New Delhi: Days after its first Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) Agni-V was test fired successfully, India on Thursday launched its own spy satellite RISAT-1 from Sriharikota. RISAT-1 is capable of delivering crystal clear pictures in all weather conditions. The indigenous RISAT-1, which stands for Radar Imaging Satellite, has a lifespan of five years and will be used for disaster prediction and agriculture forestry. RISAT's high resolution pictures and microwave imaging...
06:05 AM, Apr 26, 2012
Chennai: The 71-hour countdown for the launch of 1,858 kg RISAT -1, India's radar imaging satellite, the heaviest one to be lifted by ISRO's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle commenced this morning. "The countdown for radar sensing satellite RISAT-1 started this morning at 6.47 AM at Sriharikota. This is a 71-hour long countdown," an ISRO spokesman told PTI. The launch is scheduled at 5.47 am on April 26 from the Satish...
02:56 PM, Apr 23, 2012
Bangalore: Preparations are underway for this month's launch of an indigenously designed and developed satellite that has the unique capability of imaging during day and night and in all weather conditions. ISRO is looking at 'lucky April 20' for the blast-off from India's spaceport of Sriharikota. RISAT-1, a Radar Imaging Satellite with the capability to take images of the earth during day and night as well as in cloudy conditions,...
01:30 AM, Apr 02, 2012
Washington: US President Barack Obama has nominated Indian-American Ajit Varadaraj Pai as Commissioner, Federal Communications Commission, the White House said. Pai is a Partner in the Litigation Department of Jenner & Block LLP before which he worked in the Office of the General Counsel at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). In the Commission he had served as Deputy General Counsel, Associate General Counsel and Special Adviser to the General Counsel...
05:46 AM, Nov 01, 2011
London: Taliban co-founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar leaked the whereabouts of al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden to American investigators under a "deal" in which US promised to withdraw its troops from the militant group's strongholds in Afghanistan, a media report has claimed. The details of the extraordinary "deal" emerged after a confidential American briefing was found at bin Laden's hide-out in Pakistan's garrison town of Abbottabad, the Sunday Mirror reported....
12:26 PM, May 30, 2011
Singapore: India is to invest $46.96 billion as part of moves to boost up its naval forces over the next 20 years adding 101 new warships, ranging from sophisticated destroyers to nuclear submarines. "Going by the investment value, India is expected to build sophisticated destroyers, new generation and new radar vessels, nuclear submarines, and amphibious ships," Naval analyst Bob Nugent and vice president of the United States-based AMI International, said...
11:27 AM, May 17, 2011
Islamabad: Pakistani Air Force (PAF) on Tuesday activated its air defence radars on the western border with Afghanistan. PAF said that the radars had been activated as all foreign forces in Afghanistan are considered threats. PAF Chief Air Chief Marshal Rao Qamar Suleiman, however, claimed that the radars were not jammed during the raid by US Navy SEALs operation in Abbottabad to kill al Qaeda chief and 9/11 mastermind Osama...
01:14 PM, May 10, 2011
A system to monitor ground traffic at the airport and also crucial to avert near misses is all set to be commissioned. ...
12:29 PM, Dec 17, 2010
New Delhi: Tunku Varadarajan, writer-at-large for the Daily Beast website and an alumnus of Forbes, has been appointed Newsweek's editor of international editions, the editor of the news weekly announced on Tuesday. Varadrajan, 48, joined the Daily Beast from Forbes where he was executive editor of opinion. He has worked as assistant managing editor at the Wall Street Journal and bureau chief in New York and Madrid for the Times...
05:40 PM, Dec 08, 2010
The Surface Movement Radar tracks all ground movements but its warranty has already expired. ...
08:49 PM, Jul 08, 2010
The Surface Movement Radar was brought in 2008, but is lying locked up, gathering dust. ...
08:46 AM, Jun 03, 2010
Several contracts had been signed for procuring radars but no delivery timelines had been specified. ...
06:20 PM, Apr 29, 2010
WR Varadarajan was removed from all party posts this month. ...
08:10 PM, Feb 21, 2010
Army declined to identify the place of his arrest and other details. ...
02:27 PM, Feb 17, 2010
New York Times reported that a top Taliban leader arrested in Karachi. ...
09:18 AM, Feb 17, 2010
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