SPACE TOURISM

Ramani Dathi says there is no major uptick as far as demand for IT pros is concerned. There are a few set of clients, especially the GCCs and to some extent, who are able to maintain the current run rate of revenues and headcounts for Teamlease, but...

ESA Ram Setu Image: The European Space Agency released a satellite image of the historic Ram Setu, linking India and Sri Lanka. Spanning 48 km, this limestone shoal bridge holds geological, historical, and mythological significance. Protected as nat...

Union Home Minister Amit Shah proposed creating 50 large ponds in the Northeast to divert Brahmaputra water for flood management, agriculture, and tourism. He emphasized using ISRO satellite imagery for water management and preparing for Glacial Lak...

Assam has seen a decrease in flood cases in eight districts, with over 2,07,500 people affected. The worst hit is Karimganj, with over 1.1 lakh people suffering. The total number of people killed in this year's flood, landslide, and storm is 39. Uni...

Union Home Minister Amit Shah has proposed the creation of at least 50 large ponds in the northeast to divert water from the Brahmaputra River, aiming to help tackle floods and develop agriculture, irrigation, and tourism. He also highlighted the im...

There can be a debate on whether, after the run up that hotel stocks saw in the last three years, are they cheap or not, and whether one should buy them now. But when it comes to tourism and the possibility that it will grow at a much faster rate, t...

The real estate sector in India is experiencing a transformation, with smaller towns becoming vital to the economy due to enhanced infrastructure, affordable property, skilled labor, and government support. Forecasts suggest the sector could reach $...

Experts point out that there are numerous challenges while envisaging people staying outside Earth in the solar system. Deep and extensive research will be needed before people can start living in space ships outside our planet.

A Japanese company is developing a space elevator to take tourists into space in an elevator at the press of a button. This project will be ready by 2050.

The past decade in India has seen significant transformations in infrastructure, economic reforms, and digitization, laying the groundwork for sustained growth. The challenge for the new government is to maintain an 8%-plus growth rate and increase ...

Elon Musk's SpaceX and Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin lead the global space industry discourse. From reusable rockets to space tourism, these companies drive innovation in the space sector.

The new visa free group travel agreement being worked out between India and Russia should boost the tourist numbers to Moscow from India by at least 30%, said Evgeny Kozlov, first deputy head of the office of the mayor and the government of Moscow i...

Gopi Thotakura, an entrepreneur and pilot, became the first Indian space tourist. He flew aboard Amazon founder Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin's NS-25 mission. Thotakura was one of six crew members selected for this mission, marking him as the first India...

Indian expatriate Gopi Thotakura made history as the first Indian space tourist, joining Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin's NS-25 mission, the 25th for New Shepard. The mission, with 6 crew members, including Thotakura, completed its 7th human spaceflight. F...

Mission NS-25 is the seventh human flight for the enterprise owned and founded by Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos, who sees short jaunts on the New Shepard suborbital vehicle as a stepping stone to greater ambitions, including the development of a ful...

Hotels across segments are ramping up their workforce as they are adding more rooms and entering new markets amid a strong pickup in business and leisure travel. The jobs they are recruiting for are a mix of permanent, temporary and gig, said Balasu...

Company’s one-million square feet, International Financial Centre (IFC) at Golfcourse Extension Road is already 100% occupied while 700,000 square feet office space project, Urbana Business Park (UBP), is also has 75% occupancy.

Gopichand Thotakura is poised to make history by becoming the second Indian citizen to travel to space. He will travel to space as part of the crew for Amazon founder Jeff Bezos' space company Blue Origin's New Shephard-25 (NS-25) mission. The fligh...

Gopichand Thotakura, a co-founder of Preserve Life, will be part of Blue Origin's crew for the NS-25 suborbital mission, aiming to become India's second citizen in space after Rakesh Sharma, with a launch expected in the next few weeks.