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Isro launches its first space research platform XPoSat
01 Jan 2024
The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) started the New Year with the successful launch of the XPoSat and 10 other satellites into the space aboard its workhorse PSLV rocket.
HAL sets up new design and test facility for aero engines
30 Dec 2023
Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) has set up a new design and test facility for aero engines at its Aero Engine Research and Development Centre (AERDC) in Bengaluru.
Isro successfully conducts Reusable Launch Vehicle Autonomous Landing Mission
03 Apr 2023
The autonomous landing was carried out under the exact conditions of a space re-entry vehicle's landing — high speed, unmanned, precise landing from the same return path — as if the vehicle arrives from space
Trai releases consultation paper on the ‘Digital Connectivity Infrastructure Provider Authorisation’
13 Feb 2023
Isro’s SSLV-D2 mission successfully places EOS-07 and 2 other satellites into orbit
11 Feb 2023
SSLV, which is capable of launching mini, micro, or nanosatellites (10 to 500 kg mass) to a 500 km orbit, provides low-cost access to space, offers low turn-around time, facilitates flexibility in accommodates multiple satellites and demands minimal launch infrastructure
IIT Madras develops mobile operating system BharOS
30 Jan 2023
BharOS, that can rival Android and iOS, is meant for privacy and security and has no default apps, which means that it won’t require people to use any pre-installed apps
Isro's successfully launches OneWeb’s 36 satellites into orbit
25 Oct 2022
Isro's heavy-lift rocket successfully launched OneWeb’s 36 satellites into orbit, marking the first commercial mission of LVM3
Isro’s new rocket SSLV fails to deliver
09 Aug 2022
The rocket went up the sky as scheduled and performed all the stages normally and injected both the satellites, but the orbit achieved was less than expected, which made them unstable
DRDO conducts maiden flight of unmanned aircraft demonstrator
05 Jul 2022
DRDO said the flight is a significant step towards self-reliance in defence technologies, which will pave the way for development of critical military systems for autonomous aircraft
IIT Madras offers computer science courses online, free of cost
09 May 2022
Educational Institutions, students and anyone who is interested in applying for these online Computer Science courses can take part by visiting the official portal at nsm.iitm.ac.in/cse/
ISRO successfully launches earth observation satellite EOS-04
07 Mar 2022
After a flight of about 17 minutes and 34 seconds, the launch vehicle PSLV- C52 successfully injected three satellites, namely EOS-04, INSPIREsat-1 and INST-2TD, into a sun-synchronous polar orbit of 529 km
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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
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