March 21, 2025
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Sunita Williams Returns to Earth After Unexpected 9-Month Space Stay

A veteran space astronaut, Sunita Williams, was back on Earth on Wednesday when SpaceX’s Dragon Freedom capsule landed off the Florida coast. The ship touched down at 3:27 am IST, bringing to an end an unexpected nine-month sojourn in space for Williams and her NASA partner Butch Wilmore. Both of them had initially flown up

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PM Modi, Tulsi Gabbard Discuss Strengthening India-US Security Cooperation

Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with US Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard in New Delhi on Monday. During their meeting, PM Modi presented Gabbard with a unique gift—a vase containing Gangajal, sacred water collected from the recently concluded Mahakumbh. In return, Gabbard gifted PM Modi a traditional ‘tulsi’ mala, symbolizing spiritual and cultural ties.

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Sunita Williams, Butch Wilmore to Return Home After 9 Months Aboard ISS

NASA and SpaceX have launched the Crew-10 mission to the International Space Station (ISS) successfully to recover astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore, stranded for more than nine months after Starliner capsule problems. Crew-10’s Dragon spacecraft arrived at the ISS at 12:04 am ET (9:34 am IST) on March 16, greeted with an orbital sunrise

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NASA Confirms March 16 Return for Astronauts After 9-Month Space Stay

NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore are finally returning to Earth next week after a surprise nine-month extension of their initial 10-day mission. Williams and Wilmore, who have been stuck on the International Space Station (ISS) because of technical and scheduling problems, are now set to leave on March 16. NASA officials have announced

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Tejasvi Surya Weds Sivasri Skandaprasad in a Grand Bengaluru Ceremony

Bengaluru South MP Tejasvi Surya wed celebrated Carnatic singer and Bharatanatyam dancer Sivasri Skandaprasad on Thursday in a lavish ceremony at Palace Grounds, Bengaluru. The wedding was attended by a number of top BJP leaders, including Annamalai, Amit Malaviya, and Union Minister V Somanna. Posting memories from the wedding day, Tejasvi wrote, “With blessings of

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Agristo Masa’s Bijnor plant to further boost farmer empowerment after helping in increasing their income-levels by 50% in past three years

Bijnor, : Agristo Masa Pvt Ltd, a joint venture between Masa Global Food Pvt Ltd (part of Wave Group) and IMSTO NV, Belgium (holding company of Agristo NV, Belgium), which has transformed the lives of farmers in western Uttar Pradesh by increasing their income-levels by 50 per cent over the past three years, is turbocharging

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Final Shahi Snan on Maha Shivratri Draws Sea of Devotees to Holy Sangam

On the sacred day of Maha Shivratri, thousands of pilgrims flocked to the holy Sangam of the Ganga, Yamuna, and the mythological Saraswati in Prayagraj for the last sacred dip of the Maha Kumbh Mela. The last ‘Shahi Snan’ (royal bath) saw a huge turnout of devotees, saints, and ascetics, filling the air with a

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Delhi Journalists Association Distributes Membership ID Cards

New Delhi: The Delhi Journalists Association (DJA) started distributing membership ID cards to its members on Tuesday. The event was held at DJA’s office on 7 Jantar Mantar Road. DJA President Rakesh Thapliyal presented the first ID card to DJA’s senior member and National President of the National Union of Journalists (India), Ras Bihari. Following

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Gyanesh Kumar Takes Over as Chief Election Commissioner of India

Gyanesh Kumar has formally taken over the role of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) of India. The Ministry of Law issued a gazette notification late on Monday evening that read that President Droupadi Murmu had appointed Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar as the subsequent Chief Election Commissioner, and Dr. Vivek Joshi, Haryana’s Chief Secretary, as an Election

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WHO Considered Compassion as an Essential Component of Primary Health Care, Satyarthi Welcomed

New Delhi: In the latest report of the World Health Organization, compassion has been considered an essential component of primary health care, which is expected to bring revolutionary changes in health services. Nobel Peace Prize laureate Kailash Satyarthi has welcomed this change of WHO and thanked the head of the organization, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

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