Pilgrims missing as Nepal border flood toll rises
Hundreds of travellers, including large groups of Kailash Mansarovar pilgrims, remained unaccounted for on Thursday as rescuers intensified searches after catastrophic flooding along Nepal’s border with Tibet killed at least…
Handing over strategic space capability to private sector is dangerous
K Raveendran The argument over the future of the Indian Space Research Organisation has moved well beyond the familiar debate over whether private enterprise should have a role in India’s…
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