Days after landing on the Moon, India will aim for the Sun Saturday with its maiden solar expedition, as ISRO's trusted PSLV will carry the Aditya L1 mission on a 125-day voyage to the Sun. The 23.10 hour countdown for the launch of Aditya L1 onboard PSLV C57 commenced here Friday, ISRO said.

The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has been granted deemed university status, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan announced, Friday. The minister made the announcement during his address at the 63rd foundation day of the NCERT.

 With the Centre forming a panel to explore the possibility of ‘one nation, one election’, the ruling BJD in Odisha Friday said it will go with the nation if a legislation is made for holding Lok Sabha and state Assembly polls simultaneously.

As August recorded 18 per cent deficit rainfall in Odisha, at least four districts appear to be heading towards a drought-like situation, even though the IMD Friday forecast light to moderate rainfall in the state within a couple of days.

1990-batch Indian Information Service (IIS) officer Dhirendra Ojha assumed charge as the Director General (DG) of Central Bureau of Communication (CBC), Friday. He succeeded Manish Desai, who has been transferred to Press Information Bureau (PIB) as Principal Director General.

Around 45,000 people have died in road accidents in Odisha in the last decade, out of which 70 per cent are youths, Transport Minister Tukuni Sahu said.

Odisha has recorded 13.50 per cent growth in gross Goods and Services Tax (GST) collection in August 2023 compared to the same month last year, officials said Friday

Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL), one of India’s largest steel producers, has once again contributed significantly to India’s defence capabilities by providing the entire quantity of special steel plates of about 4,000 tonne for the construction of the seventh frigate under the indigenous P17A Project of the Indian Navy.

At least 42 Special Investigation Teams (SITs) will be set up which will investigate all the violence-related cases expeditiously in Manipur, Raj Bhavan sources said Friday.

Lieutenant Governor (LG) VK Saxena Friday dismissed the AAP’s objection to ‘Shivling-shaped’ fountains installed in Delhi, saying they are just art pieces and there is God in “every particle of the country”. Sources in the ruling AAP claimed the party will file a police complaint over the fountains as they have hurt the religious sentiments of Hindus.

 Delhi Metro Friday started a special drive to stop the entry of male passengers in the coaches reserved for women, a DMRC official said.

The Supreme Court Friday sentenced former Lok Sabha MP from Bihar Prabhunath Singh to life imprisonment for killing two people on the day of polling for assembly elections in Bihar's Saran district in 1995.

A 30-year-old man was shot dead under mysterious circumstances at the home of Union Minister Kaushal Kishore's son here in the early hours of Friday, police said.

The election of JD(S) Member of Parliament from Hassan, Prajwal Revanna, was declared null and void by the High Court of Karnataka Friday.

 A total of 16 members of a major crime ring have been arrested for allegedly committing multiple violent armed robberies targeting Indian and other Asian jewellery stores across four east coast US states in a span of one year.

South Korea approved a Seoul city plan Friday to let 100 foreign domestic workers into the country through a pilot programme aimed at boosting birth rates by helping more women rejoin the workforce.

The Reserve Bank Friday said that as much as 93 per cent of Rs 2000 currency notes that were in circulation May 19 -- the day when the currency was withdrawn from circulation -- have been returned to banks.

Mining and oil giant Vedanta ran a “covert” lobbying campaign to weaken key environmental regulations during the Covid pandemic, the Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) alleged in a new report.

Moody’s Investors Service Friday raised India’s growth projection for 2023 calendar year to 6.7 per cent citing upside to growth performance helped up robust underlying economic momentum.

Competition Commission Friday approved the proposed merger of Air India and Vistara subject to certain conditions. The development is a major step forward for Tata Group in consolidating its aviation business.