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First sunrise of the year 2024 from Guwahati

Launch of X-Ray Polarimeter Satellite (XPoSat) is set for today at 09:10 am from the first launch-pad, SDSC-SHAR, Sriharikota

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Denmark's Queen Margrethe II announces abdication after 52-year reign in New Year's eve speech

Prime Minister Narendra Modi extends New Year greetings

Haridwar, Uttar Pradesh: On the first morning of New Year 2024, people take a holy dip in River Ganga at Har Ki Pauri

India welcomes 2024 with celebrations and prayers across faiths

Devotees queue up for Vaishno Devi Yatra in Katra, Jammu and Kashmir on first morning of 2024.

Visuals of devotees offering prayers on first day of 2024 at Mumbai's Siddhivinayak Temple.

Countdown begins for launch of ISRO satellite to study blackholes

Visuals from Satish Dhawan Space Centre

ISRO launches satellite to study blackholes from Sriharikota

WATCH | Launch of PSLV-C58/XPoSat Mission from Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) SHAR, Sriharikota

ISRO satellite to study blackholes launched successfully from Sriharikota

ISRO's S Somanath on the successful launch of PSLV-C58 XPoSat

PSLV-C58 successfully deploys X-Ray Polarimeter satellite into Low Earth Orbit, says ISRO

Union Minister of State Science & Technology Dr Jitendra Singh tweets on the success of satellite launch

Devotees are flocking to UP's Ayodhya to take darshan of Lord Ram Lalla on the first day of the new year

Lord Ram was born in Tretayuga and is seated at his birthplace this year. That's why this year is very important for us: Pushkar Singh Dhami

Devotees in large numbers visit and offer prayers at Ujjain Mahakal temple dedicated to Lord Shiva, in Madhya Pradesh

Gujarat has set a new record for the most people doing Surya Namaskar together: Gujarat Home Minister Harsh Sanghavi

Fire broke out at a residential area at Paraonthi village in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh in wee hours today. More details are awaited.

A thin sheet of ice forms in Jammu & Kashmir's Srinagar as it recorded minus 5 degrees Celsius last night.

Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik pays floral tributes to Biju Patnaik at Airport Square in Bhubaneswar

ISRO chief S Somanath on launch of space agency's first X-Ray Polarimeter Satellite

ISRO Chairman S Somnath says "Only in 12 months (in 2024), we have to have a minimum of 12 missions on our target. It may exceed depending upon our ability to produce hardware, complete the testing and if things go well. If it is not going well, there could be an impact. Otherwise, we are getting ready for at least 12-14 missions..."

ISRO Chairman S Somnath says "2024 is going to be the year for Gaganyaan readiness...Along with that, we will have a helicopter-based drop test to prove the Parachute systems, there will be multiple drop tests. We also will have many hundreds of valuation tests. So it is going to be a Gaganyaan year. Along with that, we are going to have launches of GSLV.."

Actor Rajinikanth greets fans gathered at his Chennai residence to wish him on new year 2024

6 people died in a road accident in Jamshedpur after their car went uncontrolled and hit the divider

ISRO scientists successfully fire fourth stage of PSLV-C58 twice to hold scientific experiments

ISRO on Monday successfully did a maneuvering experiment by firing the fourth stage of a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle rocket twice to conduct scientific experiments.

After the 44.4-meter-tall PSLV rocket lifted off from the first launch pad at 9.10 am on Monday, it placed the primary satellite XPoSat into the desired orbit after 21 minutes of flight as intended.

Later, scientists at the Bengaluru-headquartered space agency fired the fourth stage of the PSLV rocket twice to reduce the altitude from 650 km to 350 km to conduct the scientific experiment in which 10 other payloads of various ISRO centres would be operational in the Low Earth Orbits under the PSLV Orbital Experimental Module-3 (POEM) experiment. (PTI)

We want to create 100 scientists who can understand this aspect and then contribute to the knowledge of black holes to the world: S Somanath

Goa CM Pramod Sawant lays the foundation stone of Sree Nagnath temple in Sanquelim.

Inspiring to see women's institute make satellite in collaboration with ISRO: Somnath on XPoSat launch

Delhi: Mercury at 9°C as city wakes up to chilly New Year's morning; several trains delayed, IMD issues fog alert

"PSLV-C58/XPoSat Mission: The PS4 stage is successfully brought down to a 350 km orbit. Here are the PSLV-C58 tracking images," posts ISRO

Protests erupt in MP over hit-run-run case provisions in criminal law revamp

Tamil Nadu: Tourists and Ayyappa devotees gathered at Courtallam Main Falls, on the first day of the year 2024.

Russia launches 90 drones at Ukraine in hours leading into New Year's Day, Ukraine says

Russia launched 90 attack drones in hours leading into New Year's Day, with Ukrainian air defence systems destroying 87 of them, Ukraine's Air Force said on the Telegram messaging app. (Reuters)

Japan issues tsunami alert after magnitude 7.5 quake in northeastern area, reports AP

Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik addresses a public gathering at foundation stone laying ceremony of Bhubaneswar Metro rail project

The Ram Temple consecration ceremony will be held at 12.20 pm on January 22

Champat Rai, General Secretary of Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra gives 'Akshat' invitation to locals in UP's Ayodhya to celebrate the consecration of the Ram temple on January 22

"Gujarat welcomed 2024 with remarkable feat": PM Modi after state sets Guinness World Record for mass Surya Namaskar

Take one match at a time: Hockey legend Eliza Nelson's advice to Indian Women's Hockey Team ahead of Olympic Qualifiers

India reports 636 new cases, 3 deaths in the last 24 hours; Active caseload at 4,394

Outgoing Vice Chief of Naval Staff Vice Admiral SJ Singh lays a wreath at the National War Memorial in Delhi

Union MoS Meenakshi mekhi on Ram Temple consecration in Ayodhya

Vice Admiral Kiran Deshmukh has assumed charge as Chief of Materiel of the Indian Navy.

Commissioned as an Engineer Officer into the Indian Navy on 31 March 1986, he holds a Master's degree in Engineering and is a postgraduate from Defence Services Staff College, Wellington.

After becoming PM in 2014, the PM has significantly increased the fund allocation for railways development in West Bengal: Ashwini Vaishnav

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath inaugurate Samvid Gurukulam Sainik School for girls in Vrindavan

PM Modi tweets over ISRO's successful satellite launch

All three idols of Ramlala are ready, all three idols will be used in the temple: idol of Lord Ram,

Lt Gen Navin Sachdeva takes over the command of the Indian Army's White Knight Corps from Lt Gen Sandeep Jain

The Corps Commander exhorted all ranks of White Knight Corps to work relentlessly towards maintaining the operational preparedness of the highest order and ensuring peace & stability in the region

Embassy of India in Japan issues emergency contact numbers for Indian citizens following a strong earthquake and tsunami warnings

Watch: Scary visuals in Japan amid tsunami warning

A tsunami warning has been issued for the Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa prefectures of the Japan Sea side of the country after the 7.6 quake.

India and Pakistan exchange list of nuclear installations

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