Between 1994 and 2023, Kami Rita climbed Mt Everest 28 times. (File) Kathmandu: Nepal’s veteran summiteer Kami Rita Sherpa has made a new record for the ‘Most Climbs of 8,000 metres’, as he scaled 8,000ers 42 times, an official said. The 53-year-old summited 42 mountains of more than 8,000 metres, breaking the record set by […]
The museum said it was working with London’s police (Representational) London: The British Museum launched a public hotline on Tuesday asking for help to locate some 2,000 missing artefacts, revealing they were mostly ancient Greek and Roman gems and jewellery. The museum said last month it had sacked a staff member over stolen, missing or […]
New Delhi: A seven-judge bench of the Supreme Court, headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud, will reconsider the apex court’s 1998 verdict granting MPs and MLAs immunity from prosecution for taking bribe to make a speech or vote in Parliament and state legislatures. A notice, uploaded on the apex court website, said the bench […]
The ASI has been granted time till October 6, 2023, to complete the survey and submit its report. (File) Varanasi: The next hearing on the petitions challenging the maintainability of the civil suit filed with regard to the ownership of the Varanasi Gyanvapi complex and the validity of the Allahabad High Court ordering a survey […]
Chhattisgarh assembly elections are slated later this year (File) New Delhi: The Congress on Monday constituted election committees for Chhattisgarh assembly polls, with Kumari Selja appointed convener of the Core Committee and Charan Dass Mahant chairperson of the Election Campaign Committee. Other members of the seven-member Core Committee are Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, President of […]
Supreme Court has directed the issuance of fresh notification within seven days for it. New Delhi: The Supreme Court today set aside the August 5 notification of the election department for the Ladakh hill council polls and directed the issuance of fresh notification within seven days for it. A bench comprising Justices Vikram Nath and […]
The Aditya-L1 spacecraft will be equipped with seven payloads to study the Sun. New Delhi: After successfully landing a spacecraft near the south pole of the Moon, India’s next cosmic quest – the Sun. ISRO has announced that its first solar mission, Aditya-L1, will be launched on September 2 at 11:50 am from the Sriharikota […]
ISRO chief S Somanath said this is an “incremental progress” and “definitely a huge one”. Bengaluru: ISRO Chairman S Somanath on Wednesday toasted the success of the Chandrayaan-3 mission, crediting it to the “pain and agony” of all the scientists who persevered on it and expressed confidence that the space agency would similarly land a […]
The ruling Congress is aiming to win at least 75 of the 90 seats in Chhattisgarh Raipur: The ruling Congress is aiming to win at least 75 of the 90 seats in the upcoming assembly elections in Chhattisgarh, party’s state in-charge Kumari Selja has said. The state assembly polls are due this year-end. Talking to […]
