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Washington, Dec 19: An adolescent star in the midst of a dramatic growth phase has been observed with the help of two NASA space telescopes. The youngster belongs to a class of stars that gain mass when matter swirling around the star falls onto its surface, NASA said in an official statement on Wednesday. The star belongs to a class of fitful stars known as FU Ori's, named after the original...

Sriharikota, Dec 19: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will on Wednesday launch the country's newest satellite GSAT-7A from the second launch pad of Sathish Dhawan Space Centre in Andhra Pradesh's Sriharikota. It is believed that the 2,250-kilogram geostationary communication satellite will give a boost to the Defence forces' communication capabilities. It is scheduled for launch today...

New Delhi, Dec 19: The drug regulator will on Wednesday seize samples of Johnson & Johnson's baby powder for testing, a newspaper stated, following a Reuters report that the company knew for decades that cancer-causing asbestos lurked in the product. The Times of Indiaquoted an official source as saying that a team of 100 drug inspectors had been assigned to examine different manufacturing...

New Delhi, Dec 14: As many as 10,500 restaurants have been de-listed by e-commerce firms like Zomato and Swiggy for not having license or registration under the food safety law, Parliament was told Friday. Minister of state for health Ashwini Kumar Choubey said the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India or FSSAI in July directed food e-commerce firms to de-list the the restaurants which don...

Kolkata, Dec 9: A team of scientists have found a way to predict the Sun's activity over the coming decades, which could help better prepare against solar storms that may cripple satellite communications and Earth's electric power grids. In a study published in the journal Nature Communications, the team also showed that there is little possibility of a Sun-induced climate cooling in the coming...

Ahmedabad, Dec 5: Around 270 hoteliers in Ahmedabad city have stopped taking bookings from two major online travel portals - MakeMyTrip and Goibibo - alleging heavy commission and indiscriminate discounts offered by these platforms on room tariffs. The decision to boycott the online booking platforms over the commission and indiscriminate discounts were taken at a meeting of Gujarat chapter of the...

Bengaluru, Dec 5: India's heaviest, largest and most powerful satellite GSAT-11 was successfully launched by an Arianespace rocket from the French Guiana early Wednesday morning. Blasting off from the Ariane Launch Complex in Kourou at 0207 hrs Indian time, the Ariane-5 vehicle injected the GSAT-11 into the orbit in a flawless flight lasting about 33 minutes. The satellite will play a vital role...

Mysuru, Dec 3: A two-day 27th national level Election Commissioners Conference will be held from December 4 in the city of Palaces. Karnataka State Election Commission Secretary, in a release here on Monday, said in all 19 State Election Commissioners, Bharath Electronic Limited, Electronic Corporation India limited, Mysore Paints and Varsh Companies Chairmens and Executive Directors are...

Bhopal, Dec 3: It has been more 34 years since the Bhopal Gas Tragedy took place but the survivors are still bearing the brunt of the poisonous gas leak incident, which claimed around 15,000 lives. Living in the area located near the pesticide plant, where the incident took place, survivors demand adequate facilities from the government for the treatment of the people maimed in the incident...

New Delhi, Dec 2: WhatsApp Chief has written to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), seeking a formal nod to expand payments services to all its 200 million users in India. The messaging app, which has drawn fire from the government over spread of fake messages on its platform, continues to wait for a regulatory clearance to launch full-fledged payments operations in India - months after its 'testing'...