NASA selects Indian-origin Anil Menon for moon mission

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NASA selects Indian-origin Anil Menon as one of 10 astronauts for moon mission

Indian-origin physician Anil Menon, a lieutenant colonel at the US Air Force, has been selected by NASA along with nine others to be astronauts for future missions, the American space agency has announced. Menon, 45, was born and raised in Minneap..
Five-member Indian family dies in head-on car crash near Riyadh

Six people, including a Saudi citizen and five members of an Indian family, were killed and five Saudis injured in a horrific accident on Friday. The head-on-collision crash between Toyota Land Cruiser and Corolla cars, in which the Saudi and Indian ..
Indian granny who learnt to read and write at 104

Kuttiyamma, a 104-year-old woman in the southern Indian state of Kerala, had always wanted to go to school. But an early marriage and a life centred on household chores put an end to that dream. But her dream became realistic when she finally g..
Flight MH370 wreck pinpointed 4km deep in Indian Ocean in new report

A British aerospace engineer claims to have pinpointed the precise coordinates where Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 crashed and dropped to the bottom of the southern Indian Ocean, injecting new hope one of aviation's great mysteries might finally b..
Indian man builds one-third sized Taj Mahal replica for wife

An Indian man has built a one-third sized replica of the historic Taj Mahal for his wife, but unlike the original, it’s their residence, not a mausoleum. Constructed with white marble from the same city in Rajasthan state that provided the T..
Indian Principal Hangs Student Off Building Upside Down

Picture of second grader being punished goes viral Netizens expressed their outrage after an image of a school principal in India hanging a student off a building by his legs has gone viral. According to AryNews, the principal, Manoj Vishwakarm..
Indian producers take Kabul evacuation mission to silver screen

A new Bollywood movie is set to portray India’s dramatic evacuation mission from Kabul following the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan. Producers have revealed that the film will show the commitment and patriotism of Indian special forces in r..
Indian court denies bail to Bollywood superstar’s son

An Indian magistrate on Friday rejected the release on bail of Bollywood megastar Shah Rukh Khan’s son, who was arrested this week in a drug raid on a luxury cruise ship, as the state narcotics agency expressed fear that he could tamper with ev..
Kohli becomes first Indian to reach 10,000 runs in T20 cricket

Virat Kohli became the first Indian batsman to notch up 10,000 runs in Twenty20 cricket during his side Royal Challengers Bangalore's (RCB) game against the Mumbai Indians in Dubai on Sunday. The 32-year-old is the second man after West Indies..

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