New Delhi. Ministry of Defence, on August 25, 2023, signed a contract with Hindustan Shipyard Limited (HSL), Visakhapatnam for acquisition of five Fleet Support Ships (FSS) for the Indian Navy at an overall cost of approx. Rs 19,000 crore. It would be a major boost towards achieving the goal of self-reliance in defence manufacturing as…
New Delhi. India’s aerospace sector is poised to gain massive momentum as the Indian Air Force plans to order around 100 more LCA Mark 1A fighter jets, a day after India’s major breakthrough in space with the Chandrayaan-3. The intention of the Indian Air Force to replace the MiG-21 warplanes in its fleet with Indian-made…
Patriotism manifested on I-Day Nava Thakuria While Manipur was burning in ethnic violence that resulted in the killing of over 175 people (injuring 1000 others), destruction of many public & private properties including religious institutions, displacement of over 50,000 people (who are taking shelter in more than 500 relief camp), many armed militant outfit issued…
New Delhi. Former Chairman of ISRO G. Madhavan Nair, said that the scientists at ISRO are working with dedication to the country. He said that the cost of India’s Chandrayaan-3 is far less when compared with other countries’ Moon missions. Even though Chandrayaan-3 took forty days to reach Moon and other countries’ space vehicles takes…
Thiruvananthapuram. A formal complaint has been submitted to the Governor, requesting to seek a report from the Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, into the conduct of the Speaker who disrespected Lord Ganesha. A delegation headed by Swami Chidananda Puri, the President of Vishwa Hindu Parishad Marga-Darshak Mandal, held a meeting with the Governor at Raj Bhavan….
New Delhi. After the successful soft landing of Vikram lander and roll down of Pragyan Rover, the ISRO is already working on several future missions. ISRO Chairman S. Somnath has informed that work is already going on for the launch of Aditya L1, which is the first space based Indian mission to study the Sun-Earth…
New Delhi. Chairperson of Mahindra and Mahindra Anand Mahindra, replied to an old video doing rounds on X (formerly Twitter), in which a BBC journalist can be seen asking a panellist if India needed to spend so much money in space programme when there were 700 million people living in poverty in India. Anand Mahindra…
Kerala (VSK). The state Cooperative Department’s plot to ‘settle’ Rs. 125.83 cr scam surrounding Karuvannoor Cooperative Bank by passing the blame to former board members and five employees has been defeated as Enforcement Directorate (ED) carried out raid in former Cooperative Minister A.C. Moideen MLA’s house on August 22. Moideen is a senior CPM leader,…
New Delhi/Goa. The indigenous Astra BVR firing from home grown Tejas fighter is a major step towards ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’. Tejas, Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) LSP-7 successfully fired the ASTRA indigenous Beyond Visual Range (BVR) air-to-air missile off the coast of Goa on August 23, 2023. The missile release was successfully carried out from the aircraft…
New Delhi. Bharat has created history as it became the first country to land on the South Pole of the lunar surface. The Vikram lander had a flawless touchdown at a site close to the lunar south pole. This important breakthrough has broken the barrier in space exploration for India. The anxiety was palpable in…
