Author: DA Correspondent

IIT-Kharagpur researchers generate electricity from wet clothes

3:27 pm September 19, 2019

Kolkata: As part of an initiative to generate clean and sustainable power, researchers at IIT Kharagpur have developed a new technology to source electricity from clothes drying in open space, a statement here said on Thursday. The technology was recently tested at a remote village, where around 50 wet cloth items were put up for […]

Govt to issue OTT guidelines soon: Minister

Kejriwal supports those who raised anti-national slogans in JNU: Javadekar

3:15 pm September 19, 2019

New Delhi: Hitting out at Arvind Kejriwal for not giving sanction to prosecute former JNU Students’ Union president Kanhaiya Kumar in a sedition case, Union Minister Prakash Javadekar on Thursday accused the Delhi Chief Minister of supporting those who allegedly raised “anti-national” slogans in the university in 2016. Coming down heavily on Kejriwal and his […]

Amit, Vikas nominated for Khel Ratna by BFI; 3 names for Arjuna

Amit Panghal, Manish Kaushik seal places in Olympic qualifiers with world medals

1:43 pm September 19, 2019

Ekaterinburg (Russia): Amit Panghal (52kg) and Manish Kaushik (63kg) have made the Indian boxing squad for next year’s Olympic Qualifiers owing to their medal-winning show at the ongoing world championships. Panghal and Kaushik have entered the semifinals here, making it the first time when India have more than one boxer left in fray for the […]

‘NASA analysing images of Chandrayaan-2’s landing site’

1:37 pm September 19, 2019

Houston: NASA is analysing, validating and reviewing the images clicked by its lunar orbiter of the area on the Moon where India’s Chandrayaan-2 mission made an unsuccessful attempt to soft land its Vikram module, according to a media report that quoted a project scientist of the US space agency. NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft […]

Rajeev Kumar might get killed, apprehends WB Congress chief

CBI asks West Bengal DGP for Rajeev Kumar’s contact details

1:31 pm September 19, 2019

New Delhi: The CBI has asked the West Bengal Director General of Police (DGP) to provide the contact details of former Kolkata police commissioner Rajeev Kumar, sources said on Thursday. A letter in this regard was sent to the top cop of West Bengal, seeking a phone number of Kumar on which he could be […]