Sources: Times of India
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
NIAID director Anthony Fauci says that the United States will consider sending unused vaccines and medical aid to India to help them combat their COVID-19 outbreak. 2021-04-25
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
At least seven Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel are killed in an IED attack on their vehicle in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district. Naxalite insurgents are suspected to have been behind the attack. 2016-03-30
An explosion on a train in the Indian city of Kolkata results in at least 17 people being injured. 2015-05-12
Advocates for prisoners in the US state of California claim that more than 12,000 inmates are now participating in a hunger strike over prison conditions. 2011-10-3
At least 10,000 people gather in the Indian capital New Delhi to support a hunger strike by social activist Anna Hazare in support of tougher anti-corruption legislation. 2011-08-20