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Topic: Rockets

US military forces accounted for after reported rocket attack in Baghdad, says official

Two Iraqi security sources said an initial investigation showed three rockets were fired causing damages and fire to some vehicles but no casualties.

Around 9 ft & 24 kg with 8-10 km range, improvised rocket bombs emerge as new threat in Manipur

A 'rocket bomb' attack on a house in Manipur's Moirang killed a 70-yr-old priest. Security forces are conducting searches and combing operations within 5 km of villages in hill areas.

ISRO commercial arm invites private players to build LVM3 rocket that delivered Chandrayaan mission

India’s new space policy says participation of private players in end-to-end services is set to rise, a role that ISRO solely fulfilled until a couple of years ago.

Shipping containers as office, 3D printed rocket engine—a Chennai startup is in a space race

Agnikul’s offices at the IIT Madras’ satellite campus are going to be the ‘Uber for satellites’, offering easy access to space with ride-sharing options as a means to reduce costs.

ISRO receives bids from 20 companies as a part of privatisation of its space programme

Newly created space regulatory body, Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre, opened the process on 11 July allowing qualified firms to register an interest.

5-minute flight, 2 Indian & 1 foreign payloads — India launches first private rocket

Mission Prarambh saw Hyderabad-based Skyroot Aerospace launch Vikram-S, with ISRO support, from Sriharikota launch pad. Rocket flew to altitude of 81.5 km, before splashing in Bay of Bengal.

In its commercial debut, India’s largest rocket set to launch 36 satellites for UK-based company

The satellites, meant for global connectivity needs, will be launched Sunday and are OneWeb's first collaboration with ISRO and NSIL in India.

66-year-old U.S. man is the fifth in the list, but the oldest patient to be cured of HIV

ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.

This UK study calculated the risk of being killed by space junk—and chances are increasing

The study estimated that rocket bodies are three times more likely to land at the latitudes of Indonesia and Bangladesh than in the US, China, or Russia.

Rocket-launch club just got bigger as South Korea places satellite in orbit, all on its own

3-stage Nuri rocket lifted off from Naro Space Centre Tuesday and placed a working satellite & dummy satellite in orbit. Country had launched a rocket built with Russian aid in 2013.

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Buddha comes home to Ladakh exposition: Gajendra Singh Shekhawat

The Government of India recognises Ladakh as one of the most important living centres of Buddhist culture in the world. We are committed to safeguarding its unique cultural traditions.

Lesson for India from the West: AI is hollowing out white-collar jobs & birthing a new middle-class elite

Post-2022 as AI has spread in developed economies, it is leading to another round of polarisation—the middle class jobs are being lost in offices rather than in factories.

Fourth S-400 sets sail for India, to arrive by mid-May; likely to be deployed along Pakistan border

The fifth S-400 air defence system is undergoing various stages of production trials, and will be delivered by November-December this year, it is learnt.

Trump, Netanyahu’s Iran gamble: The regime change rebound

American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.