The ISRO is looking at Mangalyaan-2, a follow-on mission to Mars, and launching two satellites that would look at Venus and explore asteroids.
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India floated a consultation paper on playing an active role in monitoring the Indian television viewership. TAM Media Research is the sole player in the monitoring market for the last 10 years. TAM's CEO L V Krishnan says govt should start regulating all types of rating outputs like daily newspaper polls done via SMS or even TV polls during elections and not just TV TRPs. TAM is often criticised for its poor sample size, TRP system, etc.
India was forced to drop plans to explode a nuclear bomb for the second time in 20 years in 1994 at the last moment, according to the nuclear scientist in-charge of the aborted atomic test programme. Nuclear scientist Krishnan Santhanam told Times Now TV that the plans to explode the bomb at Pokhran was put on "hold" due to apparent US pressure.
The Indian Grandmaster lost to Russian Grandmaster Sergei Rublevsky in the fifth round of the Aerosvit International Chess tournament.
While looking at consumer behaviour in the post demonetisation period, the research found that rural consumers were equally enthusiastic about cashless payments.
The hits and misses of the week.
Indoor Asian Games in Macau, with Grandmaster Krishnan Sasikiran and Koneru Humpy winning gold in individual Blitz chess and Geet Sethi grabbing second place in billiards singles.
Doting father Vinoth Chandar made an animation character based on his little girl to amuse her. Today, it has grown into a YouTube channel with 14 million subscribers from 75 countries.
Former world champion Viswanathan Anand's bad form continued as he finished 22nd in the World Blitz Chess championship, which concluded in Berlin on Thursday.
Dulquer Salman and Nithya Menen feature in the legendary director's musical love story.
Professor Dr Aravinda Chakravarti of the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, who is president-elect of the American Society of Human Genetics, and Professor Dr K Ranga Rama Krishnan of the Duke University Medical Center, who is now setting up a medical school in Singapore for Duke, have been elected to the Institute of Medicine, one of the three components of the National Academy of Sciences.
Truth be acknowledged, Rajinikanth is not known for wanting to leave his comfort zone to take the politico-electoral plunge, even if it meant his becoming the chief minister of a state that has conferred Tamil cinema's superstardom on him over the past 25 years. Today, his fans belong to the younger generation all right, but their numbers are far fewer than their counterparts in the '90s. They are not devoid of personal ambitions and agendas, unlike what Rajinikanh wants them to be, if he and they were to enter politics, says N Sathiya Moorthy.
Grandmaster Krishnan Sasikiran squandered several chances as GM Bartlomiej Macieja of Poland stretched their third round match to a tie-breaker in the World Chess Cup
Grandmaster Krishnan Sasikiran played out an easy draw with Polish GM Bartlomiej Macieja in the first game of the third round of the Chess World Cup
Dronavalli Harika and S Vijayalakshmi also tasted success, beating Grandmaster Tigran Petrosian and GM Denis Khismatullin respectively in the Aeroflot International Chess tournament.
The Indian Grandmaster lost to Alexei Shirov in the seventh round of the Aerosvit International Grandmasters Chess tournament.
This was the first Indian-American fundraiser for Clinton not only in Silicon Valley, but on the entire West Coast of the USA.
The Indian Grandmaster moved to joint-fourth after the fourth round in the Aerosvit International Chess tournament.
The latest updates from the Malayalam film industry.
The Indian Grandmaster beat Shakriyar Mamedyarov of Azerbaijan in the seventh round, in the Mtel Masters chess tournament.
The Indian ace played it save and drew with former European champion Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu in the third Mtel Masters Chess tournament.
Former world champion Veselin Topalov handed Krishnan Sasikiran his first defeat of the tournament in Sofia.
The court said there was no infirmity in the poll panel's decision to allot the AIADMK name and two leaves symbol to the faction headed by Palaniswami.
The first half of Saithan has a lot of suspense, says S Saraswathi.
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This is the second big arrest in Maharashtra in recent months.
Tata Motors, Titan Company & Tata Steel come in at second, third & fourth slots.
Directors Rajesh Touchriver and Sunitha Krishnan reveal the challenges and difficulties they faced in the writing, production and distribution of Naa Bangaru Talli.
Grandmaster Krishnan Sasikiran suffered a defeat at the hands of Ruslan Ponomariov of Ukraine in the first game of pre-quarterfinals at the chess World Cup.
Krishnan Sasikiran faces a tie-break in the Chess World Cup after his draw in the second game of his match against Russian Vadim Zvjaginsev.
The Indian GM went down to Kazakh GM Darmen Sadvakasov in the fifth round of the Aeroflot Chess tournament.
Krishnan Sasikiran split point in the first game of his second round match against Russian GM Vadim Zvjaginsev to continue moving ahead in the Chess World Cup
The Indian randmaster beat the former Russian champion in the second round of the Aeroflot International chess tournament.
Pictures from the glittering IIFA Utsavam awards.
The draw kept the Indian Grandmaster in joint-fifth position after the third round in the Aerosvit International Chess tournament.
Three interesting films gear up to release on this festive occasion.
Grandmaster Krishnan Sasikiran started his campaign with a thumping victory over GM Alexander Onischuk of United States in the first round of the Aerosvit International chess tournament in Yalta, Ukraine.
Malaysian pay TV operator Astro All Asia Networks plc, owned by the country's richest man Ananda Krishnan, is eyeing entry into the Indian Direct to Home satellite television market
'The priests in charge of our major temples should get together, seriously examine whether the religion and its rites and rituals need change in keeping with the current times,' says P K S Raja, the zamorin of Calicut.
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