end. Preparations for the launch are going on,” P. Kunhi Krishnan, Director of the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC), told IANS. India’s rocket port is located in SDSC in Sriharikota... 

Washington: Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, the runner-up for the Democratic presidential nomination, vowed to “campaign vigorously” for party nominee Hillary Clinton. A file photo of Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton. “I’m going to do a couple of things,” the Vermont Senator said in a CBS interview on Sunday. “Number one, I intend to campaign vigorously to make the case that on issue after issue Clinton is far... 

China is the most active builder of nuclear power plants. BEIJING: China’s ambitions to become a pioneer in nuclear energy are sailing into troubled waters. Two state-owned companies plan to develop floating nuclear reactors, a technology engineers have been considering since the 1970s for use by oil rigs or island communities. Beijing is racing Russia, which started developing its own in 2007, to get a unit into commercial operation. In China’s... 

That life is full of irony, is an amazing fact. Even so, the KL Rahul narrative has a twist that would probably do a movie script writer proud. KL Rahul celebrates his century. KN Lokesh, Rahul’s father, was a college-level cricketer in Bangalore. His idol was Sunil Gavaskar, India’s legendary, record-breaking opening batsman. Lokesh hero-worshipped Gavaskar to the extent that when Rahul was born, he decided to name him after Gavaskar’s son.... 

A total of 118 MPs on Saturday, voted to unseat Tunisian Prime Minister Habib Essid, three voted for him to stay at the helm and 27 abstained. Tunisia’s Prime Minister Habib Essid lost the confidence vote in the Parliament. Tunisian Prime Minister Habib Essid has lost a confidence vote in parliament, after just a year and a half in office. A total of 118 MPs on Saturday, voted to unseat Essid, three voted for him to stay at the helm and 27 abstained. Essid’s... 

File image of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant. After numerous protests and fears in a post-Fukushima world, the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KKNPP) attained criticality last month. And now, reports are emerging that the plant is ‘the safest in the world’. Vladimir Angelov, a Russian nuclear industry official claimed that the Kudankulam plant is the first in the world to have implemented all the requisite post-Fukushima safety measures... 

Lenovo is all set to launch the Vibe K5 Note in India on Monday. The Chinese company has already confirmed that the Lenovo Vibe K5 Note will be exclusive to its e-commerce retail partner Flipkart, and is expected to go on sale (or registrations) starting Monday itself. Lenovo Vibe K5 Note. The company has been teasing several features of the new Vibe K5 Note, such as 4GB of RAM. Now, Lenovo India in its series of social posts has also confirmed that... 

Students of University of Idaho can earn credit points for playing Pokemon Go. WASHINGTON: Playing Pokemon Go can now help students earn course credits, thanks to a university in the US that has introduced a new class which will incorporate the widely popular augmented reality game. This fall, students at the University of Idaho (UI) in the US who opt for the “Pop Culture Games” class will wander around the campus gathering Pokeballs and... 

New Delhi: Confident about the trio of Shiva Thapa, Vikas Krishan and Manoj Kumar, stalwarts of Indian boxing feel the three are capable of producing a historic Olympic performance in Rio despite the pressure they are facing. File picture of Shiva Thapa. Beijing 2008 bronze-medalist Vijender Singh, London 2012 bronze winner M C Mary Kom and Beijing quarter finalist Akhil Kumar — the three names which took Indian boxing to unprecedented heights... 

Beijing: Beijing has confirmed it is investigating a Japanese suspected of “endangering China’s national security”, following Japanese reports that he had been detained, the latest irritant in relations between the two nations. The foreign ministry gave the confirmation in a statement quoted by China’s Global Times newspaper late on Saturday, but did not specifically state that he had been detained. The claim of endangering...