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Coronavirus Outbreak: Pakistan Army steps in to battle COVID-19 but imposes information blockade to hide lack of preparedness, high casualties
Tara Kartha • 5 years agoAs numbers climbed, Prime Minister Khan continued to oppose a complete lockdown, on the grounds that the poor would suffer.
Coronavirus Outbreak: Scrap dealers, zealots, arts students; Assam's hunt for Tablighi Jamaat participants spares few
Dowerah • 5 years agoThe first obvious reaction was of suspicion and fear and a sense of tiredness and submission as they must have already received a huge number of calls by then.
Narendra Modi announces 21-day nationwide lockdown from midnight in bid to contain coronavirus
Fp Staff • 5 years agoPrime Minister Narendra Modi announced a 21-day lockdown from 12 am in bid to contain the spread of the deadly coronavirus in India
India's A-SAT programme born in response to China's growing space capabilities: Understanding Mission Shakti
Praveen • 6 years agoNew Delhi's A-SAT programme was born in response to China’s growing capabilities — in turn, driven by that country’s efforts to counter the United States’ supremacy in space. In essence, China sought to show it could cripple the satellite networks on which the United States’ military command-and-control capabilities rest.
India's Mission Shakti demonstration generated debris field of 'space junk'
• 6 years agoThe debris field from the anti-satellite weapon test could potentially collide with other objects in space.
'Regrettable' Mission Shakti makes current regional and global scenarios even murkier, warns nuclear disarmament advocacy group
Fp Staff • 6 years agoMission Shakti, which was led by the Defence Research and Development Organisation, was aimed at strengthening India's overall security, he said in his address that comes a fortnight before the start of the general election.
All you need to know about India's Mission Shakti A-SAT test: 5,000-km range Agni-V missile launched from Odisha
Tech2 News Staff • 6 years agoMission Shakti intercept the satellite in outer space with a completely indigenous technology built by the DRDO. India joins an exclusive group of space-faring nations consisting of USA, Russia, and China
Arun Jaitley calls Mission Shakti 'huge achievement' for India, accuses UPA of not giving go-ahead for A-SAT project
Fp Staff • 6 years agoJaitley also praised the prime minister for having a "vision for tomorrow". "Narendra Modi has always thought about developing the country, be it in terms of security or technology. It shows India is in safe hands," he said.
Mission Shakti: What is Low-Earth orbit? What use is it to space-faring nations like India?
Kavyan • 6 years agoThe vast majority of missions to space over the years – manned or unmanned – have been to low-Earth Orbit (LEO).
Rahul congratulates DRDO, mocks Modi by wishing 'happy World Theatre Day' following Mission Shakti announcement
Fp Staff • 6 years agoModi announced that India had demonstrated anti-satellite missile capability by shooting down a live satellite, that puts the country in an exclusive club of space super powers.