News: The Beijing-based Shanghai Cooperation Organisation currently has China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan as members. India made an application last year for full membership of the grouping whose focus is on connectivity, counter-terrorism cooperation, bolstering cooperation in energy sector, enhancing trade and dealing with drug trafficking. India, which ...

News: Indian Space Research Organisation’s commercial launch capability reached a new high on Friday night when it successfully lunched five satellites built by UK’s Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) at Sriharikota. The rocket successfully launched three identical DMC3 optical earth observation satellites, an auxiliary earth observation micro satellite (CBNT-1) and ...

News: CM Devendra Fadnavis said he had accelerated the plans, which includes a new Mumbai airport, scheduled to see its first flight in 2019. The project includes a road bridge, as well as a new city on a 600 square km plot around the airport which is the size of ...