Archive For August, 2019

India’s First Indigenous Aircraft Carrier to Conduct Basin Trials in 2020

India’s first domestically built aircraft carrier, the future INS Vikrant, designated IAC-1, is slated to commence basin trials sometime in February or March next year, according to a senior Indian naval official. “IAC-1 is presently moving at a very, very brisk pace and the plans are to go in for basin trials sometime in February-March […]

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Space cooperation MoU Signed between India and Tunisia

Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of the Republic of India and the Government of the Republic of Tunisia on cooperation in the exploration and use of outer space for peaceful purposes” was signed today (June 11, 2019) at ISRO Headquarters. Mr. Nejmeddine Lakhal, Ambassador of Tunisia to India and Dr. B. Bala Bhaskar, Joint Secretary, […]

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HAL Delivers Chetak Helicopter to Indian Navy Ahead of Schedule

HAL delivered a Chetak helicopter ahead of schedule to Indian Navy.  The documents were handed over by Mr S. Anbuvelan, General Manager of Helicopter Division-HAL to Commodore Vikram Menon, VSM, CSO(Air), HQNA in an event held at HAL facilities here, today. HAL entered into a contract with the Indian Navy in August 2017 for supply […]

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Delhi plans to purchase rocket engines from Moscow: DPM Yury Borisov

Delhi has plans to purchase rocket engines from Moscow for its growing national space program, Russia’s deputy prime minister has said coinciding with Chandrayaan-2 launch. Deputy Prime Minister Mr Yury Borisov told reporters here about the planned rocket sales, and recognized India’s achievement in its latest mission to explore the Moon, according to the RIA […]

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IIT Delhi signs MoU with five CSIR laboratories to promote cooperative research

Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, recognised by the Govt of India as an Institution of Eminence, has entered into an agreement with five of the renowned National Laboratories of CSIR Viz CSIR-Advanced Materials and Processes Research Institute, CSIR-Central Scientific Instruments Organisation, CSIR-Central Electronics Engineering Research Institute, CSIR-Institute of Minerals & Materials Technology, CSIR-National Physical Laboratory […]

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Expanding India’s share in global space economy.

What is the issue? The Indian space industry is in need of some serious revolutions as it is lagging behind in the global space industry with its share in it being very minimal. What is India’s share in the global space economy? Today, the value of the global space industry is estimated to be $350 […]

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