Aerospace
India launches high-power communication satellite GSAT-30
17 Jan 2020
The 3,357 kgGSAT-30 will provide continuity to operational services on some of the in-orbit satellites, replacing INSAT-4A in orbit, while also expanding reach in the Gulf countries, several Asian countries and Australia
China launches world’s largest single-dish radio telescope
13 Jan 2020
The Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope ( FAST) is the size of 30 football fields and has been hewed out of a mountain in the south-western province of Guizhou
Isro plans a repeat of second moon mission with Chandrayaan-3
02 Jan 2020
Sivan said Isro has planned more than space 25 missions in 2020 and that preparations for the manned space mission, `Gaganyaan’ are going on simultaneously with the Chandrayaan-3 mission which is slated for 2021
NASA's Mars 2020 Rover to seek ancient life, scope for humans
30 Dec 2019
The Rover is equipped with state-of-the-art scientific instruments meant for acquiring information about Martian geology, atmosphere, environmental conditions, and potential biosignatures
China’s Long March-5 rocket places 8-tonne satellite in orbit
30 Dec 2019
The Long March-5, a huge, two-stage rocket, is capable of carrying a payload of up to 25 tonnes into low Earth orbit, 14 tonnes to geostationary transfer orbit and 8 tonnes to Earth-Moon transfer orbit
Isro ranked fifth best place to work in India
20 Dec 2019
Nasa showcases its first all-electric aeroplane
11 Nov 2019
Isro to attempt fresh Moon landing soon: K Sivan
04 Nov 2019
Sivan was delivering a convocation address after signing a memorandum of understanding with IIT Delhi for setting up a Space Technology Cell (STC) at the institute
NASA to send rover to map water ice on Moon in 2022
29 Oct 2019
NASA will use data from the 2009 mission when the rocket crashed into a large crater near the South Pole and directly detected the presence of water ice
Air India to be sold lock, stock, and barrel
21 Oct 2019
However, Air India’s subsidiaries such as Air India Express, Alliance Air, Air India Singapore Terminal Services Ltd, Air India Air Transport Services and Air India Engineering Services will be sold separately
NASA image of Chandrayan-2 landing site fails to locate Vikram lander
27 Sep 2019
According to NASA, Vikram had a hard landing and the precise location of the spacecraft in the lunar highlands could not be imaged as it was dusk and large shadows covered much of the terrain, possibly covering the lander
Lockheed to start supply of Made-in-India’ F-16 wings in 2020: report
27 Sep 2019
Lockheed had offered to locally manufacture the more advanced F-21 fighter jets specifically configured for the Indian Air Force’s requirements, while bidding for the $15 billion contract, besides proposing to shift its F-16 production line from the United States to India
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India’s Millet Revolution To Enrich Global Food Basket
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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
