But, NASA said it could fix the problem in time for Wednesday's launch.
The Bombay Natural History Society will get funds willed by late India-born astronaut Kalpana Chawla for its bird protection projects.
Debris has been tracked in a 500-square mile area but could be scattered over a region three times that.
Two young boys reported finding a charred human leg on their farm while hospital employee reported finding what appeared to be charred torso and thighbone.
The discrimination against girls reflects "mental illness", says PM.
Sachin Tendulkar, Amitabh Bachchan to feature together in a music album called India's Legends.
The grieving father wondered who gave the permission to fly a "sick aircraft".
An investigation board is now studying various scenarios that could cause a breach allowing plasma, that surrounds a spacecraft during re-entry, into the wheel compartment or elsewhere in the wing.
Thanks to the astronaut, every year two students from her alma mater, the Tagore Baal Niketan school, will visit the NASA headquarters.
Aeronautical engineer Sirisha Bandla on Sunday became the third Indian-American woman to fly into space when she joined British billionaire Richard Branson on Virgin Galactic's first fully-crewed successful suborbital test flight from the United States state of New Mexico.
The recent issue of Krishi Samvad, a supplement of the Haryana Samvad magazine, a monthly magazine published by the state government, carries a photograph of a veiled woman.
'In a part of the world where the government tells people what not to eat and what slogans to shout and not shout, it is beneficial to develop a mentality that is science minded and therefore open-minded.' 'That is possibly why the space programme has always had support from all sides of the political divide,' says Aakar Patel.
Here are a few interesting facts about the 152-year-old cemetery in whose 624 acres the dead of the nation's conflicts are buried.
People were being honoured without a recommendation, he stressed in his monthly radio programme.
Official celebrations in most states were restricted to unfurling of the national flag and chief ministers and governors addressing the people, with fewer guests in attendance.
When the news of Kalam's death came, the sculptor in Hussaini wanted to immortalise him like when he had done a huge sculpture of the first Indian-American astronaut Kalpana Chawla.
The top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
The Indian-American astronaut will fly the first space capsules built by private companies, SpaceX and Boeing.
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'When the Americans are talking about colonising Mars by 2030, India cannot be lagging behind.'
'Without even knowing me, people have trolled me for being the person I am, for the way I look.' 'Why put myself in a negative space, you know?'
From coming up with the correct list of beneficiaries to finding enough people to work as Ayushman Mitras to generating awareness about the scheme - many things need to fall in place before it can be successfully launched in a few days.
'A lot of married people are not happy with their partners, so how does a marriage decide happiness? Our family wants us to be happy and successful, and marriage doesn't fit anywhere.'
While working with Air India, she has also earned a degree in BSc Aviation, done a course in classical key-board, learnt various forms of modern dance and become a lawyer. Anjuli Bhargava profiles the super-achiever.
Around 600 scientists and engineers are hoping for the best as they forge ahead with plans of making an indigenous version of a space shuttle.
Ayesha Aziz has always aimed for the sky.
Having reached the Red Planet, ISRO can now focus on getting humans in space and secure the resources to do it
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