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Topic: Apollo

William Anders, renowned for Apollo 8, dies in a plane crash

The 90-year-old's aircraft crashed off the coast of Jones Island & sunk in the water near the north end of the island.

First private moon lander launched, half a century after Apollo

Houston-based aerospace company Intuitive Machines's Nova-C lander, dubbed Odysseus, lifted off shortly after 1 a.m. EST.

Apollo, Reliance make $6.3-billion binding offer to buy UK drugstore chain Boots

Walgreens Boots Alliance’s negotiations with Apollo and Reliance currently have the most momentum, said people in the know. Their proposal values Boots at more than £5 billion ($6.3 billion).

Apollo Hospitals expects private market for vaccines to open by March in India

Apollo Hospitals is working with the government to vaccinate front line workers. A private market could boost the efforts to inoculate 3,000 lakh people by August.

Apollo, Varde pull out of bidding race for shadow lender Altico Capital

Both the firms pull out because they were unwilling to meet creditor demands to inject as much as Rs 2,000 crore of fresh equity into Altico.

Apollo Hospitals considers passing on corporate tax cuts to investors

The biggest beneficiaries from the move will be Apollo’s founders and largest shareholders, the Reddy family, who have been selling assets to pay down their own debt

Apollo, a $2 billion health empire run by four sisters, makes a comeback

About a decade ago, Suneeta Reddy and her three sisters took over most executive functions at Apollo.

On Camera

IndiGo cancellations made TV news do the unexpected — question the Modi government

Republic TV was the harshest of them all: “The (civil aviation) minister has done a bad job,” said prime time anchor Arnab Goswami.

IndiGo’s profits dipped, most airlines sunk into losses last fiscal even as flier numbers soared

Despite growing passenger volume, 11 out of 14 carriers reported losses in 2023-24. IndiGo recorded profit of Rs 8,167 crore, which reduced to Rs 7.253 crore in 2024-25.

US clears $686-mn package to breathe fresh life into Pakistani F-16s

Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).

Asim Munir & Pakistan’s Failed Marshal Doctrine

None of Pakistan’s PMs has lasted 5 years. That the current PM has given Asim Munir 5 years shows that of all military dictatorships history has seen, Pakistan’s is most creative.