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Indian-American aerospace engineer Swati Mohan, who played a key role in the successful landing of NASA's Perseverance rover on the Martian surface, told President Joe Biden on Thursday that her path to the US space agency began when she watched the first episode of Star Trek as a child. Mohan leads the guidance, navigation, and control operations of NASA's Mars 2020 mission. She played a pivotal

Ayodhya, Mar 4: The Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra has purchased a 7,285 square feet land adjacent to the Ram Janmabhoomi premises, in accordance with its plan to expand the temple complex area to 107 acres from the present 70 acres, an official of the trust said on Thursday. The trust that is constructing a grand temple for Lord Ram in this holy town of Uttar Pradesh has paid Rs one crore for the

New Delhi, Mar 4: With petrol and diesel prices skyrocketing, the Centre is likely to cut excise duty by up to Rs 5 and exhort BJP-ruled states to match it by slashing local taxes on both transport fuels. The move may be announced ahead of Assembly elections in Assam, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry. Elections in these states will begin from March 27. Excise duty on petrol was

New Delhi, Mar 4: The Government of India has agreed to provide relief from double taxation to Indians living abroad who had to stay in India beyond their tax exemption stay limit on account of disruptions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. India’s Central Board of Direct taxes (CBDT) had received many representations requesting for relaxation in determination of residential status for the financial

New Delhi, Mar 3: The government has lifted the time restriction on receiving Covid-19 vaccine jabs so as to increase the pace of immunisation, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Wednesday. People can now get vaccinated round-the-clock according to their convenience, he said in a tweet, adding that Prime Minister Narendra Modi values the health as well as the time of the citizens of the

New Delhi, Mar 3: The Aam Aadmi Party on Wednesday won four of the five wards in the bye-polls to Delhi Municipal Corporation. The Congress won the one remaining seat. Voting was held in two wards – Rohini-C and Shalimar Bagh (North) – in the North Delhi Municipal Corporation, and three wards – Trilokpuri, Kalyanpuri and Chauhan Banger – in the East Delhi Municipal Corporation on February 28. The

New Delhi, Mar 2: The BJP Tuesday took a swipe at the Congress amid a vocal dissidence within the opposition party, saying its ideology is all about fulfilling the Gandhi family's "ambition", and anyone speaking against it or standing with the “rightful” agenda of Prime Minister Narendra Modi is castigated. BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra told a press conference that the Congress will "castigate"

New Delhi, Mar 2: "From a hundred rabbits you can't make a horse, a hundred suspicions don't make a proof," said the Additional Sessions Judge of a district court in Delhi, quoting Russian Novelist Fyodor Dostoevsky, while dropping charges of attempt to murder against two accused in the Delhi riots case. Additional Sessions Judge Amitabh Rawat made the observation on Monday while hearing an

New Delhi, Mar 2: A Delhi Court on Tuesday said that it will hear Mumbai-based activist lawyer Nikita Jacob's anticipatory bail plea on March 9, a day before her protection from arrest ends in connection with the 'Toolkit' case related to the farmers' agitation. Additional Sessions Judge Dharmender Rana adjourned the matter after he was apprised by the Delhi Police that they need more time to file

Gurugram, Mar 2: Nand Kumar Singh Chauhan, the BJP Lok Sabha member from Khandwa in Madhya Pradesh, passed away at a hospital in Gurugram, family sources said on Tuesday. He was 69. The six-term MP, who was suffering from COVID-19 and was airlifted to Medanta Hospital in Gurugram last month in a serious condition, breathed his last late Monday night, the sources said. He is survived by his wife, a