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Delhi’s Nehru Planetarium is floundering. No director since 2021

The allocation for outreach programmes by the planetarium saw a dip after 2022. From Rs 29-31 lakh, it went down to Rs 16 lakh in the year 2023-24, and then just Rs 11 lakh in 2024-25.

Rakesh Sharma to Shubhanshu Shukla—India’s space programme is entering a bold new era

Learnings from Axiom-4 will help improve India’s own human spaceflight. Its impact will go beyond policy rooms and launch pads to classrooms and public discussions.

From Rakesh Sharma’s 1984 mission to Shukla piloting Axiom-4, Nehru Planetarium has seen it all

The planetarium was born with India’s first human spaceflight mission since its doors were open in 1984 when Rakesh Sharma went to space, says programme director Prerna Chandra.

‘This is his moment’—India’s 1st astronaut Rakesh Sharma cheers as Shubhanshu Shukla preps for Axiom 4

Rakesh Sharma flew to the Soviet space station, Salyut-7, in 1984. Now, he is eager to pass the torch to Shubhanshu Shukla, who is set for the International Space Station.

Axiom-4 mission, pushed to 10 June, to have 5th ‘crew member’ & a surprise for India’s 1st astronaut

Indian Air Force Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla and other members of the crew will fly from the NASA Kennedy Space Centre in Florida at 5:52 pm IST.

IDBI Bank to sell $1.4 billion of its bad loans

IDBI Bank, which has India's worst bad loan ratio, wants to sell stressed loans 'by June-end to quicken pace of clean-up exercise'.

What is wrong with Bloomberg comparing Modi to JFK?

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Rakesh Sharma, the first and only Indian in space, wants to go back as a tourist

The veteran Indian Air Force fighter pilot says he is excited about PM Modi's announcement of plans to launch a desi crewed mission by 2022.

Modi says ISRO eyeing human spaceflight in three years. The claim may not be far off

The space agency recently tested a crew bailout system, and a prototype was just developed for the Indian ‘vyomanaut’.

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Defence, tech, education—Modi’s visit will boost India-UK ties

Given the immediate challenges on India’s borders, cooperation in the defence sector with partners such as the UK has achieved greater importance.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Indian firm sets up titanium, superalloy plants to meet global need. Safran, Dassault, BAE line up

PTC Industries is investing Rs 1,000 cr in 4 manufacturing plants in UP, has already started supplying titanium parts to BAE Systems for its M-777 howitzers that India also uses.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.