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Aseem Chhabra: Why Ra.One disappoints

Aseem Chhabra: Why Ra.One disappoints

Rediff.com26 Oct 2011

'I wish Ra.One had more of the evil character played by Arjun Rampal. I wish we could have seen some more sparks of evil from Kapoor. But Ra.One is mostly about Shah Rukh Khan.'

Your FAVOURITE Ashutosh Gowariker Film? VOTE!

Your FAVOURITE Ashutosh Gowariker Film? VOTE!

Rediff.com9 Dec 2019

Sukanya Verma looks at all the movies he's made so far. Tell us your favourite in the poll.

PIX: Shuttle Atlantis begins final trip back home

PIX: Shuttle Atlantis begins final trip back home

Rediff.com20 Jul 2011

Atlantis was launched on July 8 on the 135th and last voyage of NASA's 30-year space shuttle programme.

ISRO to launch record 22 satellites in single mission

ISRO to launch record 22 satellites in single mission

Rediff.com29 Mar 2016

India is all set to script history by launching a record number of 22 satellites, including a number of micro and nano ones from foreign countries, in a single mission in May this year.

SpaceX completes historic vertical landing

SpaceX completes historic vertical landing

Rediff.com22 Dec 2015

In a shot in the arm for Space Exploration Technologies, or SpaceX, founded by high-tech entrepreneur Elon Musk, the California-based company scripted history when its Falcon-9 rocket booster successfully landed at Cape Canaveral after despatching 11 communications satellites to orbit.

Europe's Mars lander lost? Fears grow after craft's signal disappears

Europe's Mars lander lost? Fears grow after craft's signal disappears

Rediff.com20 Oct 2016

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.

Mission Venus: ISRO invites proposals for space experiments

Mission Venus: ISRO invites proposals for space experiments

Rediff.com24 Apr 2017

The Announcement of Opportunity (AO) is for space experiments by institutions in the country, and the last date for receiving the proposals is May 19, 2017, the Bengaluru-headquartered ISRO said.

Google co-founder Larry Page's secret mission of 'flying cars'

Google co-founder Larry Page's secret mission of 'flying cars'

Rediff.com10 Jun 2016

Google co-founder Larry Page is backing two start-ups that are working on flying cars, including funding one of them with more than $100 million so far.

Mangalyaan spots Phobos!

Mangalyaan spots Phobos!

Rediff.com15 Oct 2014

Almost 20 days after it successfully entered the orbit of the Red Planet, ISRO's Mars Orbiter has sent pictures of Phobos -- the largest of the two natural satellites that orbit around Mars.

Airplanes that will need 70% less fuel?

Airplanes that will need 70% less fuel?

Rediff.com19 May 2010

In what could revolutionise commercial aviation, scientists claim to have designed a green plane which is estimated to use 70 per cent less fuel than the current aircraft and reduce noise and nitrogen oxide emission.

Pentagon defends India's ASAT test

Pentagon defends India's ASAT test

Rediff.com12 Apr 2019

"The first lesson from the Indian ASAT is just the simple question of why did they do that. And the answer should be, I think to all the committee looking at it, is that they did that because they are concerned about threats to their nation from space," US Strategic Command Commander General John E Hyten told members of the powerful Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday.

A-SAT debris will decay in 45 days, says DRDO chief

A-SAT debris will decay in 45 days, says DRDO chief

Rediff.com6 Apr 2019

His remark comes days after National Aeronautics and Space Administration raised concerns about the spread of debris from the Anti-Satellite Test test India conducted on March 27.

US justifies scrapping Moon Mission

US justifies scrapping Moon Mission

Rediff.com15 Apr 2010

Justifying the decision to scrap its "manned mission to moon", the White House has said the Obama Administration is coming out with a more ambitious and sustainable space programme, including more astronaut time in space and more rockets launching.

Google to buy artificial intelligence company DeepMind

Google to buy artificial intelligence company DeepMind

Rediff.com27 Jan 2014

Google, which is working on projects including self-driving cars and robots, has become increasingly focused on artificial intelligence in recent years.

