What does India look like from space? Sunita Williams answers with a special mention of Himalayas

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Astronaut Sunita Williams described her view of India from space during her nine-month stay on the International Space Station. She highlighted the Himalayas' ripple effect, the fishing fleets near Mumbai and Gujarat, and the network of lights visible across the country. Williams expressed excitement about visiting her ancestral...

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Sunita Williams

American astronaut and Navy officer (born 1965)
Indian-origin astronaut Sunita Williams plans to visit India soon after her 286-day-long mission at the ISS. She described India's beauty from space and..
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Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are recalling their space odyssey for the first time ... including the moment they knew they had a ride home. Butch..
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Himalayas

Mountain range in Asia, separating Indo-Gangetic plain from Tibetan Plateau
J&K authorities are intensifying monitoring efforts in the Himalayas to mitigate the risks of glacial lake outburst floods which pose a substantial threat to..
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Gujarat

State in western India
Flight Lieutenant Siddharth Yadav, who