The BCCI on Tuesday announced India's international fixtures at home for the upcoming season. Team India's home assignment will get underway with India hosting Australia in September.
Following are some interesting facts about the 1,350-kg 'Mangalyaan' mission and its launch
The three main political parties in Pakistan on Sunday intensified their efforts for the formation of a coalition government after it became clear that the coup-prone country faced a hung Parliament after general elections marred by allegations of rigging.
Ravindra Jadeja hit the winning runs and the Chennai Super Kings dug out broke into celebrations as they clinched their fifth IPL title!
Instead it will be on December 18, though it will not be as big as the moon.
Here's a look at some stunning pictures that shows the terrain that surrounded the rover while it was stationary for four months of work during its most recent Martian mission.
Crossing a major milestone in the country's space history, ISRO's Mars Orbiter mission ventured out of Earth's sphere of influence for the first time in an attempt to reach the red planet's orbit
India's Mars orbiter has sent a picture of regional dust storm activities over the northern hemisphere of the red planet, Indian Space Research Organisation said on Monday.
After the historic success of its Chandrayaan-3 lunar mission, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is going full throttle with its plans to send Indian astronauts for the first time to the Moon by 2040, ISRO Chairman S Somanath said.
In a once-in-a-million-years encounter, a comet, the size of a small mountain, flew past Mars on Sunday.
Indian Space research Organisation Chairman G Madavan Nair said on Monday that India would launch a mission to Mars by 2013.Earlier, on August 13, the government sanctioned seed money of Rs 10 crore for the Mars project, to carry out various studies on the experiments to be conducted, the route of the mission and other related details necessary to scale the new frontier.The ISRO has begun the preparations for sending a spacecraft to Mars.
Over 1,000 aspirants, including 62 from India, have been short-listed for an ambitious private mission to send four men and women on a one-way trip to Mars in 2024 to establish a permanent colony on the red planet.
As members of the Mars Explorer Rover Mission, the four have been witness to the activities of Spirit and Opportunity rovers that landed on Mars.
The fires that have broken out in Mhadei Wildlife Sanctuary in Goa are being kept under control through the joint efforts of the Indian Navy, Indian Air Force and the forest department, state minister Vishwajit Rane said.
'The two sides agree to continue firmly supporting each other in safeguarding their respective core interests,' a joint statement issued at the end of Muizzu's talks with Chinese leaders said.
On Monday, ISRO scientists will run a test of the Mars orbiter satellite's main engine and make a small course correction. This is crucial because the engine has been idle for nearly 10 months. T E Narasimhan reports
India's ambitious Mars Orbiter Mission will send a spacecraft hurtling into space on a 400-million-kilometre journey that will last a year. The blast off is on Tuesday afternoon.
Tanmaya Nanda provides a quick guide to questions about the Mars mission you always wanted to ask but were afraid to
As India prepares to launch its Rs 450 crore mission to Mars this year, a top space official says the country's first martian odyssey -- that has attracted some criticism -- is not just for pride but for undertaking "meaningful research".
Tracking of the Schiaparelli robot's radio signals was dropped less than a minute before it was expected to touch down on the Red Planet's surface.
The third and final T20 International between India and Ireland here on Wednesday was washed out without a ball being bowled.
According to the European Space Agency, the unmanned spacecraft -- Schiaparelli -- exploded on impact with the Martian surface after falling from as high as 13,000 ft (4,000 m).
Curiosity has detected traces of nitrogen on Mars surface, adding evidence that the red planet could have once supported life.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday met the top priests of various churches in Kerala, giving a push to the Bharatiya Janata Party's efforts to reach out to the influential minority community in the southern state ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, sources said.
Mars One's ambitious mission to send four people to colonise the red planet in 2024,has been pushed back by two years.
While the Mars mission got wide praise, there were voices which questioned the need for spending Rs 450-500 crore on it when the country is facing hunger and poverty.
Mars rover Opportunity has found evidence indicating that the planet had water. But no signs of life have been found far.
The Test series will be part of the World Test Championship cycle.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration's one-tonne Curiosity rover has captured the sharpest-ever images of a solar eclipse as seen from Mars.
The sources said Bose briefed Shah about the prevailing situation and his assessment of the polls marred by violence that claimed 15 lives.
A quick recap of the Mars Orbiter Mission's major milestones on the way to Mars
Mars' Mount Sharp -- the rover's eventual science destination -- is pictured in photo taken by the Curiosity rover.
Modi gave these directions during a meeting to review the preparedness of the Gaganyaan mission and the first demonstration flight of the crew escape system test vehicle scheduled for October 21.
The Bill allows stopping of transmission and intercepting messages in case of public emergency, in the interest of the public, to prevent incitement for committing offence.
"We started it by 1.17 am and have successfully completed the first orbit raising manoeuvre of Mars Orbiter Spacecraft. Right now, the computation is going on," an ISRO spokesman told PTI.
For the BJP, Telangana is a sunrise state in the South, while Karnataka is a southern success despite the ups and downs.
Chahal is 33 and Bishnoi is 23, but the latter getting as much or more game time in T20Is
An Italian space buff has claimed to have spotted the face of Mahatma Gandhi etched into the rocks of Mars while scanning through latest pictures of the Red Planet.
The scientists came to the conclusion after analysing organic material and minerals in the Martian meteorite Allan Hills 84001, and comparing the results with data from related rocks found on Svalbard, Norway.
Mars, which is already bright, will be more brighter on the eastern sky -- the brightest light in the midnight sky other than moon.
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