India on Monday successfully launched its second lunar mission Chandrayaan-2 onboard its powerful rocket GSLV-MkIII-M1 from the spaceport in Sriharikota to explore the unchartered south pole of the celestial body by landing a rover. Following the successful launch, leaders across the political spectrum congratulated the Indian Space Research Organisation for its hard work.
The rupee fell to a two-year low of 64.84 against the US dollar.
Despite superior margins, JLR hasn't had a smooth ride in China.
Oil and select auto heavyweights bore the brunt of selling pressure; ONGC, RIL, Tata Motors, M&M key losers.
The challenges of transition to stricter emission norm BS-VI from BS-IV and compliance to new safety norms thereby making vehicles costlier are lurking around the sector.
Some leading Indian companies are likely to see their earnings declining if the Indian currency depreciates further, analysts and finance heads say.
The BJP hit back accusing the Congress of drawing the issue into political arena.
Rediff.com takes a look at spacecraft that have successfully made it to Mars.
Markets under pressure; IT financials grab spotlight.
It is believed that Tata Sons was unhappy with Mistry's approach of shedding non-profit businesses, including the conglomerate's steel business in Europe, and concentrating only on cash cows
The Indian Space Research Organisation has resolved to alight its lander on the lunar surface with Chandrayaan-3 in addition to a maiden solar expedition in 2020.
ISRO hopes to put a crew on the moon, but it has to learn how to keep people alive and healthy in space first.
Aditya-L1 is meant to observe the corona, which are the outer layers of the Sun, extending to thousands of kilometres.
Global expansion to drive the company's fortunes
During campaigning, P Chidambaram has been addressing villagers, explaining his efforts to improve life in the constituency and blaming the state government for not supporting him. He has also been introducing his son in the 10 villages across 250 km.
Firms to find alternative export routes or face increased trade barriers
NASA said it is looking forward to explore the solar system with its Indian counterpart.
However, investors have turned cautious over the likelihood of Britain leaving the European Union.
Ratan Tata was the first one to realise that Indian companies had become a prisoner to tradition and needed to radically innovate.
The S&P BSE Sensex surged 160 points to close at 25,262.
This car commemorates the first Jaguar XJ 1, which was launched in 1968 and was widely acknowledged at the time to be one of the best automobiles ever made
Investors booked profit ahead of the outcome of the two-day US Fed policy meet which begins today.
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.
FPIs sold shares worth a net Rs 1236.95 crore on Friday.
Indian markets ended on a lower note after the stimulus announced by the European Central Bank (ECB) failed to meet expectation.
Broader markets outperformed with BSE Midcap and BSE Smallcap adding 0.23% and 0.45%, respectively
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday inaugurated a memorial in London dedicated to Dr B R Ambedkar over two months after India acquired the bungalow where the Dalit icon and architect of India's Constitution lived as a student in the 1920s.
NASA's car-size geochemistry laboratory, Curiosity, on Monday successfully landed on the Martian surface.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said bilateral cooperation in defence manufacturing would be the "prime focus" of his visit to the United Kingdom.
The BSE IT sector, however, failed to snap a three-day losing streak and closed around 0.14 per cent lower.
China on Sunday successfully placed 20 micro satellites into space using its latest carrier rocket powered by pollution-free fuels, boosting the Communist giant's competitiveness in the global satellite launch sector, state media reported.
All sectoral indices, led by realty, PSU, oil & gas and banking, were in positive zone with gains of up to 1.25 per cent.
I urge you all to watch the special moments of Chandrayaan-2 descending on to the Lunar South Pole! Do share your photos on social media. I will re-tweet some of them too," the prime minister wrote on Twitter.
Fear factors weights on markets, Sensex, Nifty struggle to keep pace.
Asian markets were trading mixed with shares in China witnessing profit taking after sharp gains in the previous session.
Experts attribute the high valuation of Indian auto makers to the faster growth in India compared to the rest of the world.
Markets closed the day in green on favourable domestic factors,
While New Jersey, US-based OrbitBeyond leads a consortium of subcontractors who have designed and developed hardware for deep space missions, Bengaluru-based Team Indus is leading OrbitBeyond's lander engineering, reports T E Narasimhan.
Rebound in IT majors TCS and Infosys in late trades helped markets end higher.
Indian Space Research Organisation will announce a revised launch date later.
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