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New Delhi: The production of India’s indigenous fighter jet Tejas Mark-1A is set to gain momentum with the arrival of the GE-404 jet engine from the United States. This marks the second engine received from American manufacturer General Electric for the Tejas Mark-1A programme. Hindustan...

Bangkok: Nvidia's CEO Jensen Huang says the technology giant has won approval from the Trump administration to sell its advanced H20 computer chips used to develop artificial intelligence to China. The news came in a company blog post late Monday and Huang also spoke about...

New Delhi: Astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla and three others of the commercial Axiom-4 mission are on track to return to Earth with a splash down off San Diego in California on Tuesday, capping a 22.5-hour journey after an 18-day stay at the International Space Station. The...

New Delhi: Astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla has successfully completed all seven microgravity experiments and other planned activities, achieving a significant milestone in the Axiom-4 mission, ISRO said Monday. It said that experiments on the Indian strain of Tardigrades, Myogenesis, Sprouting of methi and moong seeds, Cyanobacteria,...

New Delhi: Astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla, the Axiom-4 mission pilot, has showcased a zero-gravity experiment aboard the International Space Station (ISS) involving water to illustrate how microgravity transforms everyday physics. The experiment, part of Axiom Space's outreach and scientific mission, highlighted the unique behaviour of water...

New Delhi: Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, India’s first astronaut aboard the International Space Station (ISS), is set to return to Earth after successfully completing an 18-day mission under the Axiom-4 (AX-4) private spaceflight. The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft carrying Shukla and three international crewmates will undock...

New Delhi: India still looks 'saare jahan se accha' from space, astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla said Sunday, wrapping up his 18-day stay at the International Space Station (ISS), reprising the words used by his icon Rakesh Sharma in 1984. Shukla, who is set to begin his...

New Delhi: Large-scale electronics manufacturing and pharmaceuticals cornered about 70 per cent of the total fiscal incentive disbursements in 2024-25 under the production-linked incentive (PLI) schemes, according to government data. The scheme was introduced in 2021 to support domestic manufacturing across 14 sectors with an...

New Delhi: Union Minister Jitendra Singh Sunday shared an update on the Axiom-4 International Space Station (ISS) Mission and said that the astronauts are expected to splash down on Earth July 15 at 3:00 p.m. (Indian time). Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla, currently on board the...

New Delhi: Astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla will undergo a seven-day rehabilitation programme after his splashdown off the California coast July 15 as he returns to Earth from an 18-day sojourn at the International Space Station (ISS). Shukla and three other astronauts – commander Peggy Whitson and...