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Chang'e-6 mission, has achieved a major milestone by sending back its first images of the sun and moon from lunar orbit. The images were unveiled during a ceremony at the China National Space Agency (CNSA) to celebrate the successful mission, as reported by The Times of India. CubeSat's Successful Mission

Aurangabad (Maharashtra): The constituency is all set to witness a triangular fight between incumbent AIMIM MP Imtiaz Jaleel, Shiv Sena (UBT)'s Chandrakant Khaire and Shiv Sena (Shinde)'s Sandipan Bhumre. The constituency had been bastion of undivided Shiv Sena till 2014. In 2019 election, Asaduddin Owaisi-led AIMIM's candidate Imtiaz Jaleel defeated Chandrakant Khaire.

Pakistan 1-0 down in the three-match T20 series, which comes just ahead of the upcoming T20 World Cup which will be played in the United States and the West Indies from June 2. Notably, the two teams will also face each other in the group stages of the T20 World Cup next month.

Jaishankar said in Amritsar on Friday that Indians have to pay a fee of USD 20 to visit Kartarpur Sahib, which was imposed by Pakistan, but no fee should be charged for it. Jaishankar said this during an interactive session in Amritsar. After attending the nomination filing of the BJP candidate from Amritsar Lok Sabha constituency, Taranjit Singh Sandhu, on Friday, Jaishankar clarified that 'Kartarpur is not only in our hands. We have to make an agreement with Pakistan, adding, «The USD 20 dollar fee that I remember, this was not implemented by us, it was by Pakistan.»

surveillance capabilities along the Pakistan border, the Indian Army is set to receive the first Hermes-900 Starliner drone on June 18. The Hermes-900 known as the Drishti-10 drone is being supplied to Indian forces including Indian Army and Navy by AdDefence Systems. «The first of the two drones to be acquired by the Indian Army would be handed over to the force on June 18 in Hyderabad. The supplies are part of the deal signed under the emergency powers given to forces by the Defence Ministry,» defence officials told ANI.

Venue : Castle Avenue, Dublin Ireland squad - Andy Balbirnie, Harry Tector, Paul Stirling, Ross Adair, Curtis Campher, Gareth Delany, George Dockrell, Lorcan Tucker, Neil Rock, Barry McCarthy, Ben White, Craig Young, Graham Hume, Mark Adair Pakistan squad - Agha Salman, Babar Azam, Fakhar Zaman, Irfan Khan, Saim Ayub, Usman Khan, Iftikhar Ahmed, Imad Wasim, Shadab Khan, Azam Khan, Mohammad Rizwan, Abbas Afridi, Abrar Ahmed, Haris Rauf, Hasan Ali, Naseem Shah, Shaheen Afridi Ireland vs Pakistan Live Score: Pakistan (Playing XI) - Babar Azam (C), Saim Ayub, Mohammad Rizwan (WK), Fakhar Zaman, Shadab Khan, Azam Khan, Iftikhar Ahmed, Imad Wasim, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah and Abbas Afridi. Ireland vs Pakistan Live Score: Ireland (Playing XI) - Paul Stirling (C), Mark Adair, Andy Balbirnie, Curtis Campher, Gareth Delany, Harry Tector, Lorcan Tucker (WK), George Dockrell, Barry McCarthy, Ben White, Craig Young.

Congress national general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Friday alleged the ruling BJP seeks votes in the name of God instead of talking about how it will control inflation or provide employment to people. Addressing a number of 'nukkad sabhas' in support of Congress candidate from Amethi Lok Sabha seat Kishori Lal Sharma, Priyanka Gandhi said while Prime Minister Narendra Modi claims on TV that his government did in 10 years the work that was not done in the last 70 years, the situation on the ground level is different. Sharma is pitted against sitting Amethi MP Smriti Irani. The BJP leader had wrested the seat, which was considered a Gandhi family stronghold, from Rahul Gandhi in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. Targeting Irani, Priyanka Gandhi said her sole intention was to defeat Rahul Gandhi.

Delhi poll body has various mechanisms in place to monitor paid news and social media, Chief Electoral Officer P Krishnamurthy said, even as he admitted that it is not plausible to keep a check on online platforms due to the large volumes of content. In an interview with PTI, Krishnamurthy also dismissed allegations about the poll panel being biased and asserted that it provides a "level playing field". Announcing the schedule of the general elections for the 18th Lok Sabha, Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar noted the complexity of tackling misinformation in the digital age and said the Election Commission had put in place certain measures to nip misinformation in the bud. Kumar had also said the commission would launch a "Myth vs Reality" project to clear the air around fake news on social media.

Pakistan being discussed when elections are taking place in India and the unemployment rate here is at a 45-year high, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra asked on Friday as she hit back at the BJP on the row over Mani Shankar Aiyar's remarks. She also asked the ruling party to fight the polls on real issues. In an exclusive interview with PTI, Priyanka Gandhi accused the BJP of raising the Hindu-Muslim rhetoric to win the elections and asserted that the people don't want the polls to be contested on the basis of religion and caste. «People are saying you've (the BJP) won two elections on religion and now move forward from that,» the Congress general secretary said.

