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In first private spaceflight, Richard Branson flies to edge and back

Sunday's launch of the VSS Unity passenger rocket plane marked the company's 22nd test flight of its SpaceShipTwo system, and its fourth crewed mission beyond Earth's atmosphere.

Terror-funding case: National investigation agency conducts raids in J&K

The raids are taking place a day after 11 J&K government employees were removed for their alleged involvement in terror-funding activities.

England vs Italy: What to expect from Euro 2020 final? Check key stats here

Italy have scored 12, one less than Spain and 2 more than England in Uefa European Championship 2021. Check Italy vs England record in football ahead of Euro Cup 2021 final

Covid-19 pandemic: Pfizer seeks US regulator's nod for booster shot

FDA and EU regulator say no need for extra dosage at this time

IMF board backs $650 bn reserves distribution, targets end-Aug completion

G20 members to back carbon pricing role for the first time in the climate fight

Centre announces Rs 23,123-cr emergency response package to fight Covid

Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said the package will be implemented over the next nine months till March 2022

Team Modi 2.0: 15 ministers inducted into Cabinet, 28 sworn-in as MoS

This is the first reshuffle in the Council of Ministers by Prime Minister Modi since he assumed charge for a second term in May 2019

Sensex closes above 53,000 for the first time ever, adds 193 pts

Nifty 50 index rose 61 points, or 0.4 per cent, to end at a new lifetime high of 15,879.65

Health, education, labour ministers quit ahead of Cabinet reshuffle

Pokhriyal has resigned from his post citing health reasons, say sources

Will appear before UP cops if no arrest guaranteed, Twitter MD tells court

Won't allow Twitter to take its own time to appoint resident grievance officer, says Delhi HC judge

Amid cabinet reshuffle buzz, Thawarchand appointed Karnataka Governor

Thawarchand Gehlot is currently Union Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment.

Union Cabinet reshuffle likely to take place tomorrow evening: Report

Amid the expansion buzz, earlier during the day, Union minister Thaawarchand Gehlot was appointed as Governor of Karnataka

Twitter failed to comply with India's new IT rules: Centre tells Delhi HC

The Centre, in an affidavit filed in the high court, said any non-compliance amounts to breach of provisions of IT Rules, leading to Twitter losing its immunity conferred under the IT Act

Opposition parties renew demand for a probe into Rafale jet deal

A French judge has been appointed to lead a "highly sensitive" judicial probe into suspected "corruption" and "favouritism" in the Rs 59,000 crore Rafale fighter jet deal with India, a report said

Twitter says in final stages of appointing resident grievance officer

Earlier this week, it was reported that Twitter had appointed its Global Legal Policy Director Jeremy Kessel as the grievance officer for India.

Pushkar Singh Dhami to be sworn in on Sunday as new Uttarakhand CM

He replaces Tirath Singh Rawat after he resigned as the state's chief minister on Friday after holding the post for less than four months

WHO welcomes report on efficacy of longer gaps between AstraZeneca doses

The fast-spreading delta variant is now dominating conversations about the virus, with vaccine efficacy measures, case counts and country lockdowns increasingly focused on it

Covid-19 pandemic: UK drug regulator shares Covishield data with EU

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson also said that he is "very confident" of the approvals of the Oxford/ AstraZeneca jabs by the EU.

Govt imposes stock limits on pulses till October to check price rise

Decision comes at a time when prices of most pulses have come off from their peaks and have softened by Rs 5-20 per kg in the retail markets the past one month

Daily toll collection via FASTag reaches level recorded before second wave

The toll collection across the country through FASTag touched Rs 103.54 cr with 6.3 mn transactions on July 1, 2021