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NEW DELHI, May 29 (Xinhua) -- The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) on Monday successfully launched a second-generation navigation satellite NVS-01, officials said.

The navigational satellite weighing about 2,232 kg was launched on board an expendable Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle rocket from Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh state.

According to the ISRO, NVS-01 is the country's first second-generation satellites envisaged for the Navigation with Indian Constellation services.

Kanpur: We will have to water the crop (Palewa) in Kanpur, Kanpur Dehat, and Fatehpur as well.

We will have to do Palewa in Kanpur, Kanpur Dehat, Fatehpur, said a weather scientist here.

However, it will have to be done less than what was done earlier, because these areas have received 8 to 10 mm of rain.

Farmers should do ploughing again after doing light ploughing. Good tillage will be possible only when there is moisture in the soil.

NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s major opposition parties on Sunday boycotted the inauguration of a new Parliament building by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a rare show of unity against his Hindu nationalist ruling party, which has ruled for nine years and is seeking a third term in next year’s elections.

Kanpur: The Kanpur Zoological Park has reportedly postponed the plan to set free the crane to its natural habitat for the time being.

The stork still searches for human company. The crane habituated to having cooked food was earlier taking noodles, khichadi, rice and daal. But over some time, the stork has begun taking raw food.

Kanpur: Intense heat has created a different scene here. The main wide road looks quite vacant as the people avoid moving during the day.

The mercury soars higher making the condition unbearable. On Tuesday the real feel of the temperature remains at 41° C.

While going to a shop on the road not far from his house in the Jajmau area the boy told there were no people on the road at about 2.23 in the day.

When he was asked why did you venture to go out he replied he needed to purchase noodles for lunch.

NEW DELHI, May 21 (Xinhua) -- India Meteorological Department has issued a heatwave alert for seven states, officials said on Sunday.

Heat wave conditions are very likely over some areas of Uttar Pradesh and Gangetic West Bengal, Jharkhand, south Haryana, West Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and north Madhya Pradesh, according to the department.

Hot and discomforting weather is expected over Odisha during the next five days, as well as over Konkan region, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, and Kerala until Monday.

Kanpur: The weather remains extremely hot here. The maximum temperature was recorded at 45 degrees Celsius at the Meteorological Center of the Air Force and 39.8 degree Celsius at the Meteorological Center of Chandrashekhar Azad Agricultural University respectively.

According to meteorologists, Kanpur was the fourth hottest city in the state.

SN Sunil Pandey, head of the Meteorological Department of Chandrashekhar Azad Agricultural University, sees no respite from the scorching sun and humid heat.

NEW DELHI, May 20 (Xinhua) -- The Indian Air Force (IAF) has decided to ground the fleet of Russia-made MiG-21 until investigation will determine the cause of the crash of one of these fighter jets in the western state of Rajasthan earlier this month, local media reported on Saturday.

The IAF has as many as three squadrons of the MiG-21's Bison variant, among the total 31 squadrons, with a total of around 50 MiG-21 aircraft. The MiG-21 was inducted into the IAF in the 1960s, and 800 variants of the MiG-21 have been in service.

NEW DELHI, May 19 (Reuters) - China said on Friday that it is opposed to a G20 tourism meeting next week in the disputed Himalayan territory of Kashmir in India and will not attend.

India, which holds the chair of G20 this year, has organised a series of meetings across the country in the run-up to the summit in New Delhi in September.

"China is firmly opposed to holding any kind of G20 meetings in disputed territory, and will not attend such meetings," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said.

NEW DELHI, May 17 (NNN-PTI) – India yesterday described the U.S. report on international religious freedom as, one “based on misinformation and flawed understanding.”

The report talked about attacks on members of religious minority communities in India, in 2022, according to local media reports.

In response to media queries, regarding the U.S. report, spokesperson of India’s External Affairs Ministry, Arindam Bagchi, said that, it was “motivated.”