The launch marks a significant milestone for the space agency as it is the 50th flight of PSLV and the 75th vehicle mission from Sriharikota. The 628 kg satellite is meant for applications in various fields like agriculture, forestry and disaster management support. It would also serve military purposes.
'What we have done is a symbol of new India; that is what a small start-up can do, a few hundreds of people coming together, developing a rocket and launching to space and succeeding at the very first attempt.'
We are back to being a country that talks about box office numbers as the measure for what an audience's real feelings about a movie are, laments Sreehari Nair.
Nervous and anxious for sure but the city-headquartered space agency is cautiously optimistic of "Vikram" module's soft-landing on the Lunar surface planned in the early hours of Saturday.
Top space scientist G Madhavan Nair said it may take ten years for the country to put in place such an operational rocket.
Deepa Gahlot picks 10 Web series that was worth the viewer's while.
'Modiji's programmes are efficient and with foresight, and needed for the country.' 'I also like his way of functioning. So, in whatever way I can, I would like to contribute.'
Anything between 96-104 per cent of the LPA is considered as normal rainfall while precipitation in the range of 104-110 per cent is termed 'above normal'
'China pumps in a lot more money than what we do. China's space budget is close to $5 billion while it is hardly $1 billion for us.' 'We manage the programmes within the constraints of our budget. The main difference is we prioritise.'
He said the country now possesses the capability to strike satellites in outer space with centimetre-level accuracy and precision.
'ISRO takes a very cautious approach.' 'After reaching the moon, the orbit has to be brought down from a single elliptical orbit to a circular orbit while simultaneously ensuring the stability of Chandrayaan 3 and the health parameters of the lander and rover.'
The new ISRO chief talks bout the road ahead in his first interview after taking charge.
Dhanush, who turns 40 on July 28, still defies his age and can transform into an unemployed college graduate, an obsessive, one-sided lover or the doting father of a teen with equal integrity and maybe even lead a badly written film to commercial success.
'These accusations of my film being a copy only makes our chances at the Academy harder.'
The plot goes from annoying to unconvincing in no time and as a viewer, you feel like a mute scapegoat, taken for granted, notes Divya Nair.
K Sivan has to hasten the effort to bring in private players into satellite and rocket building and replicate India's software success in aerospace.
Madhavan doesn't try to be Charlie, and makes Maara stand out like a fresh film, feels Divya Nair.
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.
The nine-second de-orbiting or retro-orbiting manoeuvre was executed at 3.42 am using the onboard propulsion system.
Divya Nair makes a list of Tamil films you must watch at least once. The good news is that they're on OTT right now.
Once ISRO masters the technology to send humans into space, the next step will be experimenting with technologies allowing humans to live in space.
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.
ISRO chief K Radhakrishnan spoke with rediff.com briefly before the launch of India's mission to Mars
Does the "story" of a Mani Ratnam film come first or does its "spirit" asks Sreehari Nair.
An international tribunal has ruled that the Indian government had acted "unfairly" and "inequitably" in annulling a contract between Devas and ISRO's commercial arm Antrix.
As we celebrate the actor's much deserved award, Divya Nair presents 10 landmark films in Suriya's career, ranked in order of performance.
'Saying the private industry will come and transform India's space programme is real moonshine!'
'If a small object of less than 100 gm can make a deep crater and also release this kind of energy, it could only be a meteorite.'
Almost a century before the current Sabarimala movement -- to facililate the entry of women between the ages of 10 and 50 into the Kerala shrine -- there was the Vaikom temple movement, to throw open temples in Kerala to all castes, a movement led by among others a man whose 71st death anniversary we mark today. A fascinating excerpt from Rajmohan Gandhi's new book, Modern South India: A History From The 17th Century To Our Times.
The ISRO spy case is dead. And yet, not dead.
With the launch of GSLV-MK III, slated for April, it will be able to cater to bigger satellites as well.
The failure of Decoupled is that, as it deals almost solely in 'snapshots of insight', it fails to showcase how life flows, how the world goes round, how things unfold, feels Rohit Sathish Nair.
'Others will think twice before attacking our space assets.'
The short story in Kerala Cafe's collection is titled Puram Kazhchakal.
Joginder Tuteja looks back at Bollywood's wedding movies to see how well they have done in the past.
Banaras could have been a worthwhile experience if it was treated with the seriousness it deserved.
'ISRO facilities are very expensive and any damage caused by these start-ups can create havoc to our space programme.'
Who are the Bollywood actors making their debut on OTT platforms, the go-to form of entertainment during the lockdown?
'Unlike in other states, minorities form a significant number in Kerala. They have money and political power. In such a society, the emergence of a new communal power is not a healthy thing.'
It is important to approach the belief of people in ancient India's achievements with a sense of proportion, balance and empathy, argues B S Raghavan, the distinguished civil servant.
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