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Undeterred by Coronavirus, IOC Rolls Out World’s Largest Supply Mission for Ladakh

The annual exercise is larger than the Berlin airlift in terms of tonnage hauled till date. For the next 3-4 months, 1,000 tankers will each make 10-12 trips on an average to Kargil and Leh from the company’s Jammu, Jalandhar and Sangrur terminals to create stockpiles of petrol, diesel, jet fuel, kerosene and LPG. Hindustan Petroleum will move some 20,000 kl from its Bhatinda refinery.

Pink Supermoon Going to Appear in India on April 8

While everyone in India right now is in lockdown till April 14, In between an interesting celestial event is going to happen from April 7 to April 8. Back on March 5 this year, NASA published an article confirming a Supermoon going to appear this year from April 7 moonrise to April 8 morning. In India, we will able to see the same event at 8:05 am IST on April 8.

The Forgotten Kingdom

Legend has it that Choudwar was the capital city of King Virata who ruled over the ‘Matshya Desha’ in ‘Dwapara Yuga’. He had constructed a grand palace at the centre of his capital. Besides, he was instrumental in building eight temples dedicated to Lord Shiva in the capital city. The shrines were popularly known as Chateswar, Bateswar, Kedareswar, Uttareswar, Maninageswar, Balunkeswar, Kapaleswar and Jhoteswar temples.

Pakistan Pushing Coronavirus Infected Terrorists Into Kashmir

Even as the world battles the novel Coronavirus pandemic, Pakistan seems to be unwilling to shed its dirty tricks against India. Republic TV has learnt that the Pakistan Army is working on a dubious plan in collaboration with the terror outfits as they are trying to push in COVID-19 infected Pakistani terrorists into Jammu and Kashmir — the intent is not only to get rid of their patients, but also cause mayhem in the region.

Smart Roads: How RoadBounce can Fix Roads and Save Lives

This is the aim of RoadBounce, a new technology created by Pune-based Definitics Software Solutions. “When you’re in your car on the road, you expect to have a smooth, safe, pothole-free ride. But this expectation is not met in many places in the world,” says founder Ranjeet Deshmukh. “On the other hand, road authorities always struggle to collect the data they need to find and fix dangerous road conditions.”