Aerospace
British Airways set to turn household rubbish into jet fuel
19 Sep 2017
British Airways has partnered with renewable fuels company Velocys to turn household garbage into jet fuel for its fleet under a ground-breaking plan that would cut around 60,000 tons of carbon emissions every year
Lockheed offers to make India F-16 export hub if it bags IAF order
30 Aug 2017
Lockheed is offering to make India the sole F-16 production centre, so eventually it will make the planes not just for India, but also for other countries
SpaceX launches resupply vessel to ISS
16 Aug 2017
Russia’s medium-range passenger plane MC-21 operates maiden flight
29 May 2017
The Irkut MC-21 will compete with the most popular airliners in the world, the single-aisle Boeing (BA) 737 and Airbus A320
Mallya may get Queen’s Counsel to defend him in UK court
11 May 2017
The Crown’s Counsel at London’s Metropolitan Court is satisfied about the initial evidence of “dishonesty” against Mallaya in the Rs900-crore IDBI loan default
Boeing halts test flights of 737 MAX aircraft
11 May 2017
NASA, ESA astronauts spacewalk to upgrade space station
25 Mar 2017
NASA is making the retrofits in the hope that private companies could begin flying astronauts to the station by the end of 2018, thus breaking Russia's monopoly on crew transportation
India ahead in satellite launches, admits China
21 Feb 2017
China may fast-track the commercialisation of its rocket launches after India’s success, Chinese-state run media quoted Chinese officials as saying in a report, titled India's satellite launch ramps up
HAL bags Israeli order for Boeing cargo doors
17 Feb 2017
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Lighter than air, yet very, very powerful
By Kiron Kasbekar | 03 Jan 2024
In March 2013 Chinese scientists pulled off a remarkable feat. They created the world’s lightest aerogel. Tipping the scales at a mere 0.16 milligrams per cubic centimeter – that’s a sixth of the weight of air!
COP28 explained: A closer look at COP28's climate change solutions
By Aniket Gupta | 27 Dec 2023
The 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP28, took place from 30th November 2023, to 13th December 2023, at Expo City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
What is a Ponzi scheme?
By Aniket Gupta | 06 Dec 2023
Ponzi schemes have long captivated the public imagination, drawing unsuspecting investors into a web of illusion and deception.
The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
03 Jul 2023
HDFC, which surged ahead of global majors like HSBC Holdings Plc and Citigroup Inc and left Indian peers like State Bank of India and ICICI Bank in market capitalisation, now ranks fourth largest among the world’s most valuable banks, after JPMorgan Chase & Co, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd and Bank of America Corp
India’s Millet Revolution To Enrich Global Food Basket
02 Apr 2023
Millets, a healthier and cheaper substitute to wheat and rice, are indigenous to many parts of the world, especially in the semiarid tropics of Asia and Africa, and offers a big scope for expanding production and consumption in the foodgrain deficient African continent
Market predator Hindenburg preys on Adani stock
06 Mar 2023
Almost a month after the damning report of short-seller Hindenburg Research on the Adani Group that claimed that the seven stocks within the group were about 85 per cent overvalued, one of the group's stocks, Adani Total Gas, closed at Rs835 on the BSE, down nearly 79 per cent from its 24 January level, almost close to reaching that valuation
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