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Topic: Starlink

After Tesla entry, Elon Musk’s Starlink prepares for retail kickoff in India

Starlink’s India entry would help SpaceX compensate for being shut out of China, where the government has kept the market closed to foreign operators.

After setbacks, SpaceX’s Starship successfully deploys mock satellites, tests heat shields

NASA Administrator Sean Duffy posted: "Flight 10's success paves the way for the Starship Human Landing System that will bring American astronauts back to the Moon on Artemis III."

Elon’s Starlink gets nod from India’s space regulator but data privacy, space debris concerns abound

Third company to get authorisation by IN-SPACe, Starlink will deliver combined data capacity of 600 gigabytes/second, helping amp up internet access particularly in rural areas.

Elon Musk’s Starlink to get licence to operate in India soon, says Jyotiraditya Scindia

OneWeb & Reliance have received spectrum allocations to begin testing their services, Union Minister of Communications Scindia says in an interview with ThePrint. 

How should India respond to Trump tariff? Raghav Chadha has an idea involving Starlink

Responding to concerns raised by Chadha, Scindia outlines measures taken by Centre to protect India's security interests with regard to satellite networks including Starlink.

Airtel and Jio are welcoming Starlink to India. Is it a bid to get on Trump’s good side?

The government’s decision to strictly control the licensing process gives it the power to use Starlink’s India entry as a bargaining chip in negotiations with Musk’s buddy Trump.

Musk’s ‘small man’ spat with Polish minister bares widening US-Europe rift over Russia-Ukraine war

Poland has been one of the strongest supporters of the US, and one of the highest spenders within NATO on defence. But the allies are poles apart when it comes to Ukraine.

SpaceX Starship rocket test postponed after booster issue

The spacecraft was scheduled to take off from SpaceX’s Starbase facility near Boca Chica Beach in Texas. However, computers flagged a booster issue just 23 mins before liftoff.

How Reliance Jio IPO could be a blockbuster listing & Elon Musk Starlink eyeing Indian market

Global media also reports on Shein relaunching in India 5 years after it was banned by Delhi. The relaunch is taking place under a deal with Reliance Retail.

India’s higher education ‘paradox’ & what country’s ties with US may look like under Trump

Global media also reports that militant groups in Manipur are using Musk’s Starlink to circumvent internet curbs. While unlicensed in India, it is legal across the border in Myanmar.

On Camera

BBC scandal: Britain’s elite establishment is rapidly sinking

The impact of all this upheaval is unmooring. We search for the BBC to confirm that Britain still exists and find it missing.

India’s factory data may get reality check in MoSPI’s new IIP plan, defunct factories to be dropped

MoSPI proposes to remove closed factories from IIP sample, aiming for truer picture of India’s industrial health in upcoming 2022–23 base series. Plan open to public feedback until 25 November.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.