Watch: Indian Air Force shares ‘first-look’ of India’s ISRO Gaganyaan Astronauts

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In what is the first-ever official glimpse of the Indian astronaut candidates, the Indian Air Force shared a clip that showed them in intense workout mode. They are featured in the video clip that was released by the Indian Air Force, as part of the 91st Indian Air Force Day celebrations. Four Indian Air Force pilots…

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India: ‘We help take India to space but enough trains don’t halt for us’, say Spaceport personnel

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Personnel serving the Indian Space Research Organization(ISRO) at the country’s spaceport Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC), are enabling launches of the most advanced transportation systems- Orbital Rockets. They take India to space and ensure that the Indian tricolour flies high, even in the orbits around earth and other planets. Ironically, they themselves are having to write…

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Russia’s ‘Storm-Z’ squads: Tale of hundreds of offenders sent to frontlines to fight Ukraine

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Drunk recruits. Insubordinate soldiers. Convicts. They’re among hundreds of military and civilian offenders who’ve been pressed into Russian penal units known as “Storm-Z” squads and sent to the frontlines in Ukraine this year, according to 13 people with knowledge of the matter, including five fighters in the units. Few live to tell their tale, the…

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