'Incredibly enriching': Modi takes sortie on Tejas jet

Clad in an olive green fighter pilot G-suit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday took to the skies in the homegrown Light Combat Aircraft Tejas after which he said the experience has bolstered......

Mubarak's sons, ex-Egypt PM acquitted in corruption case

Ousted Egyptian dictator Hosni Mubarak's two sons and his last Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq were on Thursday acquitted of corruption charges by a criminal court in Cairo. Alaa and Gamal Mubarak......

AMAZING! The Class 9 Dropout Who Is Building Helicopters

'Just because of my background and poor academic qualifications, most people disbelieve what I have done.' Pradip Shivaji Mohite, a Class 9 dropout who has built 9 helicopter models, speaks to IAF......

ISRO, NASA in talks to place Indian on ISS next year

India and the US on Friday said they have started talks to put in place a strategic framework for human space flight by year-end as they plan to send an Indian astronaut to the International Space......

Shortage of charging stations may short-circuit India's EV revolution

Only a few thousand chargers dot the Indian landscape, some in working condition, others not, with some held hostage to the power supply vagaries of local utilities, reports S Dinakar. Photograph:......

Sea-plane lands in Nashik successfully

A 9-seater sea-plane of Maritime Energy Heli Air Services (MEHAIR) landed successfully in Gangapur dam near Nashik, thirty-five minutes after taking off from Juhu in Mumbai. Officials of MEHAIR and......

Planes overshoot runway thrice in 2 days: DGCA issues safety directions

In a circular, the DGCA said, Crew should be well aware of the aircraft limitations and of takeoff/landing performance calculations during the adverse weather operations.The regulator also said......

Mumbai realtors seek early green clearance

Mumbai’s struggling realty sector has received a partial relief with the Maharashtra government agreeing to set up a separate panel to carry out environment impact assessment of realty......