Aerospace
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
Aircraft-engine maker Safran buys plane-seat supplier Zodiac Aerospace for $10.5 bn
20 Jan 2017
The merger will unite Safran's activities spanning turbines, landing gear, brakes and avionics with Zodiac’s cabin interiors, fuel, lighting, safety and power-distribution gear
Safran tables €10 bn takeover offer for Zodiac Aerospace
19 Jan 2017
French aircraft engine maker Safran SA is reported to have tabled a friendly €10-billion ($10.6 billion) takeover offer for aerospace equipment and systems maker Zodiac Aerospace
Airbus to test self-piloted flying car prototype
17 Jan 2017
India launches earth observation satellite Resourcesat-2A
07 Dec 2016
For the first time a camera was put on the rocket to observe the launch of the satellite and the deployment of solar panels
Isro to launch its third remote sensing satellite Resourcesat-2A on Wednesday
05 Dec 2016
Resourcesat-2A is intended to continue the remote sensing data services to global users and would carry similar payloads as carried by its predecessors
Isro eyes world record with launch of 83 satellites in one go next year
31 Oct 2016
Russia holds the record for the largest number of satellites placed into orbit in one launch with the placing of 37 satellites in 2014, followed by the US, which launched 29 satellites at one shot
ISRO’s PSLV-C35 places eight satellites in two orbits
26 Sep 2016
Besides Isro’s own weather satellite SCATSAT-1, the PSLV-C35 mission also successfully launched PISAT, a nanosatellite developed by PESU and a consortium of engineering colleges and the Pratham satellite designed and built by the students of IIT Bombay
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The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
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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
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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
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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
