Sources: Straits Times
The twin satellites SDX01 and SDX02 of the SpaDeX mission, launched in December by the Indian Space Research Organisation, successfully conduct India's first spacecraft docking, with India becoming the fourth country to successfully dock a spacecraft after the United States, Russia, and China. 2025-01-16
Indian airline Go First files for bankruptcy with the National Company Law Tribunal, blaming "faulty" Pratt & Whitney-manufactured engines for the grounding of about half of its fleet, costing the airline 108 billion rupees ($1.32 billion) in lost revenues. 2023-05-2
India reports more than 8,800 cases of the deadly "black fungus" in a growing epidemic of the disease. The normally rare infection has a mortality rate of 50% and is believed to occur 12 to 18 days after recovery from COVID-19. Following the increase in the number of cases, India's states and territories are told to declare the disease as an epidemic. 2021-05-23
Italy bans anyone who had travelled to India within the past 14 days from entering the country in order to reduce the spread of the Lineage B.1.617 variant. 2021-04-25
The death toll from a styrene gas leak in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India, rises to 13. 2020-05-8
In an election occurring in the midst of massive protests against the central government, the incumbent right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party is projected to lose its majority to the United Progressive Alliance parties in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand. 2019-12-23
Fifteen countries ask the World Trade Organization a mandate to negotiate binding rules on e-commerce, days after India turned down negotiations. 2017-12-7
India executes Yakub Memon for his role in the 1993 Bombay bombings. 2015-07-30
Reforms in Burma: Burma announces a mass pardon for political prisoners, including student leader Min Ko Naing. 2012-01-13
Burmese military ruler General Than Shwe begins a five-day visit to India. 2010-07-25