New Delhi, July 18 (IANS) India’s space sector is witnessing unprecedented growth driven by a series of government reforms that have opened the space ecosystem to private participation, with more than 400 space startups now operating in the country compared to just one in 2014, the government said on Saturday.The government said the transformation is being demonstrated by Skyroot Aerospace’s upcoming Vikram-1 mission, which will become India’s first privately developed orbital launch vehic…
Latest ISRO News & Updates
Bengaluru, July 17 (IANS) Union Minister for Food, Public Distribution and Consumer Affairs Pralhad Joshi has praised the significant contribution of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research–National Physical Laboratory (CSIR-NPL) in advancing the Centre’s ambitious “One Nation, One Time” initiative. Speaking during his visit to ISRO in Bengaluru on Thursday, Union Minister Joshi said the premier space agency continues to symbolise Ind…
Bengaluru, July 17 (IANS) In a major administrative intervention aimed at safeguarding India’s ambitious space programmes, the Department of Space (DoS) has tightened rules governing resignations and voluntary retirement of scientists working on mission-critical projects, following reports that more than 100 personnel have left the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) in recent months. The departures have renewed concerns about the loss of institutional knowledge at a time when ISRO is simu…
Bengaluru, July 16 (IANS) Union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, and New and Renewable Energy, Pralhad Joshi, inaugurated the ‘White Rabbit Technology’‑based ‘Indian Standard Time (IST) Distribution Demonstration Network’ on Thursday at the Regional Reference Standards Laboratory (RRSL) in Jakkur, Bengaluru. Speaking on the occasion, the Union Minister said the initiative, implemented under the vision of ‘One Nation, One Time,’ marks a historic step towa…
Bengaluru, July 16 (IANS) Union Minister for Heavy Industries and Steel H.D. Kumaraswamy on Thursday alleged that nearly 175 acres of HMT land in Bengaluru were diverted during 1999–2004 with the involvement of the then Urban Development Minister in the Congress government, a post held by current Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar at the time. Inspecting several parcels of HMT land, Kumaraswamy said he had directed officials to prepare a comprehensive report on alleged irregularities. “Once I re…
Thiruvananthapuram, July 14 (IANS) Kerala will have another moment of pride on Tuesday evening when NASA astronaut Dr Anil Menon, whose family traces its roots to Ottapalam in Palakkad district, blasts off to the International Space Station aboard the Soyuz MS-29 spacecraft.The launch is scheduled for 8.17 p.m. IST from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, marking the beginning of an eight-month mission that will conclude with the crew’s return to Earth in April next year.Dr Menon, the son of …
Auckland, July 11 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday that New Zealand’s space sector has played a significant role in the success of India’s lunar mission Chandrayaan-3.Addressing the diaspora in Auckland, PM Modi recalled how celebrations emerged among the Kiwi-Indian community after the successful landing of Chandrayaan-3 on moon’s South Pole.“India’s Chandrayaan-3, when it landed on the Moon’s South Pole, the whole of New Zealand was dancing that day. And that day, we al…
Ahmedabad, July 11 (IANS) Fresh from his historic mission to the International Space Station (ISS), astronaut and Ashoka Chakra awardee Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla is scheduled to visit Tanmay’s ‘Amazing Space Museum – Zero Digital Space Museum’ in Ahmedabad on Saturday.The visit is scheduled between 12 p.m. and 12.30 p.m., during which Shukla will tour several exhibits dedicated to space exploration, including a specially curated gallery bearing his name.Museum organisers said he will als…
New Delhi, July 7 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on Tuesday that India’s Unified Payments Interface (UPI) will be integrated with Indonesia’s payment system, which will enable tourists and businesses to make cross-border retail payments more easily by using their domestic payment apps.Addressing a joint press conference with Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto in Jakarta, PM Modi said, “We are delighted that India’s UPI is set to be integrated with Indonesia’s payment sy…
New Delhi, July 2 (IANS) India is set to witness a landmark moment in its space journey as Skyroot Aerospace has opened the launch window for the maiden test flight of Vikram-1, the country’s first privately developed orbital-class rocket, it was announced on Thursday. The mission, named Mission Aagaman, is scheduled for launch no earlier than July 12, subject to the successful completion of final assembly and testing at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC-SHAR) in Sriharikota, as well as favou…