ISRO to set up Human Space Flight Centre

ISRO to set up Human Space Flight Centre

Rediff.com12 Jan 2019

ISRO has to select astronauts, training them to withstand the space environment, and then bring them back to earth and rehabilitate them.

These college kids want to light up 'dark India'

These college kids want to light up 'dark India'

Rediff.com26 Apr 2010

Am amazing story of how students from a Mumbai college conceptualised and executed their plan of lighting an entire tribal village on the city's outskirts. What's more, they now dream of lighting up 'dark villages' in the entire country.

How I became an expert on lehngas

How I became an expert on lehngas

Rediff.com5 Mar 2019

It's easier to see a heart surgeon than a designer whose appearances on social pages far outnumber their presence before clients, notes Kishore Singh.

Flying car is here! Here's what it looks like

Flying car is here! Here's what it looks like

Rediff.com2 Jul 2010

If you are dreaming of a car that can also fly in case of traffic jams, it could soon come true as the United States aviation authority has given its green signal for the commercial production of such a vehicle.

Unmanned Russian spacecraft plunging to Earth

Unmanned Russian spacecraft plunging to Earth

Rediff.com29 Apr 2015

Progress M-27M/59P is carrying three tonnes of supplies for the astronauts on the International Space Station.

Lighting up moon's dark craters

Lighting up moon's dark craters

Rediff.com22 Jun 2009

Astronomers have created a new lunar topography map with the highest resolution of the moon's rugged south polar region, which they claim provides new data on some of the Earth's natural satellite's dark craters.

American Chandrayaan scientist held for 'spying'

American Chandrayaan scientist held for 'spying'

Rediff.com20 Oct 2009

An American scientist who played a key role in India's Chandrayaan mission in finding evidence of water on the Moon has been arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation on charges of spying for Israel, but the Indian Space Research Organisation said its security has not been compromised.

Chandrayaan detects water on moon

Chandrayaan detects water on moon

Rediff.com24 Sep 2009

The Moon Mineralogy Mapper or M3 has confirmed existence of water on moon by analysing the data collected from Chandrayaan-I.

UAE successfully launches Arab world's first Mars mission

UAE successfully launches Arab world's first Mars mission

Rediff.com20 Jul 2020

The spacecraft is expected to reach Mars orbit in about 200 days from now and then begin its mission to study the Red Planet's atmosphere.

Nobel winner Malala gets her own asteroid

Nobel winner Malala gets her own asteroid

Rediff.com11 Apr 2015

She survived an assassination attempt and won a Nobel Prize. Now, 17-year-old activist Malala Yousafzai has an asteroid named after her.

Cyclonic storm Nilofar weakens, will make landfall tonight

Cyclonic storm Nilofar weakens, will make landfall tonight

Rediff.com30 Oct 2014

The very severe cyclonic storm Nilofar has weakened into a severe cyclonic storm ahead of making landfall at the northern Gujarat coast and adjoining Pakistani coast around Naliya by Thursday night.

Ice or alien life? 2 bright spots on Ceres baffle scientists

Ice or alien life? 2 bright spots on Ceres baffle scientists

Rediff.com12 May 2015

Ice? Volcano? Or Alien life? The discovery of two bright spots on Ceres -- the dwarf planet in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter that happens to be the largest body in that asteroid belt -- has baffled scientists and space enthusiasts.

How Indian students built world's thinnest satellite in 6 days

How Indian students built world's thinnest satellite in 6 days

Rediff.com21 Feb 2019

They made history for India and the world.

'Chandrayaan has given useful data on moon'

'Chandrayaan has given useful data on moon'

Rediff.com1 Sep 2009

Though the Indian Space Research Organization had to prematurely terminate the country's first moon exploration mission after it lost radio contact with Chandrayaan-1 over the weekend, the probe is already said to have yielded a treasure trove of useful data. This suggestion comes from Carle Pieters, a planetary geologist at Brown University in Rhode Island, the principal investigator of the Moon Mineralogy Mapper (M3), a NASA instrument on Chandrayaan-1.

