Dutee Chand joined her illustrious compatriots such as P T Usha in the list of athletes who have won more than one medal at the Asian Games as she added a silver to her kitty after finishing second earlier in the women's 100m dash, in Jakarta, on Wednesday.
The airlock at the lower pressure protects against decompression sickness, commonly called "the bends," as the two go to the even lower pressure of spacesuits on Tuesday.
Despite doubts about the take-off due to poor weather forecast and a two-hour delay before tanking operations, Discovery and its crew of seven lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center in Houston at 7:17 am IST.
Thirteen people were killed and 39 injured, five of them seriously, when their bus plunged into a gorge in Kullu, Himachal Pradesh early on Tuesday, Deputy Commissioner Chamel Singh said.
The Indian women, like their male counterparts, finished 11th in the hockey World Cup.
Lack of sanitation is leading to avoidable deaths of infants, and underweight and stunted children.
Couple commits suicide in police station
Anil Kapoor's daughter is set to make a high-profile debut.
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