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Astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla back on terra firma after 18-day space expeditionThe SpaceX Dragon capsule carrying Group Captain Shubanshu Shukla and three other crew members splashed down off the coast of San Diego, Ca...- Piloting the psycheLift and weight are opposing forces. An aircraft can't go up unless the upthrust surpasses its weight. Likewise, lift of our spiritual valu...
- The great space of ChinaChina isn't India's buddy. They are not even famous for 'jeans and Coca-Cola' the way 'neo-imperialist USA' once was. But it is taking on t...
- Squeezed between two antipodal slices: Teenager from New Zealand makes 'earth sandwich'Accurate geopositioning is crucial to the making of a world-class sandwich.
- Sky-high price for space-returned wines?Zero gravity may affect their flavour but not their lure for wine connoisseurs.
- Air India passengers to get a ‘Jai’ rideDevising mantras mid-air to boost the morale of the ailing Maharaja.
- It’s all loos talk on public amenitiesGiven the sheer volumes of people and the dismal ratio of toilets, there is every possibility that they may become those establishments’ ma...
- No mundane chores for India’s own VIPsIndians holding and demitting similar high offices need never bother about re-skilling themselves to take on these mundane tasks.
- Cities must gear up to treat waste, separated or notWith the absence of scientific landfills for contingency infrastructure, the situation is creating more open dumps and encouraging burning ...
- Haldi-doodh and khichdi set for a makeover as startups like Milk Mantra, Terra Greens, Sresta eye urban marketsThe humble ‘haldidoodh’ and ‘khichdi’ are set to get a facelift as startups repackage traditional Indian dishes for a vast urban market.
- Space-aged whisky: Out of this world?Astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) have been given the option of waking up and smelling the coffee — or at least sipping i...
- December bash to toast May wedding of Vindi Banga's sonVindi Banga, former chairman of HUL, & his wife Kamini have recently sent out invitations for a December reception to celebrate son Tavraj'...
- On firm groundCelebrated as Bhumi-Sparsh Mudra, that gesture is about coming firmly down to earth after soaring into Satori.
- Ground controllers ‘flying’ planes is worse than back-seat driversFlight commanders have to sit for hours doing nothing as their planes cruise on autopilot, but catching catnaps is not an acceptable altern...
- Acquisition of EMI's business comes at a fortunate time: SonyThe acquisition of EMI's music publishing business by a consortium led by Sony comes at a fortunate time , says a top Sony India official.
- Footwear have become fashionable with timesFootwear might still be in contact with terra firma in a lame physical sense, but serves more elevated goals than mere insulation.
- Citi rejects Terra's bid to restructure EMI's debt: ReportFinancial services major Citigroup has rejected UK-based private equity firm Terra Firma Capital Partners' bid to restructure music company...
- Music company EMI to cut up to 2,000 jobs in restructuringThe new owners of music label EMI Group home of the Rolling Stones, Coldplay and the Spice Girls said Tuesday that they plan to cut up to a...
- Terra Firma raises Boots bid to $21.8bGuy Hands’s Terra Firma Capital Partners raised its bid for Alliance Boots, the UK’s largest drugstore chain, to about $21.8 billion to tru...
- Google grabs Yahoo's B'lore R&D chiefAs giant web companies battle it out in cyberspace, the shadow is falling on terra firma. Bangalore is witness to one snapping up the other...
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