A day after being declared as one of the star campaigners for the party in the Assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh, senior Congress leader and former union minister RPN Singh on Tuesday resigned from the grand old party and joined the BJP. Singh, who joined the saffron party in the presence of state BJP president Swatantra Dev Singh and union ministers Dahrmendra Pradah and Anurag
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The first total lunar eclipse for this year begins at 8:47 am UTC (2:17 pm IST) on 26th May, lasting for approximately 5 hours and 2 mins. The full eclipse will appear at 11:11 am UTC (4:41 pm IST), will be maximum at 11:18 am UTC (4:48 pm IST) and will continue to be at its total state until 11:25 am UTC (4:55 pm IST). The complete lunar event will be over at 01:49 pm UTC (7:19 am IST).
The axis of Rahu-Ketu falls in the sign of Scorpio-Taurus. The most important planets under consideration during an eclipse are the Sun, Moon, Rahu and Ketu (North and South nodes otherwise known as the Dragon s Head and Tail in Vedic literature). This lunar eclipse occurs on Purnima Tithi of Vaishakha, Shukla Paksha, according to the Vedic calendar. Coincidently this day also falls on Buddha Purnima.
Celtic Connections is going online a week today - for a 19 day festival By Louise Glen
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Updated: 10:19, 08 January 2021
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The Celtic Connections online festival will begin one week today.
Across 19 days, the festival will present over 30 online performances between Friday January 15 and Tuesday February 2 2021.
St Lukes. Picture: Gaelle Beri
World class concerts will be available to view online with some of the biggest names on the Scottish music scene and beyond appearing on screens across the world as part of the winter festival.