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ISRO successfully launches India's sixth navigation satellite into orbit

ISRO successfully launches India's sixth navigation satellite into orbit

Rediff.com10 Mar 2016

In a textbook mission, ISRO's PSLV-C32 lifted off from Sriharikota and later injected the IRNSS-IF in sub-Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit.

ISRO aims to launch Chandrayaan-2 by April

ISRO aims to launch Chandrayaan-2 by April

Rediff.com11 Mar 2018

If the April launch of the Chandrayaan-2, the country's second mission to the Moon, is not possible, then the ISRO will aim for a launch by October.

Reliance Mobile woos Dhoni, Abhishek

Reliance Mobile woos Dhoni, Abhishek

Rediff.com19 Sep 2006

Harry Potter explained, by Indian sisters

Harry Potter explained, by Indian sisters

Rediff.com29 Mar 2006

Indian-American siblings publish their first book, a Harry Potter guide.

Sivaji: A beautiful spectacle of stars

Sivaji: A beautiful spectacle of stars

Rediff.com15 Jun 2007

Rajni's film is a must-watch.

IOC approves awarding both 2024, 2028 Games in September

IOC approves awarding both 2024, 2028 Games in September

Rediff.com11 Jul 2017

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Tuesday voted in favour of awarding hosting rights for the 2024 and 2028 summer Olympics at the same session in September, pending agreements with Paris and Los Angeles.

Beyond the bus service

Beyond the bus service

Rediff.com27 Apr 2005

Books to watch out for in 2005

Books to watch out for in 2005

Rediff.com4 Jan 2005

When Dilip Kumar almost got arrested

When Dilip Kumar almost got arrested

Rediff.com10 Jul 2021

Malavika Sangghvi gives us fascinating glimpses from Dilip Kumar's life.

This diamond is 2,500 miles across!

This diamond is 2,500 miles across!

Rediff.com17 Feb 2004

But even the heaviest moneybag in the world can't buy it for his love because it is 50 light years away.

Perseid meteor shower illuminates the night skies around the world

Perseid meteor shower illuminates the night skies around the world

Rediff.com14 Aug 2016

Stunning photographs have captured the Perseid meteor shower that has delighted stargazers across the world.

India launches fifth navigation satellite in textbook style

India launches fifth navigation satellite in textbook style

Rediff.com20 Jan 2016

The Indian Space Research Organisation successfully launched India's fifth navigation satellite IRNSS-1E from Sriharikota.

'No magic bullet to agriculture reforms'

'No magic bullet to agriculture reforms'

Rediff.com9 Feb 2021

'Agri reforms need to go beyond the limited concerns of these three laws in improving agriculture productivity in cereal and crop diversification and production patterns.'

India launches IRNSS-1D; set to operationalise navigational system

India launches IRNSS-1D; set to operationalise navigational system

Rediff.com28 Mar 2015

India is set to operationalise its own navigational system with the successful launch of IRNSS-1D, the fourth in the series of seven navigational satellites, onboard PSLV-C27 from Sriharikota on Saturday.

Inside the beautiful and weird world of science

Inside the beautiful and weird world of science

Rediff.com21 Aug 2019

Incredible images depicting the scientific world give a beautiful insight into the academic world. A shortlist of images from the Royal Photographic Society's science photographer of the year competition has been released and includes images from the macroscopic to the microscopic. The winning images will be revealed in October to coincide with the opening of the free exhibition. The Science Photographer of the Year exhibition will run at the Science Museum from October 7-January 5.

'It's a viral pandemic with a diabetes pandemic'

'It's a viral pandemic with a diabetes pandemic'

Rediff.com10 Aug 2021

'COVID-19 and diabetes have a very intricate relationship.' 'People with diabetes tend to get the most severe forms of COVID-19.'

For India's start-ups space is the next frontier

For India's start-ups space is the next frontier

Rediff.com28 Jun 2020

While participation of start-ups in the space sector has largely been minimal so far, their involvement will be key towards building India's very own aerospace companies such as Maxar, Elon Musk's SpaceX and Rocket Labs, according to experts.

Astronomy Photographer of the Year: The winning images

Astronomy Photographer of the Year: The winning images

Rediff.com26 Oct 2018

If you want to look at nice space pictures, then we'd highly recommend the Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition. The UK's Royal Observatory Greenwich has chosen the winners of its 2018 Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition, which honours photography of the cosmos across multiple categories, such as "People and Space," "Aurorae," and "Galaxies." The top prize was awarded to American photographer Brad Goldpaint, whose photo "Transport the Soul" captures Moab, Utah, with a photographer, rock formations, Andromeda and the Milky Way. This year's competition received over 4,200 entries from 91 countries around the world.

Rolls-Royce Cullinan is truly a work of art

Rolls-Royce Cullinan is truly a work of art

Rediff.com30 Jun 2020

The Cullinan's exterior is completely customisable, and hence you get to choose exactly how your it should look. The hand-built interior offers immaculate precision and makes you feel exclusive, as every Rolls-Royce does. Driving this vehicle is a breeze, and the gearbox functions like it does not exist.

Will 'outsider' Raghubar Das be second-time lucky?

Will 'outsider' Raghubar Das be second-time lucky?

Rediff.com26 Nov 2019

By conventional yardsticks, Das was an audacious choice by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP president Amit Shah, like Devendra Fadnavis was in Maharashtra and Manohar Lal Khattar in Haryana. Will his choice pay off in the elections next month?

