ISRO had earlier identified two potential landing locations within Indian watersThe human spaceflight programme ‘Gaganyaan’ led by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) aims to position India among the world’s top space-exploring nations. Should it succeed, India will be counted alongside the United States, Russia and China as countries with ongoing human spaceflight endeavours. ISRO

In the last four years, Ladakh has shut down on multiple occasions amid fears of disempowerment of locals and overreach of bureaucracyNew Delhi: The Centre’s talks with Ladakh’s civil society leaders failed after a six-member delegation from the Union Territory met with Home Minister Amit Shah in Delhi today. Former BJP MP Thupstan Chhewang, who is also the chief of the Ladakh Buddhist

Ministry of Defence has signed a tripartite Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with BEML Limited, Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) and Mishra Dhatu Nigam Limited (MIDHANI) for indigenous development of Advanced Fuelling and Control System for Engines for heavy duty applications. The MoU was inked with Chairman & Managing Director, BEML Limited Shri Shantanu Roy; CMD, MIDHANI Dr SK Jha; and CMD

China’s main state-owned contractor plans test flights for two new large diameter reusable rockets in the next couple of years, despite existing commercial reusability efforts.The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) plans to launch four-meter and five-meter-diameter reusable rockets for the first time in 2025 and 2026 respectively, Wang Wei, a deputy to the National People’s

The country craft was heading toward Sri Lanka, and it was intercepted
after a hot pursuit by the joint team of officials from the DRI, Chennai
zonal unit, and ICG Mandapam. This is a major haul of narcotic substances
initiated by the DRI

Chennai: As many as 99 kg of hashish, said to be worth ₹108 crore, was
seized from a country boat near Mandapam coast in Tamil

MV Rubymar, ferrying over 21,000 metric tons of fertilizer from the UAE to Bulgaria, sank off Yemen on Saturday after a missile strike by Houthis.A fertiliser-laden bulk carrier which sank off the coast of Yemen on Saturday due to a Houthi missile attack poses a major environmental hazard to the region, warn experts, reported StratNews Global.MV Rubymar, a Belize-flagged, Lebanese-operated