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India's second Moon mission set for March 2018
25 Oct 2017
Isro's second unmanned Moon mission, Chandrayaan-2, an advanced version of Chandrayaan-1, will use an orbiter, lander and a rover
NASA finds Mars has a twisted magnetic tail
23 Oct 2017
Mars’ magnetotail is formed when magnetic fields carried by the solar wind join with the magnetic fields embedded in the Martian surface in a process called magnetic reconnection, says the study
New NASA study improves search for habitable worlds
21 Oct 2017
New NASA research is helping to refine our understanding of candidate planets beyond our solar system that might support life
World's largest combustion research centre at IIT Madras
14 Oct 2017
National Centre for Combustion Research and Development will develop state-of-the-art capabilities in combustion research in three major application sectors - automotive, thermal power and aerospace propulsion, besides fire research and microgravity combustion
World's largest combustion research centre at IIT Madras
14 Oct 2017
National Centre for Combustion Research and Development will develop state-of-the-art capabilities in combustion research in three major application sectors - automotive, thermal power and aerospace propulsion, besides fire research and microgravity combustion
WTO: India to push food security issue
09 Oct 2017
India, particularly, will insist that a permanent solution on public stock holding be one of the deliverables in Buenos Aires as was promised at the Ministerial meets in Nairobi and Bali
WTO: India to push food security issue
09 Oct 2017
India, particularly, will insist that a permanent solution on public stock holding be one of the deliverables in Buenos Aires as was promised at the Ministerial meets in Nairobi and Bali
Call rates to drop as Trai cuts mobile termination charges to 6 paise
20 Sep 2017
While the reduction is expected to give a Rs4,000-crore boost to Reliance Jio and leave a gaping hole in incumbent telcos’ annual revenues, the regulator decided to terminate mobile call termination charges altogether beginning 1 January 2020
Isro’s IRNSS satellite launch fails
01 Sep 2017
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