The two-man crew of a Soyuz rocket made a successful emergency landing on Thursday after an engine problem on lift-off to the International Space Station, in a major setback for the beleaguered Russian space industry. U.S. astronaut Nick Hague and Russian cosmonaut Aleksey Ovchinin were rescued without injuries in Kazakhstan. …

India accounts for the largest number of individuals staying in the U.K. illegally, and the number of those subjected to forced returns to India has fallen by 50% in three years, Britain’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office has said. The problem of “visa overstayers” was highlighted by the department in its …

Ogyen Trinley Dorje, the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa, met with Trinley Thaye Dorje, a rival claimant in the Tibetan movement. While the Dalai Lama has on several occasions in the past endorsed Ogyen Trinley Dorje as the future of the Tibetan movement, the other Buddhist leader has also laid claim to …

At least one in five Indian children under the age of five are ‘wasted,’ which means they have extremely low weight for their height, reflecting acute under-nutrition, according to the Global Hunger Index 2018. The only country with a higher prevalence of child wasting is the war-torn nation of South …

Cyclone ‘Titli’ that left a trail of destruction in Andhra Pradesh and Odisha on Thursday was not as intense as Phailin and Hud-Hud that wreaked havoc in 2013 and 2014. However, high-speed winds and rain severely damaged the road network in both States. Around 100 houses collapsed in Bhamini, Jalumuru, …

Kudashev hints at more defence deals with India after the conclusion of the S-400 Triumf missile purchase India and Russia’s defence deals won’t be affected by the United States’ threat of sanctions, and several more defence deals are expected to be completed after the S-400 Triumf missile deal concluded on …

A probe by The Hindu and The Bureau of Investigative Journalism finds a veterinary drug producer promoting their misuse in poultry farming The world’s biggest animal drugs company has been accused of double standards and of exposing consumers in India to “higher levels of risk” by selling antibiotics for purposes …

Dassault Aviation said on Thursday that it chose Reliance Defence “freely” on the Rafale aircraft deal. The French military major issued a press statement a day after reports in the French media claimed that the company was made to choose Reliance Defence in a “trade-off” to get the Rafale fighter …

Reuter’s Correspondent at British Headquarters wiring today [October 9] says: Yesterday’s victory yielded us besides prisoners, sixty square miles of territory and a great haul of field guns, trench mortars and machineguns. Moreover, important tactical results were achieved. The enemy has been thrust back into the open country beyond any …

The Sub-Divisional Magistrate of Serampore has disposed of a case in which a Bengali youth named Bibhuti Bhusan Mukerjee was prosecuted for robbing Messrs. Clark and McGuir of their belongings from a first-class compartment of an up passenger between Howrah and Bhadeswar station. These gentlemen were sleeping in a compartment. …

Mutation fears put Gir lions in danger How serious are the lion deaths in Gujarat? A canine distemper virus (CDV) has led to many deaths in the Gir sanctuary. In September alone, 21 lions died. Every year, it is normal for 80-90 lions to die in Gujarat, according to wildlife …

Tamil Nadu’s Raj Bhavan must be made aware of the risks of the misuse of Section 124 Journalists have been hauled up in the past for writing allegedly objectionable articles. But the arrest of R.R. Gopal, Editor of the Tamil magazine Nakkheeran , Chennai, on a trumped-up charge under a …

Data on fatalities and injuries must jolt the government into action The Road Accidents in India report of the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways for 2017 comes as a disappointment. By reiterating poorly performing policies and programmes, it has failed to signal the quantum shift necessary to reduce death …

A series of pro-citizen policies in Delhi offers important lessons All parties and governments claim control over the nation’s resources, but the real question should be on where those resources are spent and how they are redistributed by people in power. Consider the case of the three-year-old Aam Aadmi Party …

It is time that marital rape is criminalised The Supreme Court’s verdict on Section 377 should be celebrated for ejecting an ugly Victorian norm from the Indian criminal justice system. The landmark decision breaks new ground by removing restrictions that made consensual sexual relations between members of the same sex …

Ahead of the PM’s visit to Japan, hopes are high for a greater synergy on security and connectivity issues Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Tokyo later this month will be keenly watched by India’s strategic community. Since he assumed office in 2014, Mr. Modi has made India-Japan relations a …

The Opposition parties have to press ahead with political adjustments to counter the dominant narrative The political discourse, as Assembly elections approach, is slipping to new lows. Addressing a rally in Madhya Pradesh recently, the president of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Amit Shah, once again described infiltrators as “termites”. …

There is space to resurrect the old movement as a soft balancing mechanism against powerful states The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) and its precursor, the Bandung Afro-Asian conference in 1955, were examples of soft balancing by weaker states towards great powers engaged in intense rivalry and conflict. As they had little …

U.K. now has a Suicide Prevention Minister Britain’s Prime Minister has appointed a Suicide Prevention Minister as part of a national effort to reduce the number of people who take their own lives. Theresa May named Jackie Doyle-Price to the newly created post on Wednesday.AP Source :  https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-life/uk-prime-minister-appoints-suicide-prevention-minister/article25185854.ece

Organic Sikkim on shortlist for FAO prize Sikkim’s achievement in becoming the world’s first totally organic agriculture State in India has won it a place on the shortlist of the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation’s (FAO) Future Policy Award. The FAO said that the award would celebrate policies that create …