Felix Baumgartner breaks record with 39-km jump
byLondon: Austrian Felix Baumgartner has broken the record for the highest ever skydive by jumping out of a balloon 128,000 feet (39 km) above…
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E-governance pays dividends in Kerala
byThiruvananthapuram: The union government launched e-governance as a pilot project in 35 districts across the country, but only in Kerala has it seen such…
N-capable Prithvi-II missile tested successfully
byBhubaneswar: India Thursday successfully test-fired its indigenously developed, nuclear-capable ballistic missile Prithvi-II from a test range in Odisha, an official said. The 350-km range…
India’s next moon mission banks on Russia, no Mars race with China: ISRO chief
bySriharikota (Andhra Pradesh): India’s second moon mission will depend on Russia’s decision after a failed inter-planetary mission with China, said India’s space agency chief…
Countdown begins for India’s 100th space mission
byChennai: The 51-hour countdown for the 100th mission of the Indian space agency, slated for Sep 9, is progressing smoothly at the Sriharikota satellite…
India: From ferrying rockets on cycles to eyeing Mars
byChennai: From the days of having a church as control room, the bishop’s house as office, a bicycle as ferry, naked eyes to track…
A false case that delayed India’s cryogenic project
byThiruvananthapuram: In the early 1990s, S. Nambi Narayanan was working to develop cryogenic technology when things went for a toss and he was arrested…
Unauthorized mobile towers scar hill landscpaes
byShimla: Crowding the hill townships skyline in larger numbers each year, the government has failed to regulate mushrooming of mobile towers across the urban…
Narendra Modi first political leader to chat live on the net, hangs out on Google+
byAhmedabad: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, an avid tweeter with almost 900,000 followers on the social networking site, Friday went a step further –…
Global Warming: Shrinking ice sheets may free methane reserves
byLondon: Billons of tonnes of the potent greenhouse gas methane locked beneath the Antarctic ice sheet could be released into the atmosphere if enough…