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German car major Volkswagen (VW) today said it has appointed Bishwajeet Samal as marketing head for India operations with effect from June this year.

VW taps Baidu's Apollo platform to develop self-driving cars in China

The news comes as Volkswagen explores a broad based partnership with Ford to develop electric and autonomous cars.

3 Nov 2018 6:50 PM IST

Young was born Sept. 24, 1930 and grew up in Orlando, Florida. (Credit:NASA).

NASA: John Young, the legendary Space Shuttle astronaut dies at 87

NASA called Young as the only agency astronaut, the first to fly into space six times.

7 Jan 2018 11:31 AM IST

Debra Suierveld and her family assumed their dog Abby had died after she ran away in 2008 from their home. (Photo: AP)

Pet pooch turns up 10 years after vanishing from home

Black Labrador mix showed up on George Speiring's front porch in Lower Burrell, 16 kilometers west of Apollo.

3 Feb 2018 1:37 PM IST

The moon as viewed by Chandrayaan-Is camera from a distance of 3,11,200 km on November 4. (Photo: ISRO)

NASA wants to know your story of Apollo 11 Moon landing

NASA has invited space fans to record and share audio or interview of a loved one who remembers the Apollo era.

14 May 2019 11:14 AM IST

A perfect touchdown will catapult India into a super-exclusive club of the US, Russia and China, and open avenues for international programmes to turn the Moon into a stop-over station for missions to Mars.

Human send robots to keep an eye over galaxy from moon

Astronauts will be able to control the rover's single robotic arm from an orbital lunar outpost called Gateway.

17 July 2019 2:05 PM IST

July 20, 1969 Photo when astronaut Buzz Aldrin, lunar module pilot, walks on the surface of the moon during the Apollo 11 extravehicular activity (EVA). - On July 21, 1969, US astronaut Neil Armstrong is the first man to step onto the Moon, his teammate Edwin Aldrin joining him around 20 minutes later. (Photo: AFP | File)

Plans detailed for first US mission to land on moon since Apollo

Astrobotic said Peregrine would be the first American spacecraft to touch down on the moon since Apollo astronauts...

20 Aug 2019 2:44 PM IST

Chinese consumersknown for eagerly embracing e-commerce, online payments and other digital solutionsare lining up for a spin in DiDi Chuxings self-developed autonomous taxis at a Shanghai pilot project launched in June. (Photo | AFP)

China begins testing robotaxis for hire amid race against US tech...

Autonomous hired cars are considered ideal for accumulating driving time and the data cache needed for cars to learn and...

9 Aug 2020 4:33 PM IST

In this Oct. 1, 2008, file photo, Alan Bean, the fourth man to walk on the moon, is shown during a preview of his work at the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum in Austin, Texas. (Photo: AP)

The fourth moonwalker, Alan Bean, dies at 86,

Bean was the lunar module pilot for the second moon landing mission in November 1969.

27 May 2018 8:08 AM IST

From left, astronauts Virgil Grissom , Edward White II, and Roger Chaffee

NASA displays Apollo capsule hatch 50 years after fatal fire

A flash fire erupted inside the capsule during a countdown rehearsal, with the astronauts atop the rocket.

26 Jan 2017 9:23 AM IST

Mamata Banerjee (Photo: PTI)

Negligence complaint on Apollo

Victim's wife files case with cops after CM ordered probe into death.

27 Feb 2017 6:27 AM IST