Aerospace
Aircraft makers bullish on Indian market
10 Mar 2018
World’s largest airplane may prove most effective way to carry satellites into space in future
28 Feb 2018
SpaceX Falcon blasts off again; all eyes on Tintin
23 Feb 2018
While the main aim of Elon Musk's latest space mission is to deliver the Spanish satellite PAZ into orbit, much of the attention is focused on 'Tintin A and B', the first step in SpaceX's mega-network for broadband internet
India’s light transport aircraft Saras completes second test-flight
21 Feb 2018
The light transport aircraft project, abandoned after an accident while being flight-tested in 2009, has been revived with NAL making design and system modifications and improvements on the Saras PT 1 model
SpaceX to test launch Falcon Heavy rocket today
06 Feb 2018
Bombardier wins battle over punitive tariffs
27 Jan 2018
Airbus A380 gets lifeline as Emirates orders 36 new planes
19 Jan 2018
Emirates is already the world's biggest customer for the A380 with 101 in its fleet and 41 more firm orders previously placed. With the new order, the Dubai-based airline will have commitments for a total of 178 A380s worth $60 billion
VSSC chief K Sivan to replace A S Kiran Kumar as Isro chief
11 Jan 2018
K Sivan will take over as Isro chairman and secretary Department of Space on 12 January 2015, the day when PSLV-C40 will launch the 710kg Cartosat-2 series satellite for earth observation and 30 other satellites
Fund crunch puts TeamIndus’s Moon mission in limbo
10 Jan 2018
The total cost of the mission was estimated to be Rs450 crore, of which TeamIndus managed to raise about Rs225 crore, and has to secure the remaining within the launch deadline of March 2018
Isro sets 10 January for another mega launch of 31 satellites
30 Dec 2017
The first space mission in 2018, which will use Isro’s workhorse Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C40), comes four months after an earlier mission on 31 August failed to deliver the country's eighth navigation satellite, IRNSS-1H
Airbus A380 superjumbo set to follow Boeing 747 into the sunset
28 Dec 2017
'If there is no Emirates deal, Airbus will start the process of ending A380 production,' a person briefed on the plans said. A supplier added such a move was logical due to weak demand
Hybrid electric plane to fly by 2020
29 Nov 2017
A joint project of Airbus, Siemens and Rolls-Royce, the E-Fan X demonstration model will be based on a BAe 146 aircraft in which an electric unit, powered by an onboard generator, will replace one, and eventually two, of the four gas turbine engines of the plane
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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
