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.
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.
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.
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.
Donald Trump seems to have rejected the old assumptions. He does not care that India is the world’s largest democracy. As for the Indian market, he wants access on his own terms.
Republican Senator Lindsey Graham says bill will be 'well-timed, as Ukraine is making concessions for peace and Putin is all talk, continuing to kill the innocent'.
Indian Army has inducted loitering munitions, kamikaze and surveillance drones for over Rs 5,000 crore post Operation Sindoor from various domestic firms.
Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.
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