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Why Air Force chief has slammed state-owned HAL twice in a month
IAF chief AP Singh has expressed his frustrations over the slow pace of indigenous development while voicing concern over India’s inability to keep pace with evolving threat landscape
How Deve Gowda's 'family first' policy could destroy JD(S)
Deve Gowda’s party JDS is battling to simply exist. For years, much of its efforts have gone into building the career of his political heir Kumaraswamy
Why India's space ambitions can't fly on shoestring budgets
Private sector’s entry should not make govt skimp on funds that would also make the agency talent-short
What India's night sky is telling economists
Night light radiance in India is growing and it could be an indicator of growth, among other things
Why this Indian institute took its lab to the monkeys
Uncaged in a lab, free to explore their surroundings and discover that they would get rewarded for certain behaviour, monkeys reveal how quickly they observe and learn
For generations, HMT was the nation’s timekeeper
The PSU made India’s first wristwatch in 1961 and was the unchallenged leader until it lost touch with the market after liberalisation
This science flagship started India’s industrial revolution
The Indian Institute of Science gave rise to many industries, some of which are still around today. Its scientists were instrumental in setting up and leading many of independent India’s PSUs. It also counts among world-leading institutions of scientific research
Science needs to learn risk-taking culture from startups
Public investments in science must scale up by 2-3 times, private by 10-15 times
'I foresee an Indian Elon Musk in 10 years, or less'
Within a decade Indian industry should begin providing space tourism too
IN-SPACe for getting India Inc in space
Head of GoI’s regulatory body on space technology details his plans
Decades-long terror crisis cost Afghanistan 50% of GDP
Afghanistan has witnessed 20 years of turmoil because of which it is the country suffering the most economic losses from terrorism
How Bezos-Branson race marks the start of a ‘decade of space’
The billionaires’ trips are set to electrify the space tourism industry
Why scientists think we will need booster shots for Covid
If the immune system does not form a long-term memory of the virus, or the virus changes in ways that make current vaccines less effective, boosters will be necessary
Desi SpaceX? These start-ups are all fired up
Govt’s green light to private sector and venture capital funding gives wing to dreams of space entrepreneurs
How India’s science capital is helping fight the corona battle
Bengaluru leads the way with innovative tech projects
In 5 years, 5 lakh Indians gave up citizenship
44% of the requests to renounce Indian citizenship came from those living in the US, while Australia and Canada together accounted for 33%
Chandrayaan-2: What Pragyan will tell Vikram on the Moon
Ahead of the touchdown of Chandrayaan-2's landing module on September 7, TOI brings you a freewheeling chat between robots Vikram and Pragyan