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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.......

Aditya L1 spacecraft begins new trajectory to Sun-Earth L1 point

Aditya L1 spacecraft, India's first space-based mission to study the Sun, got a "send-off" from the Earth after orbiting it since its September 2 launch as it underwent a key manoeuvre in the early......

Aditya L1 undergoes 2nd earth-bound manoeuvre: ISRO

Aditya L1, the first space based Indian mission to study the Sun underwent the second earth-bound manoeuvre successfully, during the early hours on Tuesday, Indian Space Research Organisation......

After historic Moon landing, ISRO launches maiden solar mission Aditya- L1

India's maiden solar mission--Aditya L1, on Saturday set off on a 125-day journey to the Sun in its attempt to study various elements relating to Earth's nearest star, after being put into the......

'Who knows, the war would have taken a different turn, maybe!'

'The simultaneous fire from so many guns rained down on the enemy and pulverised them, a sight I can never forget till my last breath.' IMAGE: Lieutenant General Narayan Chatterjee (retd) at the......

Bharti, UK govt consortium win bid for bankrupt satellite firm OneWeb

While Indian telecom czar Sunil Mittal's Bharti did not share deal details, UK Business Secretary Alok Sharma said his government and Bharti Global, will provide $500 million each. A UK government......

Disruption will change banking significantly: Nilekani

The rapid stride in granting bank licensing is, perhaps, an indication of things to come. With the emergence of technologies such as automated teller machines, Internet and mobile transactions,......

Will Virgin Galactic's crash end space tourism?

The wait for paying passengers to see Earth from the vantage point of space looked a lot longer on Friday, following the fatal crash of Virgin Galactic’s first spaceship, but aspiring space......

Tourists too can hitch a ride on Boeing's space taxi!

Boeing Co's proposal to develop a so-called space taxi for NASA astronauts includes a seat for paying tourists to fly to the International Space Station, the company's program manager said on......

India Inc hails Modi victory, looks for bold reforms

Hailing the clear mandate given by voters to the BJP-led NDA, leading lights of corporate India hoped incoming government would boost economic growth and create jobs to herald a "golden era of......

India revs up for Narain's F1 debut

Narain Karthikeyan's face smiles down from giant hoardings in Indian cities, car stickers in his hometown proclaim "Narain, we are proud of you" and fans scribble good-luck messages on a special......

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World Test Championship 2023

India held the top position in the ICC Men's Test Team Rankings while Australia secured the...

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GUJARAT, HIMACHAL GO TO POLLS

The Bharatiya Janata Party was on Thursday poised for a landslide victory in Gujarat to retain...
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