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The Indian pugilists finished with eight medals, including three silver and five bronze, in the last edition of the tournament held in 2023.

NASA said it has found water traces on a sunlit surface of the Moon for the first time. The discovery was made using SOFIA, a joint project of NASA and the German Aerospace Centre. NASA is aiming to return humans to Moon in preparation of its next giant leap.

In a major development, NASA has said that it will announce an exciting new discovery about the Moon on October 26 (Monday). The announcement will be made from the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) at a media teleconference. The audio of the teleconference will stream live on the agency’s website.

A string of photographs of the actors with Kovind and Bulgarian President Rumen Radev was shared on the official Twitter account of the Indian President.   

It was a double delight for Indian boxer Vikas Krishan at the Strandja Memorial Tournament as he didn't just claim a gold medal but was also adjudged the best boxer of the event in the Bulgarian capital Sofia -- a first for an Indian.

Five-time world champion M C Mary Kom had to be content with a silver medal after going down in the final of the 69th Strandja Memorial boxing tournament for men and women on Sunday.

Asian Championships bronze-medallist Seema Poonia (+81kg) entered the final, while two other women boxers settled for bronze medals at the Strandja Memorial Tournament.

Former world silver-medallist Saweety Boora (75kg) and Meena Kumari (54kg) assured themselves of medals by entering the semifinals on a second successive day of mixed results for Indian boxers at the 69th Strandja Memorial Tournament.

Seema Punia was assured of a medal without a fight, while the likes of MC Mary Kom and Shiva Thapa were handed tricky draws in the 69th Strandja Memorial Boxing Tournament for men and women on Monday.

This will be the fourth year of full operations for Sofia, short for Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, with observations planned between February 2018 and January 2019.

Sofia is a Boeing 747SP jetliner modified to carry a 100-inch diameter telescope. It is a joint project of NASA and the German Aerospace Centre, DLR.   

SOFIA flies above 99 percent of the Earth's water vapour, enabling the research group to characterise the properties of the torus-shaped dust structures at far-infrared wavelengths.

NASA's SOFIA, the world's largest airborne astronomical observatory, recently completed a detailed study of this nearby planetary system.

Bulgaria's centre-right GERB party led in a parliamentary election, scoring 32.58 percent of the vote with 89.7 percent of ballots counted on Monday, data from the electoral commission showed.

Hyderabad-based startup Trupik Virtualisation has developed this app, where one can get to virtually drape clothes on a 3D replica of himself.

When a gas cloud collapses on itself, the cloud’s own gravity causes it to contract and the contraction produces heat friction.

SOFIA’s instruments observe infrared energy - one part of the electromagnetic spectrum which includes visible light, x-rays, radio waves and others.

130 migrants were discovered on Saturday in a refrigerated truck on the Bulgarian border with Turkey.

Bulgaria, Romania and Serbia pledged on Saturday to seek a Europe-wide solution to the migrant crisis but warned they would close their borders if other EU countries stopped taking new arrivals.

Bulgaria’s security forces have detained 137 foreigners in the capital Sofia in a sweep aimed at combating illegal migration, the country`s latest effort to tackle the migrant crisis challenging the Balkans region.