To create consciousness amongst college students concerning the success of Chandrayaan-3, NCERT ready a particular reading module for schoolchildren and the Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan launched it on October 17, 2023 in New Delhi within the presence of ISRO chairman S. Somanath.
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Bhutan, China want deal on boundaries ‘soon’
Bhutan and China held their twenty fifth spherical of boundary talks, which were held up for the reason that final spherical in 2016, at the same time as Bhutan’s Foreign Minister Tandi Dorji met with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Beijing, with either side saying they want a deal on demarcating the boundaries “soon”.
Day after quitting IAS, Odisha Chief Minister’s aide V.Ok. Pandian takes up key roles
Odisha politics, in any other case dubbed quiet and monotonous for 25 years of domination by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, is about for an thrilling and raucous section because the CM’s long-time non-public secretary V.Ok. Pandian was on Tuesday appointed because the Chairman of 5T (Transparency, Technology, Teamwork, Time and Transformation) Initiative and Nabin Odisha.
NCERT reading material on Chandrayaan draws ire for ‘mixing science with mythology’
Reading material urged by National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) on Chandrayaan-3 for schoolchildren has drawn the ire of rationalists and educationists for “mixing science with mythology.” They additionally contend that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been glorified within the reading material as an alternative of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and the contribution of the scientists.
Throw out forces utilizing casteism, regionalism to divide nation: PM Modi
Returning to the venue he had graced throughout Dasara celebrations in 2019, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday known as upon individuals to complete off forces attempting to divide the nation with casteism and regionalism.
Centre to roll out DNA, face matching methods at police stations throughout nation
More than a 12 months after the Criminal Procedure Identification Act (CrPI) was handed by Parliament, the Centre is all set to roll out ‘DNA and Face Matching’ methods at 1,300 police stations throughout the nation. The provisions of the Act are but to be applied fully on the bottom. There are logistic and connectivity points too, police officers mentioned.
Israel calls for resignation of UNSG Antonio Guterres
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’s remark to the Security Council that assaults by Hamas “did not happen in a vacuum” angered Israel, which known as for the UN chief’s resignation and apology. In a submit on X, Mr. Cohen mentioned he “will not meet with the UN Secretary-General. After the October 7th massacre, there is no place for a balanced approach. Hamas must be erased off the face of the planet!”
Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud has mentioned that judges, although not elected, have a really important position to play as a result of the judiciary has a “stabilising influence” within the evolution of societies that are quickly altering with know-how. He was responding to the most typical criticism that unelected judges mustn’t enterprise into the chief’s area.
Sena vs Sena Dussehra rally: Thackeray corners Shinde over Maratha reservation
The wrestle for supremacy over the hearts and minds of the Shiv Sena cadre was performed out in earnest in the course of the rival Dussehra rallies of CM Eknath Shinde and former CM Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday, with Mr. Shinde accusing Mr. Thackeray of forsaking his father, Bal Thackeray’s Hindutva and prostrating himself earlier than the Congress.
A gaggle of 33 States together with California and New York are suing Meta Platforms Inc. for harming younger individuals’s psychological well being and contributing the youth psychological well being disaster by knowingly designing options on Instagram and Facebook that addict youngsters to its platforms.
Canoeist couple evokes one another to realize uncommon feat of successful Asian Para Games medals
Manish Kaurav was unsure of successful a medal on the Hangzhou Asian Para Games on Tuesday however he remembers his spouse and Indian para canoe team-mate Prachi Yadav telling him “we will not go empty-handed”. The couple achieved a uncommon distinction of husband-wife successful medals within the Asian Para Games in Hangzhou. Prachi received the gold medal in canoe KL2 occasion on Tuesday so as to add to her silver within the VL2 class on Monday. Manish picked a bronze in males’s canoe KL3 occasion on Tuesday.
Army gears as much as induct first lot of Apache assault helicopters from February 2024 onwards
The Army is gearing as much as induct the primary lot of AH-64E Apache assault helicopters from February 2024 onwards and might be deployed within the desert sector, whereas the larger contract for 156 indigenous Light Combat Helicopters (LCH), 90 for the Army and 66 for the Indian Air Force, estimated to value ₹45,000 crore, is predicted to be taken up by the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) subsequent week.
ICC World Cup | Mahmudullah’s century in useless as South Africa thrashes Bangladesh
It was one other day, one other run feast for South Africa! At the Wankhede Stadium on October 24, it rode on Quinton de Kock’s 174 and a blitzkrieg 90 from Heinrich Klassen to plunder 144 off the final ten overs, and put up a mammoth 382 for 5, earlier than handing a 149-run defeat to Bangladesh and bolster its probabilities of a last-four spot within the World Cup.
