Sri Lankan Navy apprehends 10 fishermen from Tamil Nadu

Rameswaram (Tamil Nadu) Feb 3 (UNI) The Sri Lankan Navy on Monday apprehended 10 Indian fishermen and seized their mechanised fishing trawler allegedly for straying into the Sri Lankan territorial waters and indulging in illegal fishing activities. Fisheries department officials said here that the fishermen, hailing from Thangachimadam fishing hamlet in Rameswaram, were apprehended by…

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Rosatom ships reactor vessel for KNPP Unit-6 in TN

Chennai, Feb 1 (UNI) The Atommash plant (Rosatom’s Mechanical Engineering division) has shipped a VVER-1000 reactor vessel for delivery for Unit 6 of the Russian-design Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP), which was under construction in southern Tamil Nadu, India. The equipment weighing 320 tons is being transported to the construction site. Before its maritime journey,…

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ISRO-ESA to collaborate in microgravity research in upcoming Axiom-4 Mission

Chennai, Feb 1 (UNI) The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and the European Space Agency (ESA) have entered into an agreement to collaborate in microgravity research in the upcoming Axion-4 mission, to be piloted by Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla marking country’s India’s first crewed International Space Station (ISS) mission. In an update, ISRO said it…

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