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Meet Gopi Thotakura, India's 1st space tourist

Gopi Thotakura, an entrepreneur and a pilot, is set to become the first Indian to venture into space as a tourist on Amazon founder Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin's NS-25 mission. IMAGE: Gopi Thotakura.......

Battle Royale in Thiruvananthapuram

I have a bit of a personal dilemma: I have a soft corner for Shashi Tharoor, but I do like Rajeev Chandrasekhar's pitch, confesses Rajeev Srinivasan. IMAGE: Dr Shashi Tharoor, the Congress Lok......

IAF's Tejas aircraft crashes on way back from war game witnessed by PM

A Tejas light combat aircraft (LCA) of the Indian Air Force crashed near a residential colony in Jaisalmer on Tuesday while returning from a tri-services military exercise in Pokhran desert in the......

Will BJP commit to 3% of GDP for defence spending?

Neither the BJP, nor the Congress before it, made any manifesto commitments on defence spending, even though allocations have plummeted from 4 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) in the late......

Top general calls PLA combat capabilities 'fake'

In a surprise development, a top Chinese military general has cast aspersions on the People's Liberation Army (PLA)'s much-publicised 'real combat-oriented exercises' as 'fake combat capabilities'......

Large domestic order book, exports growth key drivers for defence stocks

Defence exports grew 33 per cent in the calendar year 2023 (CY23) to around Rs 21,083 crore while domestic defence orders serviced by listed companies were Rs 48,000 crore. The sector is poised for......

Recent rally leaves little room for IT firms to disappoint

Analyst are cautious about the performance of IT services sector from January to March quarter (Q4) of FY24 and the first half (H1) of FY25. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com While the......

Analysts remain selective about space-related stocks

Recently, the government relaxed foreign direct investment (FDI) norms for the space sector by allowing 100 per cent FDI in manufacture of components, systems or sub-systems for satellites, ground......

Air India, TASL to invest Rs 2,300 crore in Karnataka

Air India and Tata Advanced Systems Ltd (TASL), a player in aerospace and defence solutions, on Monday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Karnataka government for an investment of......

Indian co to make doors of Airbus 220 planes

Aircraft maker Airbus on Thursday announced awarding a contract to Indian company Dynamatic Technologies for manufacturing all the doors for its next-generation narrow body A220 planes, giving a......

'God willing, there will Gadar 3, maybe even Gadar 4'

'Gadar 2 was made with the purpose of entertaining people and not to perpetuate enmity between neighbouring countries.' IMAGE: Writer Shaktimaan with Sunny Deol on the sets of Gadar 2. Photograph:......

World Cup final: IAF's Surya Kiran team to put on air show

IMAGE: The Indian Air Force's Surya Kiran Aerobatic Display Team conducts an air show in their Hawk Mk 132 aircraft over Lachit Ghat in Guwahati in September last year. Photograph: ANI The......

PIX: Humanoid robot ARTEMIS ready to play some soccer!

IMAGE: A full-sized humanoid robot named ARTEMIS is shown at UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, where mechanical engineering students developed a first of its kind robot in Los Angeles,......

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