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DRDO successfully tests Hypersonic Vehicle, propels India to join elite cl
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 7 (ANI): In a landmark achievement, the DRDO on Monday successfully flight tested the Hypersonic Technology Demonstrator Vehicle (HSTDV) from Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Launch Complex at Wheeler Island, off the coast of Odisha.
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Brakes of 100 Chinese faulty train compartments in Sri Lanka to be replace
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], September 7 (ANI): The Sri Lankan government has announced that it will replace the brakes on faulty Chinese train compartments used in the island nation.
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Over 50 injured as Typhoon Haishen hits Japan
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], September 7 (ANI): More than 50 people have been injured and four have gone missing as typhoon Haishen battered Japan's southwestern main island of Kyushu, causing massive blackouts and disrupting transportation, Kyodo News reported.
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Earthquake of magnitude 4.3 hits Nicobar islands
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Port Blair (Andaman and Nicobar) [India], September 6 (ANI): An earthquake of magnitude 4.3 on the Richter scale jolted Nicobar islands on Sunday, according to the National Center for Seismology.
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Pranab Mukherjee was close friend of Sri Lanka: Mahinda Rajapaksa
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], September 2 (ANI): Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa on Wednesday paid rich tributes to late former Indian President Pranab Mukherjee and said he was as a "close friend" of the island country and its people.
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Japan's northern Kyushu region braces for powerful typhoon
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], September 2 (ANI/Xinhua): Japan's weather agency on Wednesday said that a powerful typhoon is making its way from the Nagasaki region to the northern part of Japan's main island of Kyushu.
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Maldives re-joins as member of Commonwealth Games Federation
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
London [UK], September 1 (ANI): Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) on Tuesday announced that Maldives Commonwealth Games Association has been re-admitted as one of its members, paving the way for the South Asian island nation to compete at future editions of the Commonwealth Games.
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Post-Galwan clash, Indian Navy quietly deployed warship in South China Sea
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 30 (ANI): Acting swiftly after the Galwan valley clash on June 15 in Eastern Ladakh, the Indian Navy sailed out its frontline warship for deployment in the South China Sea much to the displeasure of the Chinese who raised objections over the move during the talks
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Dawood Ibrahim not our citizen, says Dominican govt
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 30 (ANI): The government of Commonwealth of Dominica has said that underworld don and India's most wanted terrorist Dawood Ibrahim is and has never been a citizen of the island country.
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Top Union Ministry officials review measures to contain COVID-19 in UTs
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 30 (ANI): Union Home Secretary and Secretary, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) jointly reviewed the measures for containing the spread of COVID-19 infection in the Union Territories on Saturday.
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Reports of over 300 Chinese vessels near the Galapagos deeply troubling: M
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], August 28 (ANI): US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo on Thursday said reports of over 300 Chinese vessels near the Galapagos Islands disabling tracking systems are 'deeply troubling'.
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US stealth bombers in Diego Garcia, warships in South China Sea, boost mor
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 24 (ANI): The deployment of three B-2 stealth bombers by the United States, capable of carrying nuclear weapons, in the Indian Ocean island of Diego Garcia, is sending a clear message to deter China from starting a war in the India-Pacific.
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