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Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft moves to higher orbit

Chandrayaan-1, India's first unmanned mission to the moon, is now moving in an orbit of 74,715 km from the earth, making it the first Indian spacecraft to go beyond the 36,000-km-high geostationary orbit, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said Saturday.7:00 PM on October 25

GoSecure launches business networking portal

GoSecure Inc, a US-based company, Friday launched its secure and collaborative business networking portal.8:32 PM on October 24

500 prominent Keralites to record voices for posterity

A group of students Friday began a unique project to record the voices of prominent Keralites like Chief Justice of India K.G. Balakrishnan and National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan on a range of issues to enable succeeding generations get a feel of life in the early 21st century.5:02 PM on October 24

Space network guides Chandrayaan's precise orbit around earth

The precise orbiting of India's first lunar spacecraft Chandrayaan-1 around the earth is being monitored by the telemetry, tracking and command network (Istrac) of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), a top official said here Friday.4:33 PM on October 24

Intel to promote computer literacy in Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh has teamed up with Intel, the chip manufacturing giant, for spreading computer literacy in the country's most populous state, an official said Friday.4:32 PM on October 24

Indian breakthrough taps gravity to help road-rail travel

An Indian breakthrough will help road-rail travel ride on gravity power alone that can potentially save the world 70 percent of fossil fuels required for the purpose every year.9:31 AM on October 24

Telecom watchdog told to review call termination charges

India's telecom watchdog has been asked to undertake a review of mobile termination charges based on present and projected cost and traffic, parliament was informed Thursday.9:31 PM on October 23

Can Chandrayaan find water on Moon?

India's Chandrayaan-1 has begun its journey to the Moon -eagerly to find water on its surface - but there is a disappointing news from the Japanese lunar explorer Selene that has been circling the Moon for about a year.7:33 PM on October 23

IIM students launch portal to help new consultants

Interested in a career in business consultancy, but don't know where to begin? Well, for starters, you could log on to www.learn2consult.com, a portal launched by three students of the Indian Institute of Management (IIM).11:00 AM on October 23

Tata Consultancy profit up 1.5 percent

Leading software services provider Tata Consultancy Services Ltd (TCS) has posted Rs.12.71 billion net profit for the second quarter this fiscal as against Rs.12.47 billion in the corresponding period last year, a growth of 1.5 percent.10:33 PM on October 22

Chandrayaan launch has realised the dream of Vikram Sarabhai: Modi

Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday drove down to the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) centre here and congratulated the scientists for the successful launch of India's maiden moon mission Chandrayaan-1.10:33 PM on October 22

'Chandrayaan launch historic for India, Andhra'

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy Wednesday congratulated Indian space scientists on the successful launch of the country's first unmanned moon mission Chandrayaan-I.10:31 PM on October 22

PETA pleads for animals killed in medical research

PETA India has written to a government body that supervises experiments on animals to stop the alleged killing of animals in the name of medical research at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS).10:30 PM on October 22

A perfect 13th successful launch for PSLV

The launch of Chandrayaan-1, India's first mission to probe the moon, from here Wednesday morning marked the 13th consecutive successful score for the India-built polar satellite launch vehicle (PSLV) which had failed in its very first attempt.9:01 PM on October 22

Moon mission a stupendous achievement by India: Vajpayee

Former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, under whose premiership India's moon mission was conceived, Wednesday congratulated the scientists for the successful launch of the Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft and termed it a 'stupendous achievement' by the country.8:32 PM on October 22