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Skyroot’s Vikram-1 launch a test of India’s private sector space ambitions | India News | ACTPnews
India’s space sector is set to cross a significant milestone on Saturday as Hyderabad-based Skyroot Aerospace prepares to launch Vikram-1, the country’s first privately developed orbital launch vehicle. The launch, under Mission Aagaman (Hindi for arrival), is expected to place multiple payloads into a 450-km Low Earth Orbit, making it the first…
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India’s first private orbital rocket Vikram-1 lifts off from Sriharikota | India News | ACTPnews
India’s first privately developed orbital rocket, Vikram-1 on Saturday successfully placed multiple technology demonstration payloads and postcards, including from Prime Minister Narendra Modi into a low earth orbit. Dubbed ‘Mission Aagaman’ (meaning arrival), it marks the entry of India’s private space sector into the orbital launch market, spearheaded by Skyroot Aerospace. …
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‘I saw launch live, you have inspired youth’: PM Modi calls Skyroot team, hails success of mission | India News | ACTPnews
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday congratulated Skyroot Aerospace team after it successfully carried six payloads, including two satellites, into low-Earth orbit aboard Vikram-1.“Congratulations to Pawan, Bharat and the rest of the team. Your feat will inspire youngsters to come forward. I was watching the entire launch programme today. Your entire Skyroot Aerospace…
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Police used white sheets, plainclothes cops to shift Wangchuk to hospital | India News | ACTPnews
White sheets, plainclothes police personnel and a plan to deploy network jammers marked Delhi Police’s operation to shift activist Sonam Wangchuk to a government hospital on Saturday after his health deteriorated during a 20-day hunger strike, police sources said. The pre-drawn operation was planned overnight following directions from the Delhi High Court and…
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Goa govt plans up to 50% subsidy on EVs for bike taxi, auto operators | India News | ACTPnews
The Goa government plans to offer up to 50 per cent subsidy on electric vehicles for licensed motorcycle pilots and autorickshaw operators to accelerate the state’s transition to clean mobility, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has said. Chairing a high-level meeting on Sustainable Transport Strategy, Sawant on Friday directed the Department of New and…
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Wangchuk weak, dehydrated due to fasting but stable: Safdarjung Hospital | India News | ACTPnews
According to the statement, Wangchuk was admitted to the hospital at 7.40 am on Saturday (Photo:PTI) 2 min read Last Updated : Jul 18 2026 | 11:02 AM IST Sonam Wangchuk is weak due to prolonged fasting and dehydration but is currently stable, Safdarjung Hospital said on Saturday. The activist was shifted to…
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India, Pakistan discuss border security at SCO meeting in Islamabad | India News | ACTPnews
The participants also reviewed the outcome of the Joint Border Operation Solidarity-2025. Officials from the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) member states, including India and Pakistan, met in Islamabad on Friday to review the security situation along their international borders and discuss ways to strengthen cooperation against emerging threats.The discussions took place during the 12th Meeting…
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Congress warns Punjab dissidents against indiscipline, armtwisting, gives no assurances | India News | ACTPnews
NEW DELHI: Congress is learnt to have sternly told the dissenting Punjab leaders to stick with party discipline and not air their grievances against the state chief in public.The message was conveyed after a prolonged show of public opposition by senior state members to the appointment of Amarinder Raja Warring as Punjab Congress president. AICC…
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SC says it will rule on plight of patients who can’t afford life-saving drugs & judicial expediency in such cases | India News | ACTPnews
NEW DELHI: Pained by the unfortunate demise of a cancer patient awaiting Kerala HC’s order on her plea questioning exorbitant cost of life-saving medicines, the Supreme Court Friday took suo motu cognisance of both issues impacting right to life – plight of patients who cannot afford essential life-saving drugs and the judicial expediency in such…
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Build toilets for women in courts in 6 weeks: Supreme Court | India News | ACTPnews
NEW DELHI: After 75 years of being a Republic and a decade of Swachh Bharat Mission, absence of toilets in courts hauntingly impedes women lawyers from practicing, lamented Supreme Court Friday and drew a six-week deadline for states to construct washrooms for women advocates in all court complexes.A bench of CJI Surya Kant and Justices…
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