Aerospace
ESA’s Jupter Icy Moons Explorer set for mid-2022 launch
18 Jun 2019
The 6-tonne satellite will first be placed in an Earth escape orbit in a direction to Jupiter before starting a journey of 600 million kilometres that will take 7.5-years, and the spacecraft will finally enter orbit around the giant planet in October 2029
Raytheon to merge United Technologies to form a $120 bn giant
10 Jun 2019
United Technologies provides primarily commercial plane makers with electronics, communications and other equipment, whereas Raytheon mainly supplies the US government with military aircraft and missile equipment
Astronomers capture first image of a black hole
10 Apr 2019
Joint efforts by the US National Science Foundation and Event Horizon Telescope helped make paradigm-shifting observations of the gargantuan black hole at the heart of distant galaxy Messier 87
India successfully tests anti-satellite missile technology
27 Mar 2019
The mission, `Operation Shakti’, was completed in just three minutes, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, adding that all equipment used in the operation was developed indigenously
Jet Airways founder-chairman Naresh Goyal steps aside
25 Mar 2019
Twenty-five years after founding Jet Airways, Naresh Goyal and his wife Anita Goyal will exit the board of the airline, allowing lenders led by State Bank of India to infuse Rs1,500-crore funds into the beleaguered carrier
Lenders ask Jet Air to submit revival plan by month-end
07 Jan 2019
Lenders are wary of taking Jet Airways to the National Company Law Tribunal for insolvency proceedings since they are not sure of the value of its assets, but expects partner Etihad Airways to buy more stake in the company
China makes first-ever landing on Moon's far side
03 Jan 2019
Besides a variety of equipment to study the lunar surface in great detail, Chang'e 4 also features totes, a biological experiment that will track how silkworms, tomatoes and Arabidopsis plants grow and develop on the lunar surface
Isro plans 32 space missions, including Chandrayaan-2, in 2019
03 Jan 2019
The year 2019 will be more challenging to Isro with 32 planned missions (14 launch vehicle, 17 satellite and 1 technology demonstration mission), including the most complex Chandrayaan-2, its chairman K Sivan said
Jet Airways defaults on loan repayment to banks
02 Jan 2019
VVIP chopper scam: Middleman Christian Michel brought to India
05 Dec 2018
Christian Michel, a British national, is wanted in a case related to organising bribes of Rs225 crore (about 30 million euros) to push a Rs3,600-crore contract for VVIP helicopters during the UPA regime
ESA’s Mars mission sends images of former Martian flood plains
22 Nov 2018
Despite Mars’ reputation as a dry, arid world, water is believed to have played a key role in sculpting `Nili Fossae’ where the surrounding environment has visual cues of once flowing water
Monsanto fined $289 mn for causing cancer by Roundup weed killer
11 Aug 2018
A US jury has ordered chemical giant Monsanto to pay $289 million, including $250 million in punitive damages to a dying groundskeeper, saying the company did not even care to warn the poor man that its weed killer Roundup might cause cancer
Isro successfully flight-tests escape system for space crew
05 Jul 2018
The Crew Escape System test comes three and a half years after the Crew Module Atmospheric Reentry Experiment (CARE) which successfully demonstrated the spacecraft’s ability to withstand the rigors of atmospheric reentry
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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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