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  NASA’s satellite sets new Guinness World Record. Find out what it is?

  World | November 06, 2016 17:14 IST

  The US space agency NASA's Magnetospheric Multiscale mission (MMS) has set the Guinness World Record for highest altitude fix of a GPS signal - at 70,000 kilometres above the surface of the Earth. Operating in

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  Goodbye, Rosetta! This is how you can watch the end of an amazing mission today

  World | September 30, 2016 12:05 IST

  The European Space Agency is all set to crash its historical Rosetta spacecraft into a comet, two years after it began its probe in 2014. The Rosetta mission will end with a controlled descent

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  VIDEO! NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft all set for asteroid Bennu mission

  World | September 08, 2016 15:38 IST

  NASA will launch the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft to a near-Earth asteroid Bennu on Thursday to bring a small sample back for study. Bolted to the top of a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket,

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  These six scientists end year-long Mars mission

  World | August 29, 2016 10:36 IST

  Six scientists who lived like astronauts in an isolated dome for 12 months in Hawaii to explore challenges which a manned mission may face on Mars, have completed one of the toughest NASA-funded mission ever.

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  ISRO to launch ‘Aditya-L1’, the first Indian mission to study Sun by 2020

  India | August 21, 2016 12:58 IST

  The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is all set to launch its satellite, Aditya-L1, to study about the Sun, according to Mylswamy Annadurai, director, Isro satellite centre at Bengaluru. Speaking to the media on Saturday

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  Video! NASA set to launch first asteroid sample return mission next month

  World | August 18, 2016 13:28 IST

  The US space agency NASA is all set to launch its first mission to return a sample of an asteroid to Earth, which will help study how planets formed and how life began. The Origins,

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  India to soon launch Rs 1,800 Digital Literacy Mission for 60 million people in rural areas

  June 27, 2016 13:46 IST

  India will soon launch a Digital Literacy Mission worth Rs 1,800 crore for 60 million people in rural areas.

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  Jammu and Kashmir must draw benefit from PM's 'Transforming India Mission': Jitendra Singh

  Politics | April 16, 2016 22:59 IST

  Union Minister Jitendra Singh today said that Jammu and Kashmir must draw maximum benefit from Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'Transforming India Mission' and should not be left behind.

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  Be Prepared! Countdown begins to launch mission to find life on Mars

  World | March 14, 2016 12:02 IST

  London: The European Space Agency (ESA) and the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) are set to send a robotic probe to Mars on Monday to find if the planet has traces of alien life.They are

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  Skill India relaunch of UPA scheme, says Congress

  Politics | July 16, 2015 0:06 IST

  New Delhi: The Congress on Wednesday dismissed the "Skill India" programme flagged off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi as the relaunch of a scheme of previous United Progressive Alliance government.Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala told media persons

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  On World Population Day, Indians number 1,274,234,538

  India | July 11, 2015 16:31 IST

  New Delhi: On World Population Day, Indians numbered 1,274,234,538 at 2.30 p.m. on Saturday, constituting an estimated 17.23 percent of the overall global inhabitation of humans, as per data available with an independent socio-economic statistical organisation.According

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  NASA mission to look for water on Jupiter's moon Europa

  World | June 18, 2015 14:28 IST

  Washington:  NASA has come a step closer to its planned mission to Europa which will try to find out if a liquid water ocean beneath the surface of the Jupiter's moon have the ingredients to

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  Barack Obama broadens mission in Afghanistan

  World | November 22, 2014 11:24 IST

  Washington: President Barack Obama has quietly approved guidelines in recent weeks to allow the Pentagon to target Taliban fighters in Afghanistan, broadening previous plans that had limited the military to counterterrorism missions against al-Qaida after

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  UN extends its mission in Liberia

  World | October 02, 2014 6:29 IST

  Monrovia: The United Nations Security Council has extended the mandate of the UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) till September 15 next year keeping in view the Ebola outbreak in the country, a senior UN official

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  100,000 sheltering in UN Mission's bases in South Sudan

  World | July 04, 2014 11:50 IST

  United Nations: The UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has reported that nearly 100,000 people are seeking protection in its bases across the country, and the number is likely to remain high, a spokesperson said

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  Miscreants throw crude bomb outside Indian mission in Bangladesh

  World | November 10, 2013 23:41 IST

  Dhaka: Miscreants today targeted the Indian mission in Bangladesh's port city of Chittagong during a four-day nationwide shutdown that began today.There were conflicting reports over the incident, with police describing it as a blast first

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  US woman on mission to make Agra worthy of Taj

  India | September 09, 2013 12:05 IST

  Agra: A 30-year-old psychologist and Yoga teacher from New York came to Agra as a tourist but has now decided to stay back to "reform" the city to make it worthy of "such a beautiful

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  US to launch next Mars mission

  World | August 06, 2013 17:08 IST

  Washington, Aug 6: The US is set to launch its next mission to Mars in November and the spacecraft has already arrived at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space agency NASA said.A US Air

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  PM watches as 100th Indian space mission blasts off

  India | September 09, 2012 23:21 IST

  Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh), Sep 9: An Indian rocket carrying two satellites blasted off from the first launch pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre here in Andhra Pradesh Sunday, with the launch being witnessed by

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  Indian to embark on Mission Whitewash against Kiwis

  Cricket | August 31, 2012 15:15 IST

  Bangalore, Aug 30 :  Seeking to complete a whitewash, India would again rely on the guile and skill of their spinners when they take on a hapless New Zealand in the second and final cricket