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Maximum government, minimum governance
Book review of The Gated Republic: India's Public Policy Failures and Private Solutions
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Solar Orbiter sends closest images of Sun, reveals mysterious 'campfires'
As the spacecraft flew within 48 million miles of the Sun, all 10 instruments flicked on, and Solar Orbiter snapped the closest pictures of the giant star to date
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Space policy, Space Activities Bill in final stages: ISRO chairman
A dedicated policy for space and legislation on space activities has been under works for some time now. But with the government allowing the private sector, these have now got traction
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Isro's Mangalyan sends images of Mars' biggest moon Phobos and its craters
'The Mars Colour Camera (MCC) on board the Mars Orbiter Mission has imaged Phobos,' Isro said in a statement
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India's Mars Orbiter Mission captures image of Mars' moon Phobos
The violent phase that Phobos has seen is visible in the large section gouged out from a past collision
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India's aerospace start-ups eye rocket launches and planetary missions
Private firms being allowed to build facilities and work within Isro's premises will throw big opportunities for country's aerospace startups
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Private firms can offer end-to-end space services: Isro chief K Sivan
Govt approves formation of a new organisation, the Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (IN-SPACe), seeking to open up space infrastructure to the private sector
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NASA finds drop in CO2, greenhouse emission in India during virus lockdown
NASA collaborates with the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) to document planet-wide changes in the environment, society during the Covid-19 lockdown
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New navigation policy on anvil, IN-SPACe to be separate vertical: ISRO head
In an online address from Bengaluru, Sivan said the IN-SPACe as a separate vertical for permitting and regulating the activities of private industry in the space sector
LIVE: IMF projects sharp contraction of 4.5% in Indian economy in FY21
From political crisis in Manipur to monsoon 2020 in India, stay tuned with Business Standard for the latest news of today
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Isro receives patent for protective garment for human spaceflight
The ISRO said that the garment is a close fitting long garment, covering the torso and limbs from neck to toe as a single piece lightweight comfort inner wear over which the flight suit has to be worn
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ISRO turnover to zoom if units converted into separate entities: Official
The best of the efforts in innovation in such a large industry, the conversion in product outputs are meagre to the extent of 5 to 10 per cent, he adds
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Next Capital-backed Vestaspace to launch constellation of 35+ satellites
The company plans to replace traditional fibre networks with the satellite constellations and provide high-speed 5G network connections pan-India with its unmanned Software Data processing
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Opening up the space
Pvt investment will increase opportunities
FM gives reforms pill for ailing economy with privatisation, policy tweaks
In the latest announcement, the government's focus was on structural reform in sectors such as coal, minerals, aviation, defence, aerospace, power, and social infrastructure
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Commercialising space
It's a wake-up call for newcomers such as India
10 earth-observing satellites among 36 missions lined up by Isro for FY21
Gaganyaan (unmanned) is also part of Isro's mission for 2020-21
GISAT-1 onboard GSLV-F10 called off, new launch dates in due course: Isro
The rocket GSLV-F10 carrying India's first agile Earth observation satellite was scheduled to launch on March 5
India plans to launch Chandrayaan-3 by first half of 2021: Isro chairman
Isro will attempt to launch in the same area, and would have a lander, rover and propulsion module like its predecessor
Countdown for Isro's GISAT-1 launch to begin on Wednesday evening
Weighing 2,268 kg, the GISAT-1 will be carried by the three stage geo-synchronous satellite launch vehicle (GSLV-F10)
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