China on Monday announced that it has successfully tested its first cutting-edge hypersonic aircraft which could carry nuclear warheads and penetrate any current generation anti-missile defence systems. The Xingkong-2 or Starry Sky-2, was launched in a target range located in Northwest China on Friday last, the state-run China Academy of Aerospace Aerodynamics (CAAA) said in a statement. The flight vehicle […]
» Read moreSecurity forces gunned down 14 alleged members of the outlawed Communist Party of India (Maoist) in an encounter in Sukma district of south Chhattisgarh on Monday. The incident took place near Nukaltung area under Konta block around 7 a.m., Sukma District Superintendent of Police Abhishek Meena said. South Sukma is considered a Maoist stronghold. The security forces also managed to […]
» Read moreTwenty-four girls were rescued from a shelter home in Deoria, Uttar Pradesh, and three people arrested following allegation of sexual exploitation of the inmates. Eighteen inmates , however, were missing, , police said on Monday. “Twenty-four girls were rescued on Sunday from the shelter home on station road in the name of Ma Vindhyawasini Mahila Prakishan Evam Samaj Sewa Sansthan […]
» Read moreTwo militants were arrested by police from two different places in Manipur, a police officer said on Tuesday. Two active cadres of proscribed militant outfit People Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak (Progressive) group were arrested by police on July 30, a press release issued by the PRO of Manipur Police said. One of the militants was arrested from Kwakeithel Heinoukhongnembi Thokchom […]
» Read moreTwin wildfires tearing through vineyards and brushy hills threatened some 10,000 homes in Northern California on Tuesday yet another front in the seemingly endless summer of wildfires that have ravaged some of the most scenic areas of the state. The two fires straddling Mendocino and Lake counties had burned seven homes by Monday night along with some 107 square miles […]
» Read moreAs indicated by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Trinamool Comgress will send an eight member delegation to Assam to monitor the process to update the National Register of Citizens (NRC). Six of the eight members are MPs. Following the publication of the draft NRC, it came to light that more than 40 lakh people are left out of the […]
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