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28 Jun

Dr Reddy’s announces commercial launch of 2-DG

Hyderabad: Dr. Reddy's Laboratories on Monday announced the commercial launch of 2-deoxy-D-glucose (2-DG) for treatment of Covid-19.Dr. Reddy's will supply the drug to major government as well as private hospitals across India. In the initial weeks, the company will make the drug available in hospitals across metros and Tier 1 cities, and subsequently expand coverage to the rest of India. 2-DG manufactured by Dr. Reddy's has a purity of 99.5% and is being sold commercially under the brand name 2DG, the Hyderabad-based pharma major said. The maximum retail price (MRP) of each sachet has been fixed at Rs. 990,with a subsidized…

04 Feb

Boeing and Air Works to provide Maintenance Support to Key Defence Platforms

Collaboration in Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul of P-8I, IAF VIP transport fleet First strategic collaboration under the newly launched Boeing India Repair Development and Sustainment (BIRDS) Hub NEW DELHI,: Boeing today announced strategic agreements with Air Works for the maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) of two key Boeing defence platforms in India, the P-8I operated by the Indian Navy (IN) and the VIP transport fleet operated by the Indian Air Force (IAF). Boeing India’s strategic collaboration with Air Works is an important first step under its recently launched initiative, the Boeing India Repair Development and Sustainment (BIRDS) hub, which is an…

23 Jan

Boeing to deliver commercial planes on sustainable fuels by 2030

Washington: American airplane giant Boeing has announced that the company is setting a target to advance the long-term sustainability of commercial aviation, committing that its commercial airplanes will be capable and certified to fly on 100 per cent sustainable aviation fuels by 2030. Boeing has previously conducted successful test flights replacing petroleum jet fuel with 100 per cent sustainable fuels to address the urgent challenge of climate change, the company said in a statement on Friday. According to the Air Transport Action Group, the US Department of Energy and several other scientific studies, sustainable aviation fuels reduce CO2 emissions by up…

12 Apr

SpaceX successfully launches Falcon Heavy rocket

Miami: SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket took off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, and successfully completed its first commercial mission by deploying the communications satellite Arabsat-6A into a geo-synchronous orbit.The most powerful operational rocket on the planet took off at 6.35 p.m. on Thursday from the historic 39A launch pad at the Kennedy Space Centre, the same platform that the Moon missions of the Apollo programme were launched from, and then managed to recover for the first time the three Falcon 9 rocket parts that make up the device, reports Efe news. Less than eight minutes after take off, the two boosters landed side…

28 Nov

NASA eyes return to Moon, to announce partnerships with US companies

Washington: After the historic InSight touchdown on Mars, NASA is now set to focus on Moon mission by announcing new partnerships with American companies, the US space agency said.Working with US companies is the next step to achieving long-term scientific study and human exploration of the Moon and Mars, NASA said in a statement on Tuesday. "We are announcing new Moon partnerships with American companies... The US is returning to the surface of the Moon, and we're doing it sooner than you think!" Jim Bridenstine, NASA Administrator tweeted.The agency will reveal details about its endeavour to return to the moon at…

06 Jul

SpaceX successfully launches 3rd satellite in 12 days

Washington: SpaceX launched a commercial communications satellite using a Falcon 9 rocket, its third flight in just 12 days. The rocket blasted off on Wednesday evening at 7.38 p.m. (local time) from the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida, delivering the satellite called the Intelsat 35e to a geostationary transfer orbit, reports Xinhua news agency. The satellite was deployed about 32 minutes after launch. The California-based company tried to launch the satellite on Sunday and Monday, but stopped twice in the final seconds of countdown. With a launch mass of over 6.7 tonnes, the Intelsat 35e is the heaviest satellite Falcon 9…

26 Jun

SpaceX successfully completes back-to-back launches

Los Angeles: SpaceX has completed two back-to-back successful missions this weekend, the company's quickest launch turnaround yet, the media reported. After it launched a communications satellite into orbit from Kennedy Space Centre in Florida on Friday, Tesla (CEO Elon Musk's private space outfit finished its run with a clean launch from California's Vandenberg Air Force Base on Sunday, reports CNN. Sunday's launch marked SpaceX's ninth so far this year. The company has now surpassed the record for the most launches in a single year, which it set in 2016. The latest mission was to deliver a group of satellites into orbit…

24 May

Call for Aerospace manufacturing policy for India

New Delhi: Dr. R.K. Tyagi, former chairman HAL and mentor – director Defence Innovators and industry Association (DIIA) called for a further effective Aerospace manufacturing policy for India. While welcoming the recent policy on ‘Strategic Partnership’ announced by Shri Jaitly, the defence minister of India, he stated that allowing manufacturing of single – engine fighter aircraft and Helicopters under this category will lead to higher technological capabilities of Aerospace manufacturing sector. He was speaking on the occasion of national seminar organized by CII and Indian Air force jointly at New Delhi on 23rd may 2017 on the theme ‘MAKE in INDIA for Indian Air force.’…

04 May

NASA seeks information on commercial cargo service to Moon

Washington: In a possible push to advance space mining, NASA is seeking information on commercial payload delivery services to the lunar surface, media reported. This week, NASA issued a Request for Information (RfI) to the private industry for proposals related to cargo transportation to the lunar surface, as well as a potential mission to collect lunar samples and deliver them back to Earth, Inverse.com reported on Wednesday. The exact purpose of such a request for information (RFI), like most of the agency's RFIs, remains ambiguous, the report said. "NASA has identified a variety of exploration, science, and technology demonstration objectives…

16 Feb

Rudy flies Rafale at Aero India

Bengaluru: Union Minister Rajiv Pratap Rudy on Wednesday flew a Rafale fighter jet at Aero India. The Skill Development Minister, who holds a commercial pilot licence, flew for around 35 minutes, and said he reached 8G. "It's a great machine it's going to empower IAF. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has taken a right decision in inducting such a great machine," Rudy said after flying the machine at Aero India 2017. "I have been flying other aircrafts too. I've flown in Su-30. This is a different machine. We reached up to 8G and I am not at all tired," he said. India and France…