ISRO reaches new milestone, successfully lands Pushpak reusable launch vehicleThe testing phase of the Pushpak RLV achieved a significant milestone as it was airlifted by an IAF helicopter to an altitude of nearly 4.5 km. Following the completion of predefined criteria for operational readiness, the RLV was subsequently released to start its testing procedures.The Indian Space Research Organisatio...

Moving towards the mission of 100 percent electrification, Indian Railways (IR) has touched another milestone. The North Central Railway (NCR) is now 100 percent electrified, informed the Ministry of Railways on Friday.“Striding towards #Mission100PercentElectrification! With the completion of electrification on Ishanagar-Udaipura section in Madhya Pradesh, @CPRONCR becomes 100% electrified, a...

India’s annual merchandise trade has breached the crucial $1-trillion mark for the first time even before the fiscal is set to end, a senior government official told FE, as both exports and imports have scaled fresh peaks. It has surpassed the earlier record of $844 billion, achieved in FY19, by a wide margin.After a Covid-induced slide in FY21, India’s goods trade got a fresh lease of life th...

India’s merchandise exports have just achieved a significant landmark by surpassing the $400-billion mark for the first time within a financial year. The figure is significantly higher than the previous high of $330 billion in FY19 and marks a smart rebound after a 7?cline last fiscal in the wake of the Covid outbreak. The growth this year was driven by a stellar performance by sectors like engi...

India will soon have administered 1 billion Covid-19 vaccine doses, but the milestone masks a yawning gap between the number of people who have been fully inoculated and those that have had just one shot.While it is likely to hit the billion-doses mark this week, the country has only given two shots to 20% of its population of about 1.4 billion, according Bloomberg’s vaccine tracker. By comparis...