TNA hands over nominations for polls

Isro?s Chandrayaan-3 launch next year: Govt

The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) plans to launch its third mission to the Moon next year, the government said on Wednesday. In a written response to a question in the Lok Sabha, minister of state for the department of space, Jitendra Singh, said that the Chandrayaan-3 mission will carry only a lander and a rover. The space agency earlier planned to launch the Chandrayaan 3 mission either in late 2020 or early 2021. However, most missions were rescheduled due to the Covid-19 pandemi

29 Mar, 2021

Swiss voters back proposal to ban full-face veils in public places

Two campaign posters on March 1, one, left, in favour of a ?burqa ban? initiative, reading in French: ?Stop Radical Islamism!? and the other against a free trade agreement with Indonesia, reading in French: ?Stop palm oil! No to the free trade agreement with Indonesia on March 7, 2021.? Voters in Switzerland backed a proposal on Sunday to ban full facial coverings in public places, despite women in Islamic full-face veils being an exceptionally rare sight in Swiss streets. Official results sho

29 Mar, 2021

Catholic Church wants Islamic preachers who promote extremism banished

The Catholic Church in Sri Lanka wants Islamic preachers who promote religious extremism to be banished from Sri Lanka. Issuing a statement, the Archdiocesan Committee for Justice to Easter Sunday Attack Victims emphasised that it is the responsibility of those in power and authority to protect peace and the rule of law in the country. The Catholic Church in Sri Lanka further urged all citizens of the country to pressure those in power to act on this urgently and to mete out justice to all the

29 Mar, 2021