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With drained battery and no fuel, India's Mars Orbiter craft quietly bids adieu

India's Mars Orbiter craft has run out of propellant and its battery drained beyond the safe limit, fuelling speculation that the country's maiden interplanetary mission 'Mangalyaan' may have......

Meant for 6 months, India's Mars orbiter craft completes 8 years in orbit

India's Mars orbiter craft has completed eight years in its orbit, well beyond its designed mission life of six months. Plans on a follow-on 'Mangalyaan' mission to the Red Planet, however, are......

India's Forever Debt To Bhabha, Sarabhai

Dr Bhabha and Dr Sarabhai didn't feel guilty for their ambitions; it was for those 'mad scientists' that India is a powerhouse -- both at the atomic level and in the vastness of space, observes......

Designed with just six-month life, India's Mangalyaan completes 7 years in space

India's Mars Orbiter spacecraft has completed seven years in its orbit, well beyond its designed mission life of six months. "Indeed, a satisfying feeling," K Radhakrishnan who as the then......

China's 1st Mars rover steps out to explore red planet

China's first Mars rover on Saturday drove down from its landing platform to the Martian surface to start exploring the surface of the red planet. The six-wheeled solar-powered rover named......

Growing crops in space, reaping the benefits on Earth

The ongoing experiments on Moon, Mars and elsewhere could translate into better crop yields and hardier plants that could thrive in inhospitable parts of the world, says Devangshu Datta. IMAGE:......

Films, books that inspire corporate head honchos

What do A-listers like to read, watch or listen to? And who are the people they admire? Here is a list -- IMAGE: The poster of the film Taare Zameen Par. The film is one of the favourites of Amit......

What Makes Malayalam Cinema So Distinctive?

The reasons are too private to be discussed at a round table, listed out during a seminar, or uncovered in an academic course.A proud but insomniac connoisseur murmuring in his sleep may do a......

Deepika wouldn't have played Piku if...

Piku released six years on May 7, 2015.Subhash K Jha unveils some fascinating facts about the film. IMAGE: Deepika Padukone and Amitabh Bachchan in Piku. Did you know that the original choice for......

Why Irrfan picked Piku over Matt Damon

In 2014, Irrfan opted out of Ridley Scott's sci-fi spectacle, The Martian. "Yes, I was offered The Martian," Irrfan had then told Subhash K Jha. "Ridley Scott and I met. I had a memorable......

Bollywood's SPACE adventures!

When it comes to courtship, Bollywood's romantics aim for the stars and moon. But when it comes to space travel, they develop cold feet. Neither Sushant Singh Rajput’s dream project,......

Here's how much Akshay, Shah Rukh have earned!

Meet Forbes' highest paid actors. After revealing the list of highest paid actresses in the world, Forbes magazine has given out the list of highest paid actors for the year 2016. While Deepika......

How Spain's media, sports icons reacted to Nadal's triumph

'What a heart, what a mindset, what guts, what everything, what a REFERENCE you are! I'm at your feet!' IMAGE: Rafael Nadal poses with the Norman Brookes Challenge Cup at Government House in......

'What planet did you come from?': Media and sporting greats hail Ronaldo

Spanish newspaper Marca simply hailed the acrobatic strike as 'The Goal' on its front cover IMAGE: Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates scoring a goal for Real Madrid.Photograph: Alberto......

Prem Panicker: Fortune's Fools Fail Again

'This was not the cleanest game of cricket you've ever seen -- there were too many flubs and fumbles for that. But it was certainly the semi-final this mostly blah tournament has needed -- two......

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