US company plans free Internet access for all

US company plans free Internet access for all

Rediff.com25 Feb 2014

n Outernet would allow people from Siberia to parts of the western US to remote islands or villages in Africa to receive the same news as those in New York or Tokyo.

Isro's Fat Boy to go commercial only in 2020

Isro's Fat Boy to go commercial only in 2020

Rediff.com7 Jun 2017

GSLV-MK III, which uses a homegrown cryogenic engine, has to do at least two more launches before it begins commercial operations, report Raghu Krishnan and T E Narasimhan.

ISRO targetting 10 launches a year by 2016

ISRO targetting 10 launches a year by 2016

Rediff.com14 Jul 2015

India's premier Space Research Organisation is targetting up to 10 launches a year by 2016 , a top ISRO official said on Monday.

Nasa discovers entire solar system like ours

Nasa discovers entire solar system like ours

Rediff.com15 Dec 2017

Kepler-90i -- a sizzling hot, rocky planet that orbits its star once every 14.4 days -- was found using machine learning from Google to scour data from NASA's planet-hunting Kepler Telescope.

The consortium powering India's space race

The consortium powering India's space race

Rediff.com30 Dec 2016

ISRO has an opportunity to be the one-stop shop for satellite manufacturing, and Alpha Design is just the booster it needed.

Euro: Germany can draw on Brazil rout to offset home advantage

Euro: Germany can draw on Brazil rout to offset home advantage

Rediff.com7 Jul 2016

In the history of football there has been no more devastating nullification of supposed home advantage than Germany's 7-1 humbling of Brazil in the 2014 World Cup semi-finals, so playing France in Marseille holds no fears for the world champions. That astonishing result in Belo Horizonte, particularly the opening 30-minute five-goal blitz that left the world aghast, underlined Germany's unique mental strength and belief in their own ability whatever the opposition or circumstances.

Soon private players will be able to build satellites, rockets

Soon private players will be able to build satellites, rockets

Rediff.com22 Nov 2017

However, some of the provisions in the draft Bill needs scrutiny, as these could scare away international investors

Why space start-ups find it hard to raise funds

Why space start-ups find it hard to raise funds

Rediff.com11 Sep 2018

While industry is upbeat, start-ups in the space sector are finding it difficult to cater to the demand due to a lack of funding, issues related to policy like foreign funding, intellectual property, etc, and a lack of support in testing.

On Wednesday, ISRO will go where no nation has gone before

On Wednesday, ISRO will go where no nation has gone before

Rediff.com14 Feb 2017

On the morning of February 15, ISRO will hurl into space using the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle three Indian satellites and 101 small foreign satellites. No other country has ever tried to hit a century in a single mission.

With an eye on Venus and Mars, ISRO attempts mega world record

With an eye on Venus and Mars, ISRO attempts mega world record

Rediff.com12 Feb 2017

India will boldly go to Venus for the first time and re-visit the Red Planet very soon.

India launches heaviest commercial space mission ever

India launches heaviest commercial space mission ever

Rediff.com10 Jul 2015

Heralding a new era, India on Friday night launched its heaviest commercial space mission ever with its polar rocket successfully putting five British satellites into the intended orbit after a flawless takeoff.

This is what our 'toddler' solar system looked like billions of yrs ago

This is what our 'toddler' solar system looked like billions of yrs ago

Rediff.com28 May 2015

Scientists have found a young planetary system which may enable them to understand what our own solar system looked like as 'toddler' billions of years ago.

1,200 light-years away, this planet may have active life

1,200 light-years away, this planet may have active life

Rediff.com28 May 2016

A planet which about 1,200 light-years away from Earth and 40 per cent larger than its size may be habitable, according to US researchers.

What Mission Shakti means for India's defence

What Mission Shakti means for India's defence

Rediff.com27 Mar 2019

Experts said India has possessed the anti-missile technology for several years but needed the political go-ahead to actually test it in live conditions.

DICOVERED: A 'Godzilla of Earths'

DICOVERED: A 'Godzilla of Earths'

Rediff.com3 Jun 2014

Astronomers have discovered the "Godzilla" of all Earths -- a new type of rocky planet that weighs 17 times as much as our planet and is more than twice as large in size, a surprising find that could change scientists' understanding of the origins of the universe.

NASA's Kepler mission discovers 'super-Earth'

NASA's Kepler mission discovers 'super-Earth'

Rediff.com19 Dec 2014

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration's planet-hunting Kepler spacecraft which is carrying out a new mission has made its first exoplanet discovery -- a 'super-Earth' located 180 light-years from Earth.

India scripts space history, successfully launches its 'Baahubali' rocket

India scripts space history, successfully launches its 'Baahubali' rocket

Rediff.com5 Jun 2017

The 43.43 metre tall rocket lifted off at 5.28 pm from the second launch pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota

NASA's legendary Kepler telescope retires after finding thousands of worlds

NASA's legendary Kepler telescope retires after finding thousands of worlds

Rediff.com31 Oct 2018

The unmanned space telescope, which launched in 2009, leaves a legacy of more than 2,600 planet discoveries from outside our solar system

PHOTO: The invisible space 'noodles'in the Milky Way

PHOTO: The invisible space 'noodles'in the Milky Way

Rediff.com24 Jan 2016

The structures appear to be 'lumps' in the thin gas that lies between the stars in our galaxy, researchers said.

HUBBLE@25: Some spectacular views

HUBBLE@25: Some spectacular views

Rediff.com7 Jan 2015

In over two decades that it has been gleaning into the cosmos, NASA's Hubble telescope has revealed properties of space and time that for most of human history were only probed in the imaginations of scientists and philosophers alike.