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Meet India's first female hot-air airship pilot, Rita Yadav

India, Dec. 5 -- Passengers hoping to hitch a hot-air balloon ride in Delhi will be greeted by Rita Yadav, who is the first Indian woman to have acquired the hot-air balloon and hot-air airship licens... Read More


Elgar Parishad case: HC grants bail to ex-DU professor Hany Babu after nearly six years in custody

India, Dec. 5 -- The Bombay High Court on Thursday granted bail to former Delhi University professor Hany Babu, accused in the Elgar Parishad-Bhima Koregaon case, citing his prolonged pre-trial incarc... Read More


BMC polls may be held as early as second week of January

India, Dec. 5 -- As most of the 29 municipal corporations in Maharashtra are on track with election preparations, including drafting a list of duplicate entries in the electoral rolls, the polls are e... Read More


BMC shuffles top post ahead of civic polls; Amit Saini moved out, Dhakne to take charge

India, Dec. 5 -- In a significant administrative reshuffle ahead of the long-pending Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections, additional municipal commissioner (eastern suburbs) Dr Amit Sai... Read More


Brothers in China stunned to learn their stepping stones are 190-million-year-old dinosaur fossils

India, Dec. 5 -- Two brothers in southwestern China were astonished to learn that the rocks they had casually used as stepping stones for more than twenty years were in fact 190 million year old dinos... Read More


Haryana releases second tranche of Lado Lakshmi Yojana

India, Dec. 5 -- The Haryana government has released the second instalment of the Deen Dayal Lado Lakshmi Yojana, a cash transfer initiative aimed at providing sustained economic support to women from... Read More


Freed ex-BrahMos scientist warns job-seekers: Beware of online fraudsters

India, Dec. 5 -- Nishant Agarwal has a word of advice for professionals searching for job opportunities online. "Be extremely vigilant. Don't fall for false promises or online enticements." The 34-ye... Read More


Virar set for major upgrade to run 15-car locals on Dahanu corridor

India, Dec. 5 -- Western Railway (WR) is set to begin a critical three-month upgrade at Virar that will pave the way for operating 15-car trains on the 60-km Virar-Dahanu corridor, a move expected to ... Read More


Is Fortnite down today? Here's the server status amid Cloudflare outage

India, Dec. 5 -- Fortnite players logged in smoothly on December 5, with Epic confirming that all systems are running normally. The steady conditions followed reports of early-morning login delays lin... Read More


HC refuses bail to Nigerian arrested with 460g of MD

India, Dec. 5 -- The Bombay High Court on Thursday rejected the bail plea of a Nigerian woman accused of supplying mephedrone (MD), holding that there were no reasonable grounds to believe she was not... Read More