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Chandigarh: PEC pays tribute to illustrious alumni by unveiling busts
UT secretary education Prerna Puri was the chief guest; Satish Kumar of PEC’s 1980 aeronautical engineering batch and Savita Bhatti, wife of late comedian Jaspal Bhatti, were the guests of honour
Published on Apr 19, 2025 05:09 AM IST
Jasmeh Kaur, Chandigarh
A look at Sunita Williams and Kalpana Chawla's shared love for ‘Samosas’
Sunita Williams, who openly acknowledged her passion for Indian food after coming back home from her first space trip in 2006, carried samosas on board the ISS.
Published on Mar 12, 2025 08:43 PM IST
Mansa govt school gets Punjab’s first space science lab
Conceived by Mansa’s additional deputy commissioner Nirmal Ouseppachan, 2019-batch IAS officer, the lab — inaugurated on November 14 — aims to make complex astronomical concepts more accessible and is open for educational visits. Ouseppachan was inspired to create the lab after seeing a random Instagram reel.
Updated on Dec 08, 2024 06:30 AM IST
Vishal Joshi, Mansa
Review: Orbital by Samantha Harvey
Shortlisted for the Booker Prize, Orbital, which features six astronauts on a space station, is about perception, about the idea of ‘big’ and ‘small’, ‘reality’ and ‘illusion’ and about taking a hard look at our own understanding of the world
Published on Nov 11, 2024 07:20 PM IST
Kinshuk Gupta
Sunita Williams' risky return brings back Kalpana Chawla’s space mishap memories
Indian born astronaut Kalpana Chawla died along with 7 other crew members when her space shuttle Columbia exploded on return to earth twenty years back.
Published on Aug 26, 2024 04:15 PM IST