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The Kerala government on Tuesday made it clear that the pilgrims who visit Sabarimala without virtual queue booking will also be provided smooth darshan at the Lord Ayyappa temple. The Pinarayi Vijayan government backtracked from its earlier decision to provide darshan only through online registration during the upcoming pilgrimage season amidst widespread protest. Chief Minister Vijayan announced in the Assembly while replying to a submission by V Joy (CPI-M) in this regard. “Facilities for smooth darshan will be ensured for pilgrims who come without (online) registration as well…Darshan will be ensured to those who do not register online and those who come without knowing about the system,” he said. Similar facilities had been provided in… Read More »Pilgrims Without Online Registration Will Also Get ‘Darshan’ At Sabarimala: Kerala Chief Minister

In a big boost to the armed forces, India has signed a deal with the United States to acquire 31 MQ-9B Predator drones.  The Indian Navy is likely to get 15 of the drones, which will be the ‘SeaGuardian’ variant while the Army and the Air Force will be allotted eight ‘SkyGuardian’ Predator drones each. Sources told NDTV that the total cost of the deal is likely to be under $3.5 billion.  The deal for acquiring the drones from American manufacturer General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) under a Foreign Military Sales contract between the two governments was cleared by the Cabinet Committee on Security earlier this month. The MQ-9B Predator drone is a variant of… Read More »India Signs Deal For 31 Predator Drones From US

The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has released the CSIR-UGC National Eligibility Test (NET) for Junior Research Fellowship and Lectureship/Assistant Professor. Candidates who appeared in the exam held on July 25, 26 and 27, 2024 can check their results on the official website.  The candidates can verify their roll numbers in  the list given  to check their eligibility criteria for the test. The results are available on the csirhrdg.res.in  A total of 1,963 candidates have qualified the test for the Junior Research Fellowship under the CSIR JRF scheme. These candidates are also eligible for Assistant Professor subject to minimum eligibility criteria laid down by UGC. Around 11 candidates have qualified for award of… Read More »CSIR-UGC NET Results Out For Junior Research Fellowship, Lectureship

The last time ‘D Company’ fired a bullet in Mumbai was November 2002. The last murder by the Arun Gawli gang was in 2008. The Chhota Rajan gang’s last big hit—on journalist J. Dey—was in June 2011. Ashwin Naik has quit the underworld and become a builder. Abu Salem’s gang was decimated after his arrest in Lisbon in 2002. And so, with most gang leaders behind bars and their foot soldiers killed, there had been a lull in Mumbai for over a decade.  But now, it seems that some gangs from north India, like the one led by Lawrence Bishnoi, are trying to capitalise on this vacuum. The murder of Baba Siddique is perhaps a… Read More »Opinion: Opinion | Shootout At Bandra: Baba Siddique’s Murder And Flashbacks From ’90s

A 1000X improvement in rocket and spacecraft technology can vastly bring down the cost of building a city on Mars, Elon Musk has said on social media, responding to a user’s post. On Monday, X user @WholeMarsBlog posted a graphic explaining the cost of launching to low earth orbit. It said, “Today, launching a spacecraft is 10x cheaper than it was a decade ago.” They captioned it “When Elon Musk enters an industry…” In response, Elon Musk shared a long explainer with a cost breakdown and possible resolution. He pointed out that recent “US Mars missions have had a cost per ton of useful load to the surface of Mars of about $1B. Moreover, it… Read More »“Over $1000 Trillion”: Elon Musk Breaks Down Cost Of Building Multiplanetary Life On Mars