Indian

29 Jun

At Paris Air Show, posters dominate HAL’s display of prowess

Paris: At the 52nd Paris Air Show, India's presence was marked with only a chalet of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited where the Indian flag bravely competed for attention with those of 2,300 exhibitors from 47 countries spread over giant exhibition halls. Right at the entrance to the Le Bourget airport, where the Air Show was being held, signs of welcome written in many languages include a prominent one in Hindi. However, inside the venue spread over 324,000 square meters, HAL was the only significant participant from India, even though there were three other registered Indian stalls not directly related to aviation. On the…

05 May

Indian rocket lifts off with South Asia Satellite

Chennai: An Indian rocket with the over two ton South Asia Satellite or GSAT-9, intended to address the region's "economic and developmental priorities", blasted off from the Sriharikota spaceport on Friday evening. Precisely at 4.57 p.m., the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-F09) rose into the sky from the second launch pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at the spaceport in Andhra Pradesh. The 49 metre-tall, 415 ton rocket will sling into orbit, the 2,230 kg South Asia Satellite, intended as an 'Indian Gift' for use by its fellow South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) nations save Pakistan, which had opted…