Organisations
India’s Astrosat space observatory undergoing pre-launch tests
20 May 2015
Astrosat, the first mission to be operated as a space observatory by Isro, will be launched 650km into space near the equatorial orbit around the Earth during the second half of 2015, using a PSLV C-34 rocket
Hacktivists take down Trai website
28 Apr 2015
After 10,000 Ebola deaths, WHO accepts failure to respond
20 Apr 2015
The World Health Organisation (WHO) plans a to set up a 1,000-strong response team to deal with future emergencies, after its weak response to the Ebola crisis devastated Western Africa
ISRO gets Gandhi Peace Prize for 2014
28 Mar 2015
Government sacks DRDO chief Chander, no reasons given
14 Jan 2015
While many critical DRDO projects are behind schedule, the strategic missile programme, personally overseen by Avinash Chander, has done well, with different nuclear-capable Prithvi and Agni missiles being inducted into the armed forces
Shailesh Nayak takes over as ISRO chief as K Radhakrishnan retires
01 Jan 2015
Senior scientists like AS Kiran Kumar, director of Isro Space Application Centre (SAC) Ahmedabad and MYS Prasad, director of Satish Dhawan Space Centre, were in contention for the post