Vikram-S private rocket launch could be India's SpaceX moment

‘The current launch is a sounding rocket, this cannot be called a milestone. The importance is this is for the first time a private player is doing it.’ IMAGE: The Vikram-S rocket......

Partial lunar eclipse leaves stargazers thrilled

Stargazers across the country were treated to a visual delight as Earth cast its shadow on the moon in the last total lunar eclipse of the year on Tuesday. IMAGE: The moon partially covered by......

Air India: Will JRD Tata's Legend Return?

J R D Tata and Air India... Mrigank Warrier explores one of India's eternal love stories. IMAGE: J R D Tata was India's first qualified pilot; his flying license bore the legend No 1. Photograph:......

These photos from space will surely make you gasp!

If you want a reminder of just how gorgeous our universe is, then take some time to browse the winners of the 2020 Insight Investment Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition. French......

How effective will be PM's high-powered team in Paris meet?

India has suffered previously, especially from having small teams at the talks India’s team of negotiators for the United Nations Climate Change conference in Paris comprises officials drawn......

How much is Mother Earth worth?

Pricing can help prioritise the best use of conservation efforts and funding Researchers have assigned financial values to some of Earth’s most important natural resources. In 2012,......

Climate Change: Looking for hope beyond Lima conference

With the weaker-than-expected agreement at the recent Climate Change Conference at Lima, there is an urgent need to highlight endeavours in civil society and business for a sustainable global......

Carbon threshold crossed

While long term solution depends on each one of us altering our consumption patterns, the future depends on next generation technologists and entrepreneurs creating business models that naturally......

Review: Captain America: Civil War is the stuff of comic-book dreams

A Marvel film so good it makes all the others feel like a prologue, gushes Raja Sen. (Also, stay for the two end-credit scenes.)  “War, what is it good for?”  Despite the......

Ranbir's forgotten romance in Bachna Ae Haseeno

Sukanya Verma shares her nostalgic filmi week with us. From recalling my favourite moments in cricket in the enthusiastic vein of Amitabh Bachchan (think Namak Halal) and Aamir Khan......

Review: The Avengers: Age Of Ultron is rock and roll revelry

The Avengers: Age Of Ultron is one madly indulgent film says Raja Sen. “So if I lift it, I then rule Asgard?” Tony Stark doesn’t even take his jacket off the first time he......

ICC ODI World Cup Trophy tour launched in stratospheric fashion!

IMAGE: The ICC World Cup trophy tour was launched 120,000 feet above the Earth! Photograph: Kind courtesy ICC Twitter The ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 Trophy Tour kicked off in......