India celebrated its maiden Space Day on 23 August. In this edition of ThePrint Quiz, let's test your knowledge of space programmes in India and abroad.
On 1 February 2003, Kalpana Chawla, the first Indian woman to fly to space, was just minutes away from landing on Earth aboard Space Shuttle Columbia. It was already too late.
The Indian-American astronaut made history at NASA as the first India-born woman to enter space. She died in 2003 when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated upon entering Earth.
Arnab Goswami's obsession with Congress president Sonia Gandhi's Italian roots is not his alone. His supporters and many BJP leaders also can't see an Indian in her.
In the centuries to come, economist Bibek Debroy's Mahabharata will attain the importance we attach to the texts of Shankara, Ramanuja, and Madhvacharya.
In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.
The decorated Naga officer from Manipur also served as envoy to Myanmar & Nagaland chief secy. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated a museum dedicated to the Tawang hero Thursday.
Congress is silently acknowledging it over-read verdict of last general election. You can see it in easy concession to SP. It will likely be more reasonable in Maharashtra & Jharkhand.
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