Chandrayaan-3 is ready for launch and it will take place in July, informed the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman S Somnath on Wednesday. He says, “Currently the Chandrayaan 3 spacecraft is fully integrated. We have completed the testing…Currently, the window of opportunity for launch is between 12-19th July…We will announce the exact date after all the tests are completed…” ISRO chief S Somnath said, “We are looking at Artemis Accord as a political engagement with the US. It is a statement of Intent that when the US is proposing collaborative work in the space sector, especially exploration of outer planets in…
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According to a Deloitte India Report, as India is moving towards becoming the third-largest consumer market, the country’s online retail market size is expected to reach US$ 325 billion by 2030, up from US$ 70 billion in 2022, largely due to the rapid expansion of e-commerce in tier-2 and tier-3 cities. As per the report titled ‘Future of Retail,’ online retail penetration is expected to increase at a remarkable rate over the next ten years, outpacing offline retail by 2.5 times. India has grown to be the third-largest consumer market in the world, according to Deloitte India. Tier-2 and 3…
Political paralysis and spiking crime pose grave threats to press freedom in Ecuador, finds a new report by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). CPJ’s report, “Ecuador on edge,” found the country’s journalists face the prospect of acute violence amid a security crisis with no precedent in recent history. In 2022, Ecuadorian press freedom group Fundamedios documented 356 attacks on the press, the highest number since 2018. In the first four months of 2023, the organization reported a total of 96 attacks. In recent months in Ecuador, two journalists were forced to flee due to death threats, explosive devices…
Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari said total length of the National Highways in the country increased by about 59% in the last nine years. As a result of this expansion, India now has the second largest road network, after the US. Addressing a Press Conference in New Delhi Gadkari said: “Total length of National Highways was 91,287 km in 2013-14, which increased to 1,45,240 km in 2022-23, which is a rise of more than 59% during this period.” He also said that, in the last nine years, the increase in 4 lane NH rose about two times.…
Amid demands to repeal the law on sedition, Law Commission chairman Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi said that due to the present situation from Kashmir to Kerala and Punjab to North East, it has become very important to retain the law to safeguard the “unity and integrity of India”. The law is on hold for the time being following the directives of the Supreme Court issued in May last year. Defending the panel’s recommendation to retain the law, Justice Awasthi said sufficient safeguards have been proposed to prevent its abuse. He said that special laws such as the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act…
According to exporters, India’s oilseed exports are anticipated to increase by 10-15% during this fiscal year as traders are receiving good orders from markets including Southeast Asia, Latin America, and Africa. Oilseed exports increased by more than 20% to US$ 1.33 billion (about Rs. 10,900 crore) in 2022-23. Groundnut, sesame, soy, castor, niger, and sunflower are the principal oilseeds exported by the nation. Moreover, groundnut and sesame seeds account for 80-85% of the total oilseed exports. According to Mr. Khushwant Jain, the Former Chairman of the Indian Oilseeds and Produce Export Promotion Council (IOPEPC), of the entire kharif oilseeds area,…
The International Cricket Council (ICC) finally announced the schedule for the World Cup 2023 to be held in India in October-November with the finalists of the 2019 edition England and New Zealand taking on each other in the tournament opener in Ahmedabad on Thursday, October 5. The hosts India will be up against the five-time champions Australia on October 8 in their first encounter in Chennai while the high-octane clash against arch-rivals Pakistan will be on Sunday, October 15 at Ahmedabad’s Narendra Modi Stadium. All 10 teams will play each other once in a round-robin format. Four out of 10 teams will advance to…
Geneva-based Press Emblem Campaign (PEC), the global media safety and rights body, expresses concern over the mysterious death of a young Indian scribe and raises demand for an authentic probe to find reasons behind the untimely demise of Abdur Rauf Alamgir (32), who hailed from Assam province in northeast India. Local media organisations informed that Alamgir went missing on Saturday and his wounded body was found floating in Kulsi river water at Jambari area of Boko locality under Kamrup district on 26 June. A resident of Goroimari Hatipara, Alamgir was associated with a news portal titled TNL. The recently married…
On the eastern Ladakh standoff with China, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh reiterated that India wants to resolve the border issue through dialogue and in a peaceful manner while asserting that the government will never compromise on the country’s border and its self-respect. “We will never let the sanctity of our borders be violated,” the Defence Minister said at a national security conclave in Jammu, adding that the talks are continuing at military and diplomatic levels to resolve the dispute. On the drone deal with the US, Singh said the defence ministry will compare the acquisition cost of the drones with…
“Today, the most vulnerable countries, which also need funding for climate mitigation, have a crushingly high debt burden. We can no longer talk about small changes, or about short-changing the poor. We need answers and we need them fast,” said Sunita Narain, director general, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE). She was commenting on the recently concluded Summit for a New Global Financing Pact, held in Paris, France. “The summit did not precipitate any transformational solutions, but it started a conversation on the climate and development financing crisis, and this momentum cannot be lost,” Narain added. The first of its…