Exactly on April 3, 28 years back, IAF Squadron Leader Rakesh Sharma strapped himself inside a Soyuz T-11 mission capsule. As the rocket, essentially a gigantic intercontinental ballistic missile, carrying the 6850-kg spacecraft, blasted off from its launch pad in Baikonur in Kazakhstan, Sharma became the first Indian cosmonaut, the first Indian in space. Born on January 13, 1949, in Patiala, Punjab, to Hindu Gaur parents, Sharma joined the Indian...
12:22 AM, Apr 03, 2012
Bangalore: Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) Chief Test Pilot and Director (Corporate Planning and Marketing) Squadron Leader (Rtd) Baldev Singh was found dead in Bangalore on Tuesday. His was body found at tourist spot Nandi Hills at 11 am. The reasons behind his death are still not known, but police said Singh has allegedly committed suicide. Sqn Ldr (Retd) Baldev Singh, Director (Corporate Planning & Marketing) of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, hanged...
03:46 PM, Oct 11, 2011
New Delhi: The finance ministry has decided to puts its divestment plans on hold in view of the ongoing deterioration in market condition. Sources tell CNBC-TV18 that all divestments plans have been put on hold until market stabilises. The ministry may revise its divestment target downwards. The FY12 divestment target of Rs 40,000 crore will get revised in the budget estimates in October. The PSUs on the divestment agenda include...
01:52 PM, Sep 27, 2011
New Delhi: The Defence Ministry has given approval for disinvestment of 10 per cent of its stake in the country's only aerospace company Hindustan Aeronautics Limited in the next five years. In a Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) meeting held last week, the Ministry gave "in-principle" nod to allow 10 per cent disinvestment in the aerospace PSU which will help in modernising HAL and reducing the burden on the government in...
06:55 PM, Sep 12, 2011
Bangalore: This is the light combat helicopter, India's first indigenously made attack gunship. This Aero Show is the first time it's been shown off to the world media. It's a rare machine, one that can fly and attack even at the heights of Siachen Glacier. Wing Commander Unni Pillai, Chief Test Pilot, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited said, "The need for such a craft was first felt in Kargil. None of the...
10:43 AM, Feb 13, 2011
The maiden test flight of the Light Combat Helicopter lasted for 20 minutes on Monday. ...
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Installation in northwest reportedly linked to nuclear weapons programme. ...
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04:32 PM, Aug 02, 2008
The gap in providing air support to infantry troops fighting in high-altitude battlefields is now being addressed. ...
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