Karnataka’s spacetech policy to offer Rs 1 crore for testing supportThe government unveiled the Space Technology Policy 2025-30 at the Bengaluru Tech Summit. The policy’s focus is on creating space manufactu...
18 Nov, 2025, 10.34 PM IST
Karnataka eyes $3 billion investment in space tech in five yearsWith a view to cornering half of India's and 5% of the world's market share in the space tech sector, the government plans to lend support ...
20 Nov, 2024, 06.44 PM IST
Cabinet Highlights: Chandrayaan-4, 'One Nation, One Election' and more; Here are all the decisionsThe Cabinet, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved several key space projects including the Venus Orbiter Mission and the Next ...
18 Sep, 2024, 05.25 PM IST
Satellite launch market grim, need to create internal demand: ISRO chairman S SomanathISRO chairman S Somanath stresses the need to create internal demand for rockets, referencing PSLVs, SpaceX, and Blue Origin's strategies.
16 Jun, 2024, 03.51 PM IST
Tamil Nadu keeps industry and investments at the focus of latest budgetTamil Nadu announces initiatives to boost industry and investment towards becoming a $1 trillion economy. The Budget allocates Rs.2,295 cro...
19 Feb, 2024, 04.49 PM IST
India’s Chandrayaan-3 makes historic soft-landing on moonThe Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) Chandrayaan-3 mission successfully put down its lander Vikram on the moon on Wednesday, nea...
23 Aug, 2023, 07.59 PM IST
As Chandrayaan-3 braces to land on moon, here's why Pakistan lagged behindQaisar Rashid in his piece in the Daily Times said that while India ticked one after the other boxes right from ISRO, focusing on IT to opt...
21 Jul, 2023, 07.28 AM IST
Satellite broadband services in India: Players and problemsFrom Elon Musk's SpaceX to Bharti's OneWeb to Jio to Amazon to Tata's Nelco, there are several players who are planning to launch satellite...
20 May, 2022, 11.35 PM IST
Space tech firms demand PM Modi's oversight, fast approvals, fine tuning of rulesBharti Enterprises' Sunil Bharti Mittal says many approval processes are very slow & as the next 3-4 years are critical, he has sought PM M...
11 Oct, 2021, 05.12 PM IST
Isro after Branson, Bezos: India needs its own entrepreneur rocketeersThis billionaire space race makes for an entertaining spectacle but it is simply one manifestation of a broader phenomenon: the increasing ...
12 Jul, 2021, 10.49 AM IST
OneWeb in talks to reduce access terminal costs, says Sunil MittalHe said OneWeb’s immediate objective is to cut the India-pricing of two satellite user terminal variants—ESAs (electronically steered anten...
06 Jul, 2021, 07.21 PM IST
Amara Raja begins work on lithium-ion cells, sets up research hub at TirupatiAmara Raja Batteries, the country's second-largest automotive battery maker, has opened the country's maiden technology hub to develop lith...
21 Feb, 2021, 05.01 PM IST
President inaugurates 'Udyam Sangam 2018' to mark UN MSME DayAsserting that the MSME sector in India is leveraging the demographic dividend of the country, he said that the sector is promoting an incl...
27 Jun, 2018, 02.33 PM IST
Solar power, green corridor blip on energy radar for 2017By all yardsticks, 2016 remains a watershed year when solar tariff slumped to Rs 4 per unit and wind projects received a major thrust.
29 Dec, 2016, 12.09 PM IST
Government startups need political air cover to succeed: Nandan Nilekani"We have a billion people asking for a better life, a billion people exposed to technology and smart phones."
09 Nov, 2015, 10.58 AM IST
Mars Mission: It's time to escape the culture of hacking as quickly as possibleWhile celebrating the fact that India has been able to achieve an elusive goal, we also want to celebrate the idea that ours is the cheapes...
28 Sep, 2014, 12.25 PM IST
India's technical competence in launching satellites is no longer in doubtIndia’s technical competence in launching satellites and deploying them correctly in their designated orbit is no longer in doubt, and is c...
03 Jul, 2013, 08.06 AM IST