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NASA to revive lost and found satellite IMAGE
31 Jan 2018
India gets starring role at WEF meet in Davos
23 Jan 2018
With Narendra Modi the first Indian Prime Minister to attend the World Economic Forum in two decades, India hosted the welcome reception of the annual gathering at Davos in Switzerland
Trai may allow mobile services on board aircraft
20 Jan 2018
Trai may allow mobile services on board aircraft
20 Jan 2018
Isro launches Cartosat-2 and 30 other satellites
12 Jan 2018
The 31 satellites were placed in two different orbits in one mission, in one of the most keenly watched missions that comes after a failed launch in August last year
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
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
Trai targets $100-bn investment in communications sector
04 Jan 2018
The telecom regulator has sought stakeholders’ views on the draft Telecom Policy 2018, which aims at making India a global data hub
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
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
NASA’s Kepler telescope discovers a solar system with eight planets
15 Dec 2017
The Kepler-90 system seems to echo our own, with small rocky planets (like Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars) closer in to the sun and larger, more gas-rich ones (Jupiter and Saturn, Neptune and Uranus) lying farther out, but none of these are hospitable
US intransigence on farm issues could jeopardise WTO talks
13 Dec 2017
The eleventh round of ministerial conference (MC 11) of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) at Buenos Aires could collapse over US attempts to stonewall Doha Round commitments on agriculture and development and instead introduce new issues
IIT-Bombay, IISc-Bangalore among top 10 BRICS universities
23 Nov 2017
Seven out of the top 10 universities, including top-ranked Tsinghua University, are from China, while 2 are from India and 1 is from Russia
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