Ariane rocket to launch ISRO's GSAT-30 satellite on Jan 17

India will launch a communication satellite GSAT-30 onboard Ariane-5 launch vehicle (VA 251) from French Guiana on January 17, Indian Space Research Organisation said on Monday. The 3,357-kg......

Is India's NavIC Better Than GPS?

NavIC consists of a constellation of seven satellites and a network of ground stations and is touted to be more accurate than GPS. IMAGE: The NavIC (Navigation with Indian Constellation) logo and......

One killed as gunmen target news van in Pakistan

An employee of Pakistan's leading media group Geo television network was killed and another injured when unidentified gunmen opened fire at a Digital Satellite News Gathering van in Karachi on......

India's latest communication satellite launched on board European vehicle

IMAGE: The GSAT-31 is a 'high power' communication satellite with Ku-band, and it is going to serve and replace some of the satellites that are going to expire soon. Photograph: Courtesy......

The Battle For Satellite Spectrum

While the market for satellite broadband currently is small, the potential is large as an estimated 30 per cent of the country does not have reliable terrestrial broadband services, reports......

Jugaad An Insult To Indian Innovation?

'When resources are few; when frugality demands repairing a broken thing rather than replacing it with a brand new and expensive option, enterprising commoners in rural and urban India improvise on......

Cinema halls going digital!

Filmmaker George Lucas is a Hollywood visionary. He was the first to make use of computers in film-making and special effects in "Star Wars" and was the first to shoot motion pictures digitally......

Mapping of sensitive areas: China probe against Coke

China has launched an anti-espionage investigation against US-based Coca-Cola for allegedly conducting illegal mapping in many sensitive areas of the mainland, a move that may escalate a spying row......

25 Years Ago in Bollywood...

1996, recapped. 25 years ago, Madras became Chennai, Dolly the sheep was successfully cloned, Doordarshan combatted aggressive satellite cable networking, Indian politicians engaged in a crazy game......