India Eyeing Venus In 2023, More Than 2,000 Tourists Stranded In Manali + More Top News

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While the spacecraft to Venus will lift off with more than 20 payloads, the next decade will start with interplanetary missions — Xposat to study cosmic radiation in 2020, Aditya L1 to the Sun in 2021, Mars Orbiter Mission-2 in 2022, Lunar Polar Exploration or Chandrayaan-3 in 2024 and Exoworlds, an exploration outside the solar system in 2028.

Here's more top news of the day:

1) Over 2,000 Tourists Stranded In Chilling Cold Near Manali As Massive Landslide Blocked Roads

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Over 2,000 tourists have been stranded in bone-chilling cold between Marhi and Chodah-Mor below Rohtang pass after a landslide blocked the highway at Chodah-Mor on Friday evening. Read more

2) NAANsense! Amritsari Chur Chur Naan And Chur Chur Naan Are The Same, Says High Court

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A different kind of war has been going on in Delhi – the one over terms 'Chur Chur Naan' and 'Amritsari Chur Chur Naan'. The Delhi High Court said that there cannot be any monopoly over both the terms as they are “completely generic”. Read more

3) 20 Lakh Children Are Waiting For Schools To Reopen In Puri After Cyclone Fani Destruction

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Close to two million children are staring at an uncertain future in cyclone-devastated districts of Odisha. On May 3, cyclone Fani made landfall in coastal districts of Odisha and ravaged several districts, leaving millions homeless. Read more

4) Six, Including A Priest, Sentenced To Life Imprisonment For Gang Rape Of 5 Women In Jharkhand

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A Khunti court on Friday sentenced a Christian priest and five local youths to jail for the rest of their lives in the Kochang gang rape case involving five women artists of an NGO. Read more

5) 11,000 Candidates Seek Euthanasia As They're Yet To Get Appointed Despite Clearing UP Police Exams in 2013

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It has been five years since 11,000 candidates cleared the Uttar Pradesh Police recruitment exam in 2013 and they're yet to receive their appointment letters. "It has been six years but we have not been appointed yet. Read more