After historic Moon landing, ISRO launches maiden solar mission Aditya- L1

India's maiden solar mission--Aditya L1, on Saturday set off on a 125-day journey to the Sun in its attempt to study various elements relating to Earth's nearest star, after being put into the......

Sunita Williams retires after 27 years, 608 days in space

Sunita 'Suni' Williams was born to a Gujarati father, Deepak Pandya, hailing from Jhulasan in Mehsana district and a Slovenian mother, Ursuline Bonnie Pandya, on September 19, 1965, in Euclid,......

Trump's Huge Venezuela Gamble

I am inclined to believe that the Venezuela adventure is not an indication of American strength, alas, but rather of American weakness, points out Rajeev Srinivasan. IMAGE: US President Donald......

India to send man into space by 2027, land on Moon by 2040

ISRO chairman V Narayanan on Wednesday said the space agency has set a target of landing Indians on the Moon by 2040, while its maiden human spaceflight mission 'Gaganyaan' is on track for launch......

Entrepreneurs slam national solar power policy

Tejpreet Chopra, former chief executive of GE India, and Rahul Sankhe, business development director of SunEdison Energy India Private Ltd, criticised certain aspects of the Jawaharlal Nehru......

Guidelines for Solar Mission to be ready by May 15

The government said on Thursday it would come out with guidelines for Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission by May 15. "We have listened to all the people and now the guidelines are being worked......

Solar power: Mahindra Group sees 500-Mw opportunity

The Mahindra group, which forayed into the solar power sector three years ago, said it could add another 500 megawatts (Mw) over the next 24-36 months.This opportunity, however, was not restricted......

Centre to award 100 MW solar projects by Aug

The Centre would award 100 Mw solar power projects under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission by August this year for which several states, including Andhra Pradesh, have expressed interest,......