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ISRO espionage case: SC-appointed probe panel submits report on Nambi Narayanan's illegal arrest
•The 79-year-old former scientist, who was given a clean chit by the CBI in the case, maintains that the Kerala Police had "fabricated" the case
Mission Mangal: ISRO employee reviews Akshay Kumar's space drama, says film 'spoilt by Bollywood-style narrative'
Fp Staff •ISRO employee Sowmya J has said that while Mission Mangal captures the hardships of women employees at the organisation, it is replete with technical fallacies.
Before watching Akshay Kumar's Mission Mangal, a brief recap of India's historic Mangalyaan
Fp Staff •Mission Mangal is a fictionalised account of India's Mangalyaan, starring an ensemble of Akshay Kumar, Vidya Balan, and Taapsee Pannu among others.
ISRO spy case: How espionage mixed with vested interests ruined a scientist's career and halted India's space project
Fp Staff •The ISRO spy case first surfaced in 1994 when Narayanan and Sasi were arrested on charges of handing over India's indigenous space technology to Pakistan with the help of two Maldivian women
India to collaborate with France on human space mission Gaganyaan; ISRO plans to send 3 people to space before 2022
•The ISRO mission is significant, as it would make India one of the four countries in the world, after Russia, the US and China, to launch a manned space flight.
ISRO team to supervise the removal of an artificial lake in Gomukh, Uttarakhand
Ians •The court order came after a Public Interest Litigation was filed by Delhi-based Ajay Gautam.
India begins 28-hour countdown to launch its 100th PSLV on 12 Jan: 28 satellites from six countries to debut alongside
Ians •India began countdown early Thursday for launching 31 satellites in a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) from its spaceport in Sriharikota
Renowned scientist Sivan K named new ISRO chairman
•Sivan joined the ISRO in 1982 in PSLV project and has contributed immensely towards end to end mission planning, mission design, mission integration and analysis.
ISRO needs to double the number of operational satellites: AS Kiran Kumar
Ians •The ISRO chief said that 42 operational satellites for different purposes and it is "significantly less" to capture the demand of the nation.
Quality checks and components could have failed ISRO PSLV-C39 mission, say space experts
Ians •The two successive failures of GSLV missions in 2010, resulting in a total loss of around Rs 600 crore (cost of rocket and satellites), had already stalled ISRO's plans .