INDIA

Indian priest Richard D’Souza appointed director of Vatican Observatory

D’Souza, 47, a Jesuit priest who hails from Goa and who holds a doctorate in Astronomy will succeed the existing head of one of the world’s oldest astronomical observatories

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'Enough To Keep Them Awake...': PM Modi's 'BrahMos' Warning To Pakistan In Varanasi

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Election Commission has become PM Modi's 'puppet': Mallikarjun Kharge

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PM Modi's name among those I was forced to take: Pragya Thakur on Malegaon blast

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