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From simulator sessions to yoga, astronauts train hard for Gaganyaan

Sessions on simulators, micro gravity familiarisation and survival in addition to flying practice and Yoga -- the training schedule of India's four astronaut-designates for the Gaganyaan human......

Modi reveals names of Gaganyan mission astronauts. They are...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday announced the names of the four astronauts--all IAF fighter pilots--for India's ambitious maiden human spaceflight mission Gaganyaan scheduled for next year.......

Gaganyaan astronaut Prasanth Nair is my husband, claims Kerala actor Lena

Malayalam actor Lena on Tuesday revealed on her Instagram account that she has been married to Indian Air Force fighter pilot Prasanth Balakrishnan Nair, hours after Prime Minister Narendra Modi......

4 Gaganyaan astronauts are among IAF's, and India's, finest

IAF's four fighter pilots undergoing rigorous training for the landmark Gaganyaan mission, and who earned the 'astronaut wings' on Tuesday, have a stellar resume. They have a flying experience in......

Gaganyaan astronauts trained at Rakesh Sharma's Russian center

The four astronauts who will be part of India's first human space flight program, Gaganyaan, were trained at the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut training center in Russia, the same center where Rakesh......

6 top AAI officials suspended for graft

Six senior Airports Authority of India officials have been suspended after a preliminary CBI probe found them allegedly favouring a private firm while awarding ground handling service contracts at......

FDI inflow to real estate lowest in 4 years

Foreign direct investment in the real-estate sector last year was the lowest in four years, but private equity activity gained momentum during the recent months, according to a study by an Indian......

Govt tries for an 'aam aadmi' orientation

To promote low-cost housing, this Budget proposes to extend the existing one per cent interest subsidy for a loan up to Rs 10 lakh for a house costing not more than Rs 20 lakh to apply for a......

IT sector kept out of industrial parks

In a move aimed at reducing tax exemptions ahead of Budget 2008-09, the government has said it will no longer permit new information technology units to be set up within industrial parks and......

Realty FII norms are unclear on pre-IPO stakes

Even as the delinking of foreign direct investment and foreign institutional investor norms in construction-development projects is likely to increase the flow of equity-based capital to real......

Kaaka Kakka shocks Gautam Menon!

Gautam Menon's second film Kaakka Kaakka - his first was Minnalae - has had a fantastic opening not only in the urban centres but in the interiors of Tamil Nadu too. Not even the director expected......

'Shastri, Gavaskar ideal'

Readers' take on the newly-formed panel to select the new coach.*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*MVP WorldHi !What do u mean by the right coach? Are u saying that John Wright was not a right coach?I don't......

Readers speak out!

Click here for moreSourav NiyogiWithout the Bengal tiger India seemed like headless chickens on the Kotla.....Ex cricketers and irresponsible media contributed to India's downfall.. once again it......

Anjali, Beenamol get Khel Ratna

Athlete K M Beenamol and shooter Anjali Bhagwat wereselected for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award, the country's highest sporting honour, on Friday.Twenty-one sportspersons, including cricketer......

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