A-SAT Missile

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari congratulated the team of DRDO for developing a unique technology which detects fire in passenger buses within 30 seconds and suppresses it in 60 seconds

The DRDO chief said the continuous information received is being monitored and 'I don't think there are any issues'

The NASA termed as a 'terrible thing' India's shooting down of one of its satellites that has created about 400 pieces of orbital debris, endangering the ISS

The tracking and interception capabilities that went into Mission Shakti have been available with the DRDO for over a decade

It remains to be seen whether political will sustains subsequent steps crucial to consolidate this momentum

The A-SAT test would require two years of preparation, making it hard to argue that it was an impulsive government decision

The former finance minister also questioned the motive of the government in making the announcement

United States was aware about India's first test-fire of an anti-satellite missile

At this point in time, the International Space Station is not at risk, said US

The EC took the decision based on the report of a committee of officers

It is no more relevant to the basic needs of Indians languishing below the poverty line than the annexation of Sikkim was all those years ago

India has sought to minimize the threat to orbiting satellites posed by Wednesday's test of an anti-satellite weapon, which experts said was not technically illegal

Foreign ministry said that India wasn't engaging in an arms race, but asserted that "with this test, India joins an exclusive group of space-faring nations consisting of USA, Russia and China

The geostrategic consequences to the Mission could be mixed. We will have to wait and see what the pros and cons are

In 2015, Reddy was awarded the prestigious Institution of Engineers (India) and Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers award

The US military's Strategic Command says it's tracking more than 250 pieces of debris from India's missile test.

This capability will deny any adversary, the use of satellites and other space-crafts, as a platform for any offensive operations against India

The Indian govt said the test was done in the lower atmosphere to ensure there is no space debris

It turned out to be an agonising wait for many as they counted the minutes to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's address to the nation to convey an important message. As the speech over television, radio and social media got delayed, speculation mounted across the social and political spectrum in Lucknow, the capital of the politically sensitive state of Uttar Pradesh. "Yeh kya karney jaa rahen hain? (What's he going to do)," wondered Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, who was chatting with media persons at the party headquarters Wednesday. Once the cat was out of the bag, pat came his reaction. "Today @narendramodi got himself an hour of free TV & divert(ed) nation's attention away from issues on ground #Unemployment #RuralCrisis & #WomensSecurity by pointing at the sky," he tweeted. Close on his heels, Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati, who is the SP's alliance partner, accused Modi of playing politics over India's anti-satellite missile capability. "Congratulations to ...

Opposition parties alleged that the PM's address was a violation of the Model Code of Conduct and demanded that EC take action in this regard