Chidambaram said he was honoured that the two leaders visited him.
It has been a half-century since Neil Armstrong stepped out of a lunar module and onto the surface of the moon on July 20, 1969 and declared, "That's one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind." The moment heralded a golden age of space exploration that was set in motion just eight years earlier in 1961, when United States President John F Kennedy promised before Congress to put a man on the moon before the decade was out. Here are some lesser-known facts about the historic first mission:
If convicted of the conspiracy charge set forth in Count One, Williams and Mirza face a maximum punishment of five years imprisonment, a fine of USD 250,000 and three years supervised release.
Cancer diagnosis can disrupt a young woman's body image, the intimacy with the partner and the ability to engage in sex.
The Trump administration terminated India's designation as a beneficiary developing nation under the Generalized System of Preferences in June.
Tulsa is the third US city to confer honourary citizenship on the Sarod legend. Houston and Nashville had made him their citizen in 1997. In 1984, Massachusetts had declared April 20 as Amjad Ali Khan Day.
'There is indeed a link between BCG vaccination and resistance to COVID-19.'
He allegedly killed his wife, 30-year-old Navneet Kaur, late Thursday in her home in Arizona capital where she lived alone.
In the crucial ninth game Suarez Navarro seemingly held but Sabalenka challenged an ace at 40-15 and won the discussion.
Williams, who qualified for the Boston race by finishing the Houston Marathon last year in 3 hours, 29 minutes and 57 seconds, will run the race on a station treadmill.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday
Williams said her long stay in space would definitely help her face the rigours of the long journey to Mars.
Angel Di Maria is working hard on his fitness for the chance to play a part in Argentina's Copa America Centenario final against title holders Chile on Sunday after bad luck in two previous finals.
Boney Kapoor performed the last rites with his daughters Janhvi and Khushi by his side.
The NASA contract engineer had received a poor job review and feared that he could be fired.
The space agency officials said that its operations were not interrupted by the incident. NASA employees watched the drama on television as they were locked down.
Six Indian-American Malayalees and a US citizen will be honoured by an Indian-American organisation in US for their outstanding achievements in their fields of specialisation.
'Mere fundamentals will not do the trick,' cautions former commerce secretary Rahul Khullar.
Former Enron chief executive Jeffrey Skilling was on Monday sentenced to more than 24 years in jail for massive fraud and conspiracy in one of the biggest scandals in US corporate history.
'It's pretty likely that Kissinger, Rice et al came bearing gifts (read Trojan Horses) from McDonnell Douglas, Boeing, Grumman, Northrop, and all the other Military Industrial Complex stalwarts,' argues Rajeev Srinivasan.
A new study says passive smokers may be at higher risk of diabetes.
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Cornyn said he was hopeful that the full Senate will pass the agreement by the year end.
A team from Jalandhar-based Apeejay School has won the gold medal in a "Space Settlement Design Competition".
Enron Corp's former chief accountant agreed to plead guilty on Tuesday to criminal conduct that preceded the energy giant's collapse into bankruptcy
In this moment there has to be honest acknowledgement of how so many in our community willingly voted for another four years of Trump, based on the morally flimsiest of reasons, points out Suleman Din.
Crew from a United States segment of the International Space Station was recently moved after gas leak alarm went off. Though the members were evacuated post the ammonia leak scare, it turned out to be a false alarm due to some computer problem according to Nasa officials, the BBC reported.
A 61-year-old Indian national has been arrested in the United States on charges of sexually assaulting a fellow woman passenger aboard a domestic flight.
Kerala top the list of state-wise break-up of repatriation requests with 25,246, followed by 6,617 from Tamil Nadu and 4,341 from Maharashtra. A total of 3,715 people from Uttar Pradesh requested for evacuation, 3,320 from Rajasthan, 2,796 from Telangana and, 2,786 from Karnataka.
Unseeded Vince Spadea advanced to the quarter-finals of the U.S. Clay Court Championships after the Australian Open finalist retired with a sore back.
An opportunity to fly on its famous 'Weightless Wonder' aircraft.
Bankrupt energy giant Enron's financial whiz Andrew Fastow was on Tuesday sentenced to six years in prison and two years of community service for his role in the spectacular collapse of the firm.
The relief operation gave a new purpose to the organizations which had so far been organizing only Hindu festivals and several volunteers said what they were doing would change their entire outlook.
