NASA's Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) mission launches on SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. A joint venture with the Italian Space Agency , the IXPE is the NASA's first mission dedicated to measuring the polarization of X-rays for the most extreme and mysterious objects in the universe. These objects includes Supernova remnants, Supermassive Black holes and other high energy objects. The Associate Administrator for the Science Mission Directorate, Thomas Zurbuchen said that IXPE represents another extraordinary first. He said that together with our partner Italy we have added a new space observatory. That will shape our understanding of the universe for years to come. IXPE is going to show us the violent universe around us. Things like expl...
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Gaganyaan 2023: All You Should Know About India’s First Manned Space Mission
On Thursday, Science & Technology Minister, Dr Jitendra Singh, revealed about Gaganyaan. He said that India is going to launch its first manned space mission “Gaganyaan” in 2023. In Rajya Sabha assembly, the minister answered upon asking about the same. He stated that our nation’s first human space mission will reach the outer space in 2023. This will be a huge accomplishment, as India will join US, Russia and China in the list of launching human spaceflight. India would be the fourth nation to do so. Before this, two crewed space flights will be launched, first is scheduled during the mid of 2022. And other one has been scheduled for the end of 2022. Both of these space flights would be launched as test vehicle flight for the validation of Crew Escape System performance. "T...
Read MoreOn the first day of the winter session, parliament began on the same note as it has ended on the 11th of August 2021 with one difference. On Monday, 12 MPs from various opposition parties were suspended for their unruly behaviour during the monsoon session of the Rajya Sabha. The unruly scenes in the Rajya Sabha, in the monsoon session, brought the chairman of the Rajya Sabha to tears, in anguish and desperation he said "there is no act to convey my anguish as I have spent a sleepless night... I struggled to find our provocation,” referring to unruly members of the house. As this happened on the last working day of the house, it was logical to expect that the decision on the MPs conduct will be taken up in the upcoming winter session. A scene of disruption in Parliament The motion...
Read MoreMore Than 45 Million People In 43 Countries Of The World Are On The Verge Of Starvation And Famine – WFP
About four and a half crore people of the world are on the verge of famine. Giving information about this, the World Food Program (WFP) has warned that such a situation exists in 43 countries. According to WFP, the condition of crores of people in the world is so bad that they are not getting food for two times to fill their stomach. The situation is continuously getting worse and worse. In a press release, the organization has said that in the year 2019, this number was 27 million, which has increased to 40 million at the beginning of the current year. According to the organization, the most rapid increase in the number of people suffering from hunger has come in Burundi, Kenya, Angola, Somalia, Haiti, Ethiopia and Afghanistan. The organization's executive director David Beazley h...
Read MoreKnow Why There Is A Ruckus On Salman Khurshid’s Book ‘Sunrise Over Ayodhya’
There is a ruckus on Sunrise over Ayodhya, a book by former Union Minister and Congress leader Salman Khurshid. The book was launched on Wednesday itself. A few hours after its launch, there was a ruckus on it. The reason for the ruckus is that there are some controversial parts written in it, due to which Khurshid has also made headlines in the media. Khurshid is being accused of trying to defame Hindutva through this book. In fact, in this book, he has compared Hindutva with terrorist organizations ISIS and Boko Haram. On the Supreme Court's decision on Ayodhya, Khurshid said that he felt that he should interpret the judgment with which he was once associated. BJP leader Kapil Mishra has made a strong attack on this book of his through social media. He says that even after the re...
Read MoreKangana Ranaut’s Comment ‘Freedom Of 1947 Was Bheek’, Embarked Outrage; Complaint Filed Under Sedition Charges
Four times national award winner, Kangana Ranaut, has been yet again landed in the controversy. Recently, a complaint has been filed for her derogatory comment over the National Freedom. While at a summit, she stated that India got ‘real freedom’ in 2014. In her statement, she was addressing when BJP came into power, and further said, independence in 1947 was ‘bheek’ (alms). BJP MP, Varun Gandhi, shared a 24-second clip on Twitter. In which Kangana can be seen referring to independence as ‘bheek’ at the event organized by some channel. Complaint filed against Kangana over her derogatory comments for Independence "It is an anti-national act and must be called out as such. To not do so would be a betrayal of all those who shed blood so that today we may stand tall and free as a nat...
