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Noted scientist Sekhar Basu was today given one-year extension as Atomic Energy Secretary, till mid September next year.

Achutha Reddy, a psychiatrist from Telangana who was stabbed and killed in the US, allegedly by an Indian-American patient, is being credited by those he treated as a lifesaver.

An 18-year-old pilot in Australia has set the Guinness World Record for being the youngest person to take a solo trip around the globe in an aircraft.

A team of six naval officers are starting a historic and gruelling around-the-world mission on Sunday -- the first circumnavigation of the globe by an all-female crew of the Indian navy.

Journalist Gauri Lankesh, who was shot dead at her home in Bengaluru last night, was a fierce activist, who openly expressed her pro-Naxal and Leftist views.

Details about Ri's life and career are sparse, but she was reportedly born in 1943 to a poor family in what is now the southeastern part of the country and attended theater school in Pyongyang.

On teacher's day, google doodle paid tribute to the birth anniversary of India's celebrated teacher and its first vice president, Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan.

India celebrates teachers' day today to commemorate the birth of Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, we tell you about celebrities who served as teachers at a point in their lives.

Former union home secretary Raj Kumar Singh has been been given the tasked to lead the Power Ministry as Minister of State (Independent Charge) in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's third cabinet reshuffle today. He has also been given the responsibility ofNew and Renewable Energy Ministry.

Nine ministers join Prime Minister Narendra Modi's cabinet today were told that they were chosen with great consideration. Meeting with them before the oath ceremony, PM Modi reportedly told the ministers to perform and "do a good job".

Noted economist Rajiv Kumar today took over as the vice-chairman of government think tank NITI Aayog.

Joseph Yuvaraj Pillay, an Indian-origin veteran civil servant, was today appointed as Singapore's acting president until a new head of state is sworn in later this month.

Princess Diana revolutionised the royal dress code with the help of some of the world's greatest designers during a glamorous life that came to a tragic end 20 years ago on Thursday.

Self-styled "godman" Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh was a far cry today from the villain-punching, alien-fighting hero he played on screen, pleading "Mujhe maaf karo" (have mercy on me) and breaking down as he was sentenced to 20 years in prison for raping two women followers over a decade ago.

As self-styled spiritual guru Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh was sentenced to 20 years in jail today, an appeal to his followers to abide "peacefully" by the court order came from Vipassana Insan, the chairperson of the Dera Sacha Sauda sect that the baba heads.