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The Puzzling Failure of PSLV-C62

'A solid motor, once ignited, burns until the propellant is exhausted. It cannot simply stop mid-burn,' said a retired senior ISRO official. 'That is what makes this failure puzzling.' Venkatachari......

ISRO Fails To Place Spy Satellite In Orbit

Based on the broadcast visuals, a rocket expert said the failure appeared similar to the anomaly seen during the PSLV-C61 mission. IMAGE: The Indian Space Research Organisation's PSLV-C62/EOS-N1......

ISRO Readies For Crucial Space Launches

These upcoming launches carry added significance in light of setbacks suffered in recent years. IMAGE: The LVM3-M6 mission successfully placed the BlueBird Block-2 satellite into its intended......

Pyro Valve Failure: Big Setback For ISRO

'The satellite's condition is healthy.' IMAGE: ISRO Chairman Dr V Narayanan and other ISRO scientists at the media conference after the launch of rocket GSLV-F15, carrying the NVS-02 satellite......

Man dies, 18 hospitalised after chlorine gas leak near Mumbai

A 59-year-old man died and 18 others, including five fire brigade personnel, were hospitalised after chlorine gas leaked from an old cylinder in Vasai town in Maharashtra's Palghar district on......

RBI steers away from aggressive intervention as rupee touches new lows

As the rupee remains under pressure due to several headwinds and the uncertainty around the India-US trade deal, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has been stepping in only to calm volatility, not to......

'Medicines are just one part of the solution'

'We are looking at what kind of products, diagnostics or other solutions we can offer to become a well-rounded player in a particular disease area globally.' IMAGE: Text. Photograph: Kind courtesy......

As order books grow, capital goods, engg companies firm up capex plans

As order books gain from India’s increased capital outlay, some large capital goods and engineering companies are together spending over Rs 11,500 crore in creating new facilities, data......

'Can We In Our Businesses Set An Example?'

'I think some of us, like Mukesh Ambani, myself and those of us who head industrial units, ought to really focus on what we can really do to make the world a safer place, maybe 50 or 100 years from......

The RBI Story: 90 Years And Going Strong

Of the eight RBI governors who have held office since the 1991 economic liberalisation, Bimal Jalan had the longest stint and S Venkitaramanan, the shortest. Current Governor Shaktikanta Das will......

Rishi Kapoor was Hindi cinema's safety valve

It's two weeks today since Rishi Kapoor passed into the ages.'In an era defined by vengeful anger, he was a star who sang and danced while most others hollered and hectored on the big screen,'......

The Path-Breaking '70s Actor You Didn't Know

Rehana Sultan was all set to be a path-breaker.The time was right.Hindi cinema had emerged from the 1960s musicals era.But somehow, leading film-makers of the time did not believe Rehana had that......

'His job should not be to shore up bad batting'

Boycott slams ECB over underperforming Woakes, Crawley IMAGE: 'He is good -- or has been good -- on English pitches, and his batting has been handy at times as a safety valve when others have......

Coming soon: Battery-powered masks for Indian athletes

Photograph: Kind Courtesy Kiren Rijiju Official/Twitter Claiming to be the best in ensuring optimum oxygen for the wearer, battery-operated masks designed by an IIT-Kharagpur alumni will be put on......

Debris may have caused Vettel puncture: Pirelli

Pirelli have ruled out a structural failure of their tyre as the cause of Sebastian Vettel's sudden puncture at last weekend's Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. The Italian company, Formula One's sole tyre......