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New Delhi: The railways has relaxed the upper age limit of employing people in various categories and said that the option of taking the recruitment exam in regional languages including Bangla and Malayalamwould be made available.

In a statement, the railways said, in the exam for assistant loco pilots and loco pilot, the revised upper age limit for the unreserved category has been fixed at 30 years, while it was 28 earlier. For OBCs it has been revised to 33 years from the earlier 31 years. For the SC and ST category, the age relaxation has been fixed at 35 years from the present 33.

New Delhi: Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) is considering launching the country's second AstroSat-2 or space observatory. 

The mission is meant to further the study of astronomy (the study of celestial bodies) and astrophysics.

Isro made the announcement of opportunity on February 3 to seek proposals from all institutions currently involved in astronomy/astrophysics for the development of scientific instruments for astronomy payload and mission. 

The advantage of having such a space observatory in outer space is that it helps observe distant planets, galaxies and other astronomical objects more clearly than from the Earth. Space telescopes avoid problems of ground-based observatories, such as light pollution and distortion of electromagnetic radiation.

New Delhi: US President Donald Trump has extended support to an effort for strengthening the federal gun background check system.

Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said the president spoke on Friday to Senator John Cornyn, a Texas Republican, about a bipartisan bill designed to strengthen the FBIdatabase of prohibited gun buyers.

"While discussions are ongoing and revisions are being considered, the President is supportive of efforts to improve the Federal background check system," Sanders said in a statement.

New Delhi: Veteran actor Kamal Haasan has met DMK president M Karunanidhi and superstar Rajinikanthahead the formal launch of his party on February 21.

After meeting the fellow actor earlier in the day, Haasancalled on 93-year old Karunanidhi at his residence in Chennai. 

Karunanidhi's son and DMK working president M K Stalin received Haasan and greeted him.

Emerging from the brief meeting with Karunanidhi, Haasan told reporters he called on the former chief minister to get his blessings and inform him about his political journey.