Celebrations erupted at AAP's office in Delhi after the Supreme Court granted interim bail to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal till June 1. Jubilant workers danced and raised slogans such as "Jail ke taale toot gaye, Kejriwal ji choot gaye". In a major relief, the Supreme Court on Friday granted Kejriwal interim bail to campaign in the Lok Sabha elections. A bench of Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Dipankar Datta said Kejriwal, arrested in a money-laundering case linked to the alleged excise policy scam, will have to surrender and go back to jail on June 2.

BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday said Modi and his cabinet colleague Amit Shah are «worried» after the third phase of the Lok Sabha elections and they started abusing the Congress party. Addressing a press conference here, Kharge said to the BJP leaders, instead of seeking votes on their «development,» they are abusing the Congress leaders and distorting their (Congress) leaders' speeches, which according to him, is not required. Stepping up the attack on the saffron party, he asked «What is PM Modi doing if Congress is getting tempo loads of money from „Adani and Ambani?“ »After three phases of polls, Modi and Shah Saab got worried. They stopped talking about their manifesto, but only are abusing Congress," Kharge said.

MLAs on Friday withdrew their plea from the Supreme Court against the Himachal Pradesh Assembly speaker's decision to disqualify them from the House. A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta was told by senior advocate Abhinav Mukherjee, appearing for the former MLAs, that they want to withdraw the petition. «We knew this was going to happen due to the elections,» the bench observed while allowing them to withdraw their plea. The six former MLAs are now contesting assembly bypolls, which were necessitated after their disqualification, as BJP candidates.

Election Commission of India on Friday criticised Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge for allegedly 'obstructing' the ongoing Lok Sabha elections. The commission has termed Kharge's views as 'aggression on vitals of live election operations.' "Baseless allegations regarding release of voter turnout data in middle of ongoing polls are designed to create confusion, misdirection and impediments in the conduct of free and fair polls. Utterances can have negative impact on voters’ participation and demoralize the large election machinery across states," news agency ANI quoted EC as saying. “The pattern in series of past, present irresponsible statements from the Congress party is disconcerting,” the commission said.

NCP (SP) president Sharad Pawar on Friday said the parliamentary democracy is under threat because of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and he won't ally with those who do not believe in it. Pawar's statement has come after the prime minister advised the NCP (SP) and Shiv Sena (UBT) to join hands with Ajit Pawar and Eknath Shinde after the Lok Sabha poll results instead of «dying by merging» with the Congress. Speaking to reporters here, Pawar said it is his clear opinion that parliamentary democracy is under threat because of PM Modi. «Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and former Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren were arrested and put behind bars. This (the arrests) would not have been possible without the role of the Central government and Central leadership. This shows how much faith they have in the democratic system,» the party chief said.

Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar's recent remarks regarding Pakistan have ignited a fresh political controversy, with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) accusing the Congress of having a soft stance towards India's neighbor. In an interview with 'Chill Pill,' Aiyar suggested that India should «respect» Pakistan due to its possession of nuclear weapons. He emphasized the importance of engaging in dialogue with the neighboring country. «They are also a sovereign country (Pakistan). They are a respected nation. You can talk tough with them (Pakistan). But start the dialogue. You are walking with a gun which yielded you nothing. Tensions are escalating. And if a mad person comes there, what will happen to the nation? They have an atom bomb. We also possess the atomic bomb. But if a mad person detonates our bomb at Lahore station, so within eight seconds, eight moments, its radioactivity will reach Amritsar,» Aiyar said in the video going viral on social media.

Sam Pitroda sparked controversy with his 'African' remark, party leader Mani Shankar Aiyar on Friday courted a fresh stir by saying, “Pakistan is a respected nation that also possesses an atom bomb." The clip of Aiyar's remark in an interview with Chill Pill went viral on social media. “They are also a sovereign country (Pakistan). They are a respected nation.

Also Read: Lok Sabha elections 2024: Sanjay Raut praises 50 years of Congress rule, says ‘after June 4, Modiji…’ The Maharashtra unit of the BJP has said that Raut tried to draw parallels between Modi and Aurangzeb, adding, “Such comments are a ‘direct threat’ to the life of the PM," PTI reported. On Thursday, the BJP also wrote to the Election Commission and Mumbai police seeking action against Raut In its complaint to the EC, the party also said that such comments could potentially lead to communal disharmony and hamper the peaceful conduct of the electioneering process.

Reuters, adding one was injured too. Identifying the victims, the police said that the workers were from Sahiwal in Punjab. Police have taken the injured to the hospital for treatment and started an investigation to arrest the perpetrators.

AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi and his brother Akbaruddin, saying that if police were removed from duty for “15 seconds"., they brothers would not know from where they came and where they went. "The younger one (Akbarauddin) says remove the police for 15 minutes and we will show what we can do. Let me tell the younger one, you will take 15 minutes; it will be only 15 seconds for us.

Also Read: 'Remove police for 15 seconds': In Hyderabad BJP leader Navneet Rana issues open threat to Owaisi brothers Reacting to her remark, Asaduddin Owaisi said he would like to tell Prime Minister Narendra Modi to give her even one hour. "I tell Modi ji - give her 15 seconds. What will you do?...Give her 15 seconds, give her 1 hour.

Also Read: IAF Convoy Attack Highlights: 1 soldier killed after terrorist attack IAF convoy in J&K's Poonch; search on On Tuesday, two terrorists, including wanted terrorist of Lashkar-e-Toiba Basit Dar, were killed in an encounter in the area. The third terrorist was killed in the Redwani Payeen area on Wednesday.