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Topic: Samudrayaan project

Minor crack in Samudrayaan capsule’s foam casing delays 500-metre test

Soumya Pillai -
India’s ambitious manned ocean project has already faced significant delays. The 500-metre test dive was initially planned for 2024.

A giant plunge towards Samudrayaan: 2 Indians create history with 5,000-metre dive into Atlantic Ocean

Akanksha Mishra -
Raju Ramesh & Jatinder Pal Singh will be 'aquanauts' to lead India's own Deep Ocean Mission (DOM) Samudrayaan in 2027.

Big step for Samudrayaan as ISRO, NIOT complete key weld on deep-sea submersible after ‘700 trials’

Soumya Pillai -
Samudrayaan, which is part of gov’s larger Deep Ocean Mission, will send humans to a depth of 6,000 metres. Journey will be undertaken in a spherical submersible vessel, Matsya-6000.

India’s first crewed deep-sea mission set for testing—‘We’re to oceans what ISRO is to space’

+TFP Akanksha Mishra -
Matsya 6000 submersible will be tried in a harbour off Chennai with three crew members on board. If all goes as planned, in 2026, National Institute of Ocean Technology will send a crew 6,000 metres under the Indian Ocean.

‘Vigyan Shri’ awardee says Indian Ocean remains poorly explored, hails Samudrayaan deep-sea mission

Soumya Pillai -
In an interview with ThePrint, Syed Wajih Ahmad Naqvi talks about the need for ocean studies with climate change challenges and other related issues.

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Opinion

Nick Jonas wearing a mangalsutra is validation for many Indians. He’s our favourite jiju

Stela Dey -
Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.

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Economy

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

Vrinda Tulsian -
On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Defence

Suspected brake failure leads to Tejas accident after landing, airframe likely to be written off

Snehesh Alex Philip -
The IAF, so far, remains mum on this accident which has led to grounding of the fleet for safety checks.

National Interest

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

Shekhar Gupta -
India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.

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