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Vikram Sarabhai may have been against N-test: Book

Vikram Sarabhai, the doyen of Indian science who led the country's nuclear research, might not have been in favour of conducting an atomic test, a book has claimed. As word about India planning a...

ISRO Invites Indian Industry To Build Space Station

The Bharatiya Antariksh Station represents the next phase of India's human spaceflight ambitions, enabling long-duration presence in space, advanced microgravity research and technology...

SIT suspects more gold lost from Sabarimala than found

The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the Sabarimala gold loss case suspects that more gold was lost from the temple than what has been recovered so far from the prime accused. Image used...

Historic! ISRO's 'Bahubali' rocket launches heaviest-ever satellite

Weighing 6,100 kg, the communication satellite would be the heaviest payload to be placed into the Low Earth Orbit (LEO) in LVM3 launch history from Indian soil. IMAGE: ISRO's heaviest rocket,...

Was Homi Bhabha Murdered? The Mystery Behind His Death

60 years ago, on January 24, 1966, Dr Homi J Bhabha, the father of India's nuclear programme, died in an air crash on Mont Blanc.The official inquiry said the plane went off course in bad weather,...

Lessons To Learn From The Tatas

Usually, in the western view, corporate success is attributed to efficiency, organisational structure, and scale.R Gopalakrishnan and Harish Bhat argue that philosophy, culture, and the...

Space Milestones For India On Ganesh Chaturthi

India took another leap in space infrastructure with the foundation stone laid for a new launch pad at the country's second rocket port in Kulasekarapattinam. Photograph: Kind courtesy ISRO On the...

Who is the father of Indian space programme?

An eye in the sky Who is considered the father of the Indian space programme?Take the Rediff Biz Quiz and find out how much you know about India and its space satellites.1. Who is considered the...

ISRO builds India's fastest supercomputer

Indian Space Research Organisation has built a supercomputer, which is to be India's fastest in terms of theoretical peak performance of 220 TeraFLOPS (220 Trillion Floating Point Operations per...

Electric, hybrid cars to become cheaper

The Pune-based research institute will design and develop car batteries and offer the technology for mass production. Electric and hybrid cars could become more affordable with the cost of...

Rocket Boys 2 Review: Fascinating Watch

The intelligently conceptualised show does more for nationalistic pride than a dozen jingoistic series, applauds Deepa Gahlot. Amidst the line-up of crime shows, family dramas and campus capers,...

'If you haven't acted with superstars, your market value doesn't go up'

'I can't wait for the day when the market value of an actress is not judged by the heroes or the superstars she's acted with.' IMAGE: Regina Cassandra plays Mrinalini Sarabhai, the legendary...

Rocket Boys: Our heroes have come back in flesh and blood

Rocket Boys offer an overwhelming experience to me and many others who saw Homi Bhabha in action at Trombay, notes Dr K S Parthasarathy, former Secretary, Atomic Energy Regulatory Board. IMAGE:...

'I call Rocket Boys an emotion'

'It was so nice to see that someone of her stature, where she came from and whose family she was married into and how she held herself in spite of everything that was thrown at her.' "You don't...

Why Movies Get Into Trouble...

They try to hide behind the smokescreen that these are works of fiction inspired by real events. So, you can pick and choose from facts and fictionalise to push the right triggers with your...

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