Chennai: The 20-hour countdown for the July 15 early morning lift-off of India’s heavy rocket nicknamed ‘Bahubali’ carrying the Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft is progressing smoothly, Indian space agency officials said. “The countdown began at 6.51 a.m. on Sunday,” K. Sivan, Chairman, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), told IANS. Standing at about 44 metre tall, the 640-tonne […]
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Chandrayaan-2 India’s first robotic space exploration: Ex-ISRO chief
Chennai: India’s second moon mission – Chandrayaan-2 – is the country’s first step in robotic space exploration and hence more “complex” and “intricate”, Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) former Chairman K. Radhakrishnan said on Saturday. “Chandrayaan-2, with an Indian Lander-Rover (Vikram-Pragyaan) combine, is India’s first step in robotic space exploration and the mission is on […]
Special 50 wagon train carrying 25 lakh litres water reaches Chennai from Vellore
Chennai: In an effort to meet the water requirements of a parched Chennai, a special 50 wagon train carrying water from Tamil Nadu’s Vellore district reached the state capital on Friday, a Southern Railway official said. According to the official, each wagon carried 50,000 litres of water. The total water carried was 25 lakh litres. […]
Gay youth commits suicide in Chennai
Chennai: A 19-year-old gay youth from Mumbai allegedly committed suicide here by jumping into the sea, police said. Avinshu Patel was working in a salon here and he had posted his decision to end his life on his Facebook page on July 2. His body washed ashore later and local residents informed the police who are […]
With new arm, ISRO can speed up rocket production
Chennai: With the setting up of a new commercial arm-New Space India Limited (NSIL)- the Indian space agency will now be able to produce fast its new rocket Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) and commercialise its other technologies. Delivering her maiden budget speech on Friday, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said: “India is now a […]
TikTok reunites Tamil Nadu woman with missing husband
Chennai: You do not actually need a tattoo on your left hand to match with a missing family member who was lost in Kumbh Mela years ago. In the digital era, even Chinese short video-messaging app TikTok can help you reunite with your lost hubby. In an interesting chain of events, a mother of two […]
TV reporter, wife, mother found dead near Chennai
Chennai: A reporter of a local Tamil news channel was found dead on Thursday along with his wife and mother at their house near here, police said. According to police, the cause of death was suspected to be a refrigerator blast and subsequent gas leak. The reporter Prasanna was working with News J Tamil channel […]
Rape victims shouldn’t be forced to move court for abortion: Madras HC
Chennai: The Madras High Court has said that rape victims should not be unnecessarily compelled to “knock doors of the court” to terminate their unwanted pregnancy. Justice N. Anand Venkatesh, in his order delivered June 19, ruled that if a victim suffers an unwanted pregnancy and its duration has not exceed 20 weeks, then the […]
Chennai to get 10m litres water daily by train from Vellore
Chennai: The Tamil Nadu government plans to transport 10 million litres of water daily by rail from Jolarpettai in Vellore district to meet the water needs of parched Chennai. Announcing this on Friday, Chief Minister K.Palaniswami welcomed Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s offer to supply water to Tamil Nadu. Vijayan’s office had on Thursday offered […]
Sri Lanka Easter blasts: NIA raids 7 premises in Coimbatore
Chennai/New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday carried out search operations in seven places in Coimbatore, including the residence of a social media friend of the Sri Lanka easter blast mastermind, officials said. The searches were carried out in connection with the NIA probe into the new Islamic State module case. An NIA official […]