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Sriharikota to get 3rd launch pad for bigger spacecraft

The government on Thursday approved setting up of a third launch pad at Sriharikota to send heavier spacecraft into orbit as it aims to build a space station, carry out human spaceflight Gaganyaan......

ISRO scripts history with successful docking of satellites in space

India became the fourth country in the world to successfully dock two satellites in space and took the first step towards setting up its own space station -- Bharatiya Antriksh Station......

ISRO's SpaDeX satellites close in for historic docking

The two Space Docking Experiment (SpaDeX) satellites that the Indian Space Research Organisation is hoping to unite are at a distance of 1.5 km and will be brought much closer on January 11, the......

PSLV Rocket: 1 To 60 In Three Decades

In terms of success rate, the PSLV rocket has an enviable record of 57 successful missions out of 58 commercial ones. IMAGE: ISRO successfully launched the PSLV-C59 mission with the European Space......

India can never permit others to have a veto on its choices: Jaishankar

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said India can never permit others to have a veto on its choices and will do whatever is right in the national interest and for the global good without......

Inequality a relative concept; absolute poverty India's urgent concern: CEA

Chief Economic Advisor (CEA) V Anantha Nageswaran considers absolute poverty a more direct and pressing concern for India. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com He argues that inequality is a......

Aditya-L1 fires up funding prospects for pvt space cos

The successful launch of Aditya-L1 — the country’s maiden mission to study the Sun — is expected to garner increased investor interest in the Indian space sector and trigger more......

Moody's affirms India's rating, flags political risks

Moody's Investors Service on Friday affirmed India's rating at the lowest investment grade of 'Baa3', with a stable outlook, saying high growth will support a gradual increase in income levels, but......

'I've Been A Puppet In Shoojitda's Hands'

'Shoojitda's prep was unique and a nice, refreshing change for me.''In the three to four months of preparation that we did, I think we only read two scenes.' 'We spent two, three months where he......

'I'm The Boss Man Of All The Villains'

'Jitendra Pratap Singh (his character in Vedaa) believes in the divisive politics of society and that is more dangerous than the regular goons.' IMAGE: Abhishek Banerjee will be next seen in Stree......

'I Am Getting 1,000 Calls Every Day'

'I am 7 feet and 7 inches tall.' How do you make sense of striding across two polar opposite professions? You don't, you just dive straight into it. Jammu-based Sunil Kumar is a police constable......

Deadly Spanish floods force cancellation of matches

IMAGE: A person reacts to heavy flooding on a street after the Spanish meteorological agency put the Valencia region in the highest red alert for extreme rainfalls, in Llombai, Valencia, Spain.......

Chilled athletes embrace strategies to beat Paris heat

IMAGE: Canada's Evan Dunfee poses as he celebrates winning bronze at the 2019 Doha world championships. Photograph: Aleksandra Szmigiels / Reuters While most of his rivals prepared for the 50......

All roads lead to Paris in 2024

IMAGE: Paris is will continue to be dogged by the usual gripes about staging the greatest show on earth. Photograph: Gonzalo Fuentesi/Reuters All sporting roads lead to Paris next year with......

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