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Sinha, a 1974-batch officer of the Bihar cadre, had headed Director General of Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) force, the Railway Protection Force and served at senior positions in the Central Bureau of Investigation in Patna and Delhi before his appointment as CBI chief in 2012.

Nilakanta Siva is educating people on the disease

Nilakanta S. Siva is now a household name in some circles. The 77-year-old retired nuclear scientist from the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre has been educating people on cancer through his writings. He has also counselled hundreds of families through their toughest times. He has brought out around 20 publications, including three editions of the book, No One Fights Alone. The latest edition, launched virtually on Thursday, is a collection of writings by doctors, patients, care-givers, and family members who watched their loved ones slip away.

Chennai-based start-up Torus Robotics is manufacturing Unmanned Ground Vehicles to help ferry heavy loads for the Indian Army

“You think of ‘unmanned’, and you think of drones, in the sky,” says 25-year-old Vibhakar Senthil. In Ambattur — widely regarded as the Detroit of India — his start-up Torus Robotics is set to change that, by making Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGV) for the Indian Army.

The bike ride, organised by HOPE, was flagged off from Thiruvananthapuram on April 14

“A bike ride for the homeless and hungry across India” was flagged off from Thiruvananthapuram on April 14. It is organised by HOPE (Hold On Pain Ends), Thiruvananthapuram-based NGO, with Mahesh Parameswaran Nair, founder of HOPE, and Nikhil Simon, a travel photographer and volunteer, setting on a 35-day trip on a Royal Enfield bullet.

Cleartrip operations will be acquired by Flipkart and Cleartrip will continue to operate as a separate brand, a statement said

Walmart-owned Flipkart on April 15 said it will acquire Cleartrip, an online travel technology company.

Flipkart will acquire 100% of Cleartrip’s shareholding as the company further enhances its investments to strengthen its digital commerce offerings for customers, a statement said

ISRO has asked CNES to help prepare for Gaganyaan missions.

Space agencies of India and France on Thursday signed an agreement for cooperation for the country’s first human space mission Gaganyaan, the French space agency CNES said.

Nethra Kumanan became the first Indian woman ever to qualify for the Olympics in Sailing when she finished first in the laser radial class at the Mussanah Open.

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