Nasa’s science rover Perseverance, the most advanced astrobiology laboratory ever sent to another world, streaked through the Martian atmosphere on Thursday and landed safely on the floor of a vast crater, it’s first stop on a search for traces of ancient microbial life on the Red Planet.

New Delhi: The Tata group is acquiring a 68 percent stake in online grocery platform BigBasket for around Rs 9,500 crore as it bids to expand in the fast-growing e-commerce space in India, according to sources.

Who is the most expensive player ever to play in the history of the IPL? At 16.25 crore, that record is now held by South Africa’s Chris Morris, bought by Rajasthan Royals in the 2021 auction in Chennai on Thursday.

The visit of INS Pralaya to Abu Dhabi is to participate in the NAVDEX 21 and IDEX 21 defense exhibitions scheduled to open on Sunday. Separately, INS Mysore, an indigenously built guided-missile destroyer, which is deployed in the Gulf region on a mission, is also making a port call at Abu Dhabi now for three days.

Mastercard partners with Razorpay to make digital payments accessible for MSMEs & startups – Exchange4media.

Odisha Government has announced a package of Rs 200-crore for 2021-22 fiscal for the implementation of the project.

Indian Navy gets third Scorpene submarine, to be commissioned as INS Karanj. The Indian Navy got its third Scorpene submarine, which will be commissioned as INS Karanj, of Project P-75 on Monday in Mumbai. … Two SSK submarines built by MDL in 1992 and 1994 are still in service today, after more than 25 years.

The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi addressed the valedictory function of the India Australia Circular Economy Hackathon (I-ACE) on February 19, 2021, via videoconferencing. The I-ACE was jointly organized by Atal Innovation Mission, NITI Aayog, Government of India, and Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia.

South-African all-rounder Chris Morris has broken all record as he became the costliest player in the history of Indian Premier League (IPL) auction, held in Chennai on February 18, 2021. IPL franchise Rajasthan Royals has bought Chris Morris for Rs 16.25 crore.

The theme of the 2019 World Social Justice Day is If you want peace and development, work for social justice. The theme of the 2020 World Social Justice Day is Closing the inequalities gap in achieving social justice. The theme of World Social Justice Day in 2021 is A Call for Social Justice in the Digital Economy.

Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has become the first cricketer in the 143-year history of Test cricket to take 200 wickets of left-handed batsmen. He achieved the feat during the second day of India’s second Test against England at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai.

ISL dictionary contains total 10,000 terms. These includes the 6000 terms of the first and second edition of the dictionary.

Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs has launched a Pilot Pey Jal Survekshan under Jal Jeevan Mission- Urban, JJM-U. Secretary Housing and Urban Affairs Durga Shanker Mishra informed that it will be conducted in cities to ascertain the equitable distribution of water, reuse of wastewater and mapping of water bodies with respect to quantity and quality of water through a challenging process.

Prizewinning writer Irwin Allan Sealy’s new novel ‘ASOCA: A Sutra’, an imagined memoir of Ashoka The Great, the emperor who ruled Indian sub-continent and played a pivotal role in spreading Buddhism from India to other parts of Asia in the 3rd century BC.

DCCDL is a joint venture firm of DLF and Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC. Real estate major DLF Group’s rental arm DLF Cyber City Developers Ltd (DCCDL) has acquired 51.8 percent stake in Fairleaf Real Estate Pvt Ltd for ₹ 780 crores.

The state government of Odisha, under Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has launched the development work for the SAMALEI Project (Samaleswari Temple Area Management and Local Economy Initiatives), to offer divine experience to tourists & devotees.The project involves the development of 108 acres of land in & around the 16th-century shrine of Maa Samaleswari, the presiding deity of western Odisha.

Scientists have just pulled DNA that’s more than 1 million years old from teeth and tusks left behind by mammoths that traversed an ice-covered Siberia. The teeth and tusks were preserved in the region’s permanently frozen ground.

The Arbor Day Foundation and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) have recognized Hyderabad as the 2020 Tree City of the World. Hyderabad has been chosen for this recognition for its commitment to maintaining and growing the urban forest.

An IIT Madras-Incubated start-up Pi Beam Electric has recently launched a sustainable electric two-wheeler, dubbed as PiMo. The utility e-bike has been developed for personal and commercial use. It does not require a licence or registration.

Senior off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin on Sunday surpassed Harbhajan Singh to become the second-highest wicket-taker in Tests played in India.

Delhi Police was adjudged as the best marching contingent among the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) and other auxiliary services.

The National Informatics Centre (NIC) of India has launched an instant messaging app just like WhatsApp for government employees called Sandes. Notably, this app is an upgrade to NIC’s existing Government Instant Messaging System (GIMS) app.

Facebook has blocked Australian users from sharing or viewing news content on the platform, causing much alarm over public access to key information. It comes in response to a proposed law that would make tech giants pay for news content on their platforms.

The National Informatics Centre (NIC),under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, has launched an instant messaging platform called “Sandes”.Similar to WhatsApp, the new government instant messaging systems (GIMS) platform can be used for all kinds of communications by anyone using a mobile number or email id.

PM Narendra Modi on February 18, 2021, launched the ‘Mahabahu-Brahmaputra’ initiative in Assam with an aim to provide seamless connectivity to Eastern Parts of the country. The initiative was launched with the inauguration of Ro-Pax vessel operations between Neamatighat-Majuli, North-South Guwahati, and Dhubri-Hatsingimari.

The districts of Thanjavur and Pudukkottai will gain especially. I want to appreciate the farmers of Tamil Nadu for a record food grain production and a good use of water resources.” “For thousands of years, this Grand Anicut and its canal systems have been the lifeline of the ‘Rice Bowl’ of Tamil Nadu,” he said

Former India wicketkeeper-batsman Naman Ojha has announced his retirement, from all formats of cricket.