India’s second lunar mission Chandrayaan-2 completed one year in orbit around the moon on Thursday and all instruments are currently performing well and there is adequate onboard fuel to keep it operational for about seven more years, space agency ISRO said. Chandrayaan-2 was launched on July 22, 2019 and inserted
Month: August 2020
Rains continued to lash the national capital and neighbouring areas on Thursday morning, triggering long traffic snarls, uprooting trees and causing damage to property in many areas. The Ayanagar weather station recorded 122.8 mm between 8.30 am on Wednesday and 8.30 am on Thursday, which was 11 times the normal
At least 20 people were affected after an ammonia gas leak at a private dairy unit in Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh on Thursday night. The incident took place at a unit of Hatsun Agro Products in Bandapalli village. The affected workers were shifted to nearby hospitals and their condition
The parliamentary standing committee on Information Technology has summoned Facebook on September 2 to discuss the issue of alleged misuse of social media platforms in the wake of claims that the US firm did not apply hate-speech rules to certain BJP politicians. A day before, the panel will also discuss
What is National Recruitment Agency (NRA)? National Recruitment Agency is a testing agency that would be responsible for conducting the preliminary ‘eligibility’ examination for non-gazetted posts. This includes the banking jobs in government sector banks, railway jobs and SSC Jobs. This agency is set up under the Societies Registration Act, would