India’s first fully robotic ‘GROWTH-India’ telescope captures building-sized asteroid – Times of India

The GROWTH-India telescope, stationed at the Indian Astronomical Observatory site at Hanle, Ladakh, caught the building-sized asteroid on its closest approach to Earth. A 0.7m wide-field telescope set up in Ladakh as a joint partnership between IIA and IIT Bombay has tracked the rapid motion of the asteroid as it zipped across the sky at…

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Indian Air Force Apache helicopter makes precautionary landing in Ladakh, sustains damage | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: An Indian Air Force Apache helicopter executed a precautionary landing on Thursday during an operational training sortie in the Ladakh Area of Responsibility (AOR) on April 3, 2024. The aircraft sustained damage during the landing process, attributed to the undulating terrain and high altitude prevalent in the region.The IAF has ordered a Court…

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