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"Think Hanuman Ji Was 1st Space Traveller": BJP MP Anurag Thakur To Students
It is a fact universally acknowledged that the first person to travel to space was Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin on April 12, 1961. However, former Union Minister Anurag Thakur appears to suggest to a group of young students that it was Lord Hanuman.
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Weapons, Gas And Trade: What To Expect From Vladimir Putin's China Visit
Russian President Vladimir Putin will travel to China this week to meet Xi Jinping, the Kremlin chief's first trip outside the former Soviet Union this year.
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Japan's Ispace Says Bid to Make First Commercial Moon Landing Failed After Likely Crash
Japan's ispace said its attempt to make the first private moon landing had failed after losing contact with its Hakuto-R Mission 1 (M1) lander when it unexpectedly accelerated and probably crashed on the lunar surface.
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Vladimir Putin Says Ukraine Conflict Is "Result of Soviet Collapse"
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that conflicts in countries of the former USSR, including Ukraine, are the result of the collapse of the Soviet Union.
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Vladimir Putin To Make First Overseas Visit Since Russia-Ukraine War: Report
Vladimir Putin will visit Tajikistan and Turkmenistan, former Soviet Union states in his first overseas trip since the Russia-Ukraine war, Russian state television Rossiya 1 reported. He will make the visit this week.
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Russian Gas Exports Drop 27 Per Cent In January-May: Gazprom
Russia's Gazprom said Wednesday its gas exports to countries outside of the former Soviet Union dropped by more than a quarter year-on-year between January and May after losing several European clients.
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Ukraine's First Post-Soviet President Dies At 88
Leonid Kravchuk, a former communist who helped signed the Soviet Union's death warrant and then served as the first president of independent Ukraine, has died at the age of 88, a senior official said on Tuesday.
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Telegram to Launch Paid Features for Business and Power Users in 2021
Telegram founder Pavel Durov said that the messaging app will launch paid features in 2021 for business and power users to generate revenue as it nears 500 million users.
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India Fourth To Test ASAT, Pioneered By US, Soviet Union 60 Years Ago
In the backdrop of the Cold War and perceived threat of strikes from space, both United States and the erstwhile USSR worked on the Anti-Satellite Weapons (ASAT) programme, but it was the former who tested it first in 1959.
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Sergei Lavrov Says Skripals May Have Been Poisoned By Substance Russia Never Made
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Saturday the nerve agent used to poison former Russian spy Sergei Skripal in Britain could have been the BZ substance - which was never produced in the Soviet Union or Russia.
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"Think Hanuman Ji Was 1st Space Traveller": BJP MP Anurag Thakur To Students
It is a fact universally acknowledged that the first person to travel to space was Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin on April 12, 1961. However, former Union Minister Anurag Thakur appears to suggest to a group of young students that it was Lord Hanuman.
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Weapons, Gas And Trade: What To Expect From Vladimir Putin's China Visit
Russian President Vladimir Putin will travel to China this week to meet Xi Jinping, the Kremlin chief's first trip outside the former Soviet Union this year.
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Japan's Ispace Says Bid to Make First Commercial Moon Landing Failed After Likely Crash
Japan's ispace said its attempt to make the first private moon landing had failed after losing contact with its Hakuto-R Mission 1 (M1) lander when it unexpectedly accelerated and probably crashed on the lunar surface.
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Vladimir Putin Says Ukraine Conflict Is "Result of Soviet Collapse"
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that conflicts in countries of the former USSR, including Ukraine, are the result of the collapse of the Soviet Union.
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Vladimir Putin To Make First Overseas Visit Since Russia-Ukraine War: Report
Vladimir Putin will visit Tajikistan and Turkmenistan, former Soviet Union states in his first overseas trip since the Russia-Ukraine war, Russian state television Rossiya 1 reported. He will make the visit this week.
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Russian Gas Exports Drop 27 Per Cent In January-May: Gazprom
Russia's Gazprom said Wednesday its gas exports to countries outside of the former Soviet Union dropped by more than a quarter year-on-year between January and May after losing several European clients.
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Ukraine's First Post-Soviet President Dies At 88
Leonid Kravchuk, a former communist who helped signed the Soviet Union's death warrant and then served as the first president of independent Ukraine, has died at the age of 88, a senior official said on Tuesday.
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Telegram to Launch Paid Features for Business and Power Users in 2021
Telegram founder Pavel Durov said that the messaging app will launch paid features in 2021 for business and power users to generate revenue as it nears 500 million users.
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India Fourth To Test ASAT, Pioneered By US, Soviet Union 60 Years Ago
In the backdrop of the Cold War and perceived threat of strikes from space, both United States and the erstwhile USSR worked on the Anti-Satellite Weapons (ASAT) programme, but it was the former who tested it first in 1959.
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Sergei Lavrov Says Skripals May Have Been Poisoned By Substance Russia Never Made
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Saturday the nerve agent used to poison former Russian spy Sergei Skripal in Britain could have been the BZ substance - which was never produced in the Soviet Union or Russia.