Captured! A landslide on Mars

Captured! A landslide on Mars

Rediff.com29 Dec 2015

NASA has released an image of a relatively fresh landslide on Mars that shows boulder-covered landslip along a canyon wall.

Capturing storms from the best seat in the sky

Capturing storms from the best seat in the sky

Rediff.com11 Jan 2019

One perk of being a pilot, apart from travelling the world, is a front-row seat to the Earth's natural wonders -- from jaw-dropping sunrises to silver slivers of lightning against ink coloured-clouds. One among them is Ecuador-based Santiago Borja who is known as "The Storm Pilot" because of the images he's taken. Borja, who lives in Quito, Ecuador, was kind enough to grant us permission to show some off his work.

Our known universe is being tugged: Study

Our known universe is being tugged: Study

Rediff.com7 Nov 2008

Unknown, unseen "structures" are tugging on our universe like cosmic magnets, the National Goegraphic Channel reported on its website quoting a controversial new study. It said everything in the known universe is said to be racing toward the massive clumps of matter at more than 3.2 million kilometers an hour -- a movement researchers have dubbed dark flow.

'Mission Mangal belongs to its female actors'

'Mission Mangal belongs to its female actors'

Rediff.com19 Jul 2019

'Our culture, our history, our achievements are great and we should start celebrating them.' 'I am glad our movies are doing that and Mission Mangal is doing that.'

Coming soon, a stairway to heaven!

Coming soon, a stairway to heaven!

Rediff.com18 Jan 2009

A team of UK researchers has taken the first step on what could be a stairway to heaven.

Captured! Dazzling diamond-like stars

Captured! Dazzling diamond-like stars

Rediff.com22 Jan 2016

The Hubble Space Telescope has captured an image of a glittering star cluster, resembling an opulent diamond tapestry, that contains a collection of some of the brightest stars seen in our Milky Way galaxy.

Outer space smells like fried steak and hot metal

Outer space smells like fried steak and hot metal

Rediff.com17 Oct 2008

Ever wondered what outer space smells like? Well, it smells like a mixture of fried steak, hot metal and the welding of a motorbike, say scientists. And, a chemist is now recreating the smell of space in a laboratory -- thanks to NASA which commissioned the research that can be used to help astronauts prepare for the conditions they will encounter in space.

The men with the Midas touch

The men with the Midas touch

Rediff.com3 Feb 2009

After a stretch of lousy returns Silicon Valley's VCs are searching for companies with novel traits: rising revenue and profits.

Hurricane Ike heads menacingly to Texas

Hurricane Ike heads menacingly to Texas

Rediff.com11 Sep 2008

Met officials say the storm, that ravaged homes in Cuba and killed at least 81 people in the Caribbean, could slam into the Texas coast -- south of Galveston -- as a powerful category 3 storm late Friday or early Saturday and may intensify into category 4. Mandatory and voluntary evacuations were planned or underway in at least seven coastal counties.

Mera Wala Shah Rukh!

Mera Wala Shah Rukh!

Rediff.com2 Nov 2020

On his 55th birthday, Sukanya Verma celebrates his inimitable ways in 10 scenes that she keeps returning to time and again.

Chandrayaan-I launch in Oct or December

Chandrayaan-I launch in Oct or December

Rediff.com20 Aug 2008

India's maiden moon mission Chandrayaan-I is set for a late October or an early December launch, according to noted space scientist and former chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan.The spacecraft, which will carry five Indian and six international experiments, has been assembled and undergoing a series of tests.India has already begun work on the next lunar mission in which space scientists plan to land a rover on moon.

PHOTOS: Total solar eclipse captivates crowds

PHOTOS: Total solar eclipse captivates crowds

Rediff.com9 Mar 2016

The moon blacked out the sun in totality over Indonesia's main western island of Sumatra, providing crowds with stunning views of a total solar eclipse.