Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru was born November 14, 1889 in Allahabad, India, and died May 27, 1964 in New Delhi. The first Prime Minister of Independent India from 1947 to 1964, Nehru is credited with establishing […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): After the historic lift-off of India’s heaviest rocket GSLV-Mk III, Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) is gearing up to launch a C a r t o s a t – s e r i e s satellite, also called the ‘eye […]
BHUBANESWAR (TIP): India on April 27 (Thursday) successfully test-fired its intermediate-range ballistic missile Agni-III from Abdul Kalam Island off the Odisha coast. The missile lifted off from launch pad No.4 of the Integrated Test Range […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Isro successfully placing a record 104 satellites—101 foreign satellites and three Indian ones—in orbit in a single launch cements India’s position as a global leader in space technology. But, more important, it […]
CHENNAI (TIP): India took a big leap in space technology on June 22 when Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) used its workhorse PSLV-C34 to inject 20 satellites including 17 foreign satellites into orbit in a […]
BHOPAL (TIP): IAS officer Ajay Singh Gangwar and Barwani district Collector, who praised the country’s first Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru in a Facebook post, was transferred by Madhya Pradesh government. Gangwar was transferred as […]
BANGALORE (TIP): India’s space agency ISRO crossed another milestone August 27 afternoon, launching its first 2,000-kg-plus satellite on a launch vehicle powered by an indigenous engine. The 2,117-kg GSAT-6 communication satellite flew into space on […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Community leaders from the Tri-state area came together to honor the memory of the former President A.P.J Abdul Kalam on Sunday, August 2. The condolence meeting was organized by George Abraham, Lal […]
Shakespeare may as well had APJ Abdul Kalam, an outstanding human being, teacher, scientist, thinker and much more, in mind, when he penned these words in Julius Caesar in which Antony pays tribute to the slain Caesar. […]
During his China visit, Prime Minister Modi has been unusually forthright in speaking about the problems that hold back the India-China relationship. He probably feels that his desire to strengthen ties with China being so clear, […]
PADMA AWARDS 2015 TO RAMDEV, AMITABH BACHCHAN, RAJINIKANTH, ADVANI, OTHERS: REPORTS NEW DELHI (TIP): Yoga exponent Baba Ramdev, Bharatiya Janata Party patriarch LK Advani, spiritual leader Shri Shri Ravi Shankar and veteran actors Amitabh Bachchan and […]
2014 has not been very different from its predecessors. It has been, like all other years preceding it, a year of mixed events of diverse hues. In India, on the political front, the year proved […]
India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV), with the consummate ease that has become the rocket’s hallmark, placed the third Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS) spacecraft into orbit in the early hours of Thursday. Over […]
BENGALURU (TIP): “We have gone beyond the boundaries of human enterprise and innovation,” an exultant Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, standing alongside Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) scientists at the command center in the southern […]
Remarks made by Nisha Desai Biswal, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, at Tampa Convention Center, Tampa, FL on April 25, 2014 Thank you, Dr. Singh, for your warm welcome. It is […]
As part of India’s first inter-planetary mission, the Mars Orbiter Mision lifted off on November 5. If successful, Isro would become the fourth space agency to reach Mars. Crossing a major milestone in the country’s […]
CHENNAI (TIP): India’s first Mars orbiter spacecraft underwent a second crucial orbitraising exercise in the wee hours of November 8 as part of its five-stage preparation to leave the Earth orbit on December 1. Isro […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): India’s successful launch of its Mars mission has been described by the mainstream American media as “technological leap” and “a symbolic coup” against China in this field. “If it succeeds, India’s Mars mission […]
New Delhi (TIP): India’s first exclusive satellite for Navy, GSAT-7, was successfully launched by European space consortium Arianespace’s Ariane 5 rocket from Kourou spaceport in French Guiana. GSAT-7 is India’s first dedicated spacecraft for defence […]
Famous Indian nuclear physicist Homi Jehangir Bhabha was born on 30 October 1909 in Mumbai. Bhabha played a key role in the development of the Indian atomic energy program. Widely referred to as the father […]
MUMBAI (TIP): The US would support India in its much-awaited Rs 450-crore Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) slated for lift off from Sriharikota in October-November 2013. “Nasa is providing the deep space navigation and tracking support […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The armed forces are now finalizing the plan for creation of three new tri-Service commands to handle space, cyber and special forces, which will be “critical” in deploying capabilities for conventional as […]
BANGALORE (TIP): Renowned space scientist Prof U R Rao has been inducted into the highly coveted “Satellite Hall of Fame”, Washington, by the Society of Satellite Professionals International. Rao, a former Indian Space Research Organisation […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): A man employed at an Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) unit in Tamil Nadu was caught with his father-in-law when he was showing off the area to him. A supervisor of labourers […]
Bangalore (TIP): An Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) rocket on Sept 9 successfully put into orbit two foreign satellites, making the space agency’s 100th mission a grand success. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was present at […]
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