DRDO - Catabatic

Will 'Surya' launch bombs or satellites?

Mar 14, 2024 1 min read

Analysis Science Agni V Agni VI ballistic missile DRDO dual use ISRO naming scheme next-generation launch vehicle S Somanath Surya missile

From Times of India, March 14, 2024: ISRO chairman S. Somanath confirmed to TOI in an exclusive interview that the NGLV project, internally named “SOORYA”, will be headed by (Project Director/PD) S.…

The missile test before the polls

Mar 12, 2024 1 min read

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On March 27, 2019, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) conducted 'Mission Shakti': India's first anti-satellite (ASAT) missile test. After the event, the national broa…

Schrödinger's temple

Jan 23, 2024 2 min read

Analysis Op-eds ASAT test Ayodhya Bharatiya Janata Party DRDO Election Commission Mission Shakti Prime Minister Narendra Modi Ram temple Ram temple consecration

On January 22, in a ceremony led by Prime Minister and now high-priest Narendra Modi, priests and officials allegedly consecrated the idol of Lord Ram at the new temple in Ayodhya, with many celebriti…

We don't have a problem with the West, we're just obsessed with it

Jan 29, 2018 2 min read

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How much do we not know about what Indian researchers are doing simply because Western scientists haven't written to some of them?…