Read MoreIndia is home to over 1.3 billion people. One-fifth of the population, or 19.1 percent, is under the age of 25, the highest proportion in the world. But still the voice of youth is missing. However, just 6 percent of India's leaders and ministers are under 35, making them ineligible to be referred to as "young leaders." This is even though 65 percent of its population is under the age of 35. Only 12 percent of the current Lok Sabha is comprised of persons under the age of 35. The lack of excitement, vigor, and energy in the political arena is causing an alarming number of people to abandon their political positions. One could question why our country's youthful population has such a low representation in politics, given that they are doing amazing things in other aspects of their life ...
Read MoreAs seen by the Congress party's employment of a divide-and-rule strategy to win elections during the dreaded Khalistan period in the 1960s and 1980s, the Congress party demonstration that politics could fracture even the most solid of communities. Despite the fact that Sikhs and Hindus are almost similar in Punjab, the Khalistanis started killing Sikhs, Hindus, and anybody else who dared to oppose them as a consequence of a large number of murders and the resultant bad blood. A Glimpse of Farmers' protest A long-distance relationship between Khalistan and Pakistan is re-emerging in some sections of Punjab, this time after many decades of absence. While it is true that there is a farmer's strike underway, no one can deny that political parties and foreign funders are assisting in its...
Read MoreShiv Sena Won Outside Maharashtra For The Second Time after UP
Shiv Sena, formed in the sixties for the benefit of Marathi Manush, after setting foot in Maharashtra, wore the cloak of Hindutva and tried to spread its feet in other states of the country. But, outside Maharashtra, he got success only once in Uttar Pradesh when Bahubali Pawan Pandey was elected Shiv Sena MLA. Nearly 30 years after this, Shiv Sena has waved saffron in the Union Territory of Dadra Nagar Haveli. Terming it a victory against injustice-dictatorship, Shiv Sena leader and Environment Minister Aaditya Thackeray has said that it is the conch shell of the new development festival. The Shiv Sena won its first success outside Maharashtra in the 1991 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections when Bahubali Pawan Pandey was elected MLA from Akbarpur. Pawan Pandey, who became a confidant...
Read More16 Regional Parties Of The Country Took Donation Of Rs 24.779 Crore Without PAN Details!
In a report by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR), a group working towards reforms in the field of elections, about 16 regional parties in the country have provided information about receiving Rs 24.779 crore as donations without PAN details. According to the information given by the parties to the Election Commission of India, ECI, these regional parties have collected this amount from 1,026 donations during the year 2019-20. According to the ADR report, between the financial years 2018-19 and 2019-20, in the amount received from Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), Lok Janshakti Party (LJP), Samajwadi Party (SP), and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). It has increased a lot. In the financial year 2019-20, the parties which had given information about the maximum donations. Among them, the...
Read MoreCaptain Amarinder Singh Announced A New Party, “I Will Field A Candidate Against Sidhu”
Former Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Wednesday announced that he is forming his own political party. The former chief minister said, he will soon announce the party's name and symbol once the Election Commission approves it. At a press conference in Chandigarh, Amarinder Singh said, "The party will be formed after getting clearance from the Election Commission and my lawyers are working on it." Captain Amarinder Singh also counted the achievements of his government in Punjab for 4.5 years and shared it with everyone in the press conference. Captain Amarinder Singh said, "When the time comes, we will contest all the 117 assembly seats. Whether it is under alliance with any party or has to field its candidates on all seats." Talking about Punjab Congress Presid...
Read MoreTerror Funding Case: Special NIA Court Sentenced 4 Hizbul Mujahideen Terrorists
The Special Court of Patiala House has sentenced four terrorists of the Pakistani terrorist organization Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) to rigorous imprisonment for carrying out terrorist activities in India through terror funding. Among them, Muhammad Saifi Shah and Muzaffar Ahmed Dar were sentenced to 12 years imprisonment and Talib Lali and Mushtaq Ahmed Lone were sentenced to 10 years imprisonment and fined. The convicts had accepted all the charges against them on September 27. The court of Special Judge Parveen Singh had convicted the four on October 4. Also read: Uttar Pradesh Elections: SP Has Prepared A Special ‘Chakravyuh’ To Implicate BJP, Will It Be Successful? The National Security Agency (NIA) had alleged that Hizbul Mujahideen was regularly receiving funds from neighborin...
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