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Agni V, the Fat Boy is 10; India among top six in the world missile club
April 19 marks a historic day for Indian Space and Defence prowess. It was on this day in 1975 that Aryabhatta, the country’s first satellite was launched. Again, that day in 2012,…
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Mriya, the Dream: World’s biggest aircraft that landed in Hyderabad is destroyed
M Somasekhar What is the claim to fame of ‘Mriya’, the AN-225 aircraft of Ukraine in the Aviation industry? What is it’s connection to the city of Hyderabad?Has it been destroyed in the…
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AIDS Virus co-discoverer Montagnier visited Hyderabad in 1987; he was enamoured by Golconda Fort
M Somasekhar The setting was the Bala Hisar Pavilion atop the Golconda Fort. The year was November 1987. The highest point of the fort was alive with the baritone voice of well-known…
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India’s space quest for 2022 to begin on Valentine’s Day
Hyderabad: A new year, a new Chairman and an aggressive ‘Plan of Action’, is what is scheduled for India’s space odyssey in 2022. February 14, popular as Valentine’s Day will see the…
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Dr P M Lentin—A dedicated teacher and doctor passes away
Hyderabad: In the passing away of Dr Putla M Lentin at the ripe old age of 94 on Monday, Hyderabad has lost one more ‘Gem’ of a medical teacher and practitioner of…
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Sir Clive Lloyd’s connect with Hyderabad: A towering presence
M Somasekhar On January 13, the West Indian, Clive Lloyd, one of the greatest cricketers and captains was finally honoured with the Knighthood by United Kingdom, the Mecca of Cricket for his…
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Tesla, Twitter & Telangana: KTR triggers storm
M Somasekhar Will the Tweet invite from K T Rama Rao to Elon Musk to set up the Tesla electric car unit in Telangana gather steam and turn real? It has definitely…
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Why very few Unicorns from Hyderabad?
M Somasekhar In 2021, India reportedly produced 40 plus Unicorns. But, hardly any from Hyderabad which boasts of one of the best ecosystems for start ups and entrepreneurship. Perhaps, a point to…
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Hyderabad shall follow the footprints of Zulfaqaruddin, a football Olympian
M Somasekhar It was the 1970s we kids staying in Walker Town (now Padmarao Nagar) often met Mohammed Zulfaqaruddin or Zulfaqar Uncle with a football trying to engage/encourage us to play the…
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Space India 2021–Low for ISRO, high for startups
M Somasekhar In India’s impressive journey in space technology over the decades, the year 2021 could well go down as a low performance one. It saw the usually busy Indian Space Research…
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Covaxin-2021–A year of ups and downs or travails and triumphs
M Somasekhar January 1, 2022 rang in some good news for Covaxin, the indigenous vaccine against COVID-19 developed by a consortia led by Bharat Biotech, Hyderabad and National Institute of Virology (NIV),…
