Month: March 2019

Device to understand storms, lightning installed at Cotton University

Device to understand storms, lightning installed at Cotton University

The Interdepartmental Climate Research Centre (ICRC) at Cotton University (CU) has installed a lightning detection system to understand better severe storms and lightning activities over Assam and rest of the NE region. To prevent lightning-related disasters in this part of the globe regarded as a major theatre of lightning activities,

CRPF jawan kills 3 colleagues in Jammu and Kashmir

CRPF jawan kills 3 colleagues in Jammu and Kashmir

Three CRPF personnel were killed Wednesday after a colleague allegedly fired at them after an altercation at their camp in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. The alleged fratricide incident happened at around 10 pm when constable Ajit Kumar shot three of his colleagues from his service rifle at the 187th

Nirav Modi denied bail in London court, to stay in jail till March 29

Nirav Modi denied bail in London court, to stay in jail till March 29

Fugitive diamantaire Nirav Modi was arrested and denied bail at the Westminster Magistrates Court on Wednesday, setting off another high-profile extradition trial involving large-scale financial irregularities in India, three months after that of businessman Vijay Mallya. Modi, 48, was arrested by Scotland Yard in the central London area of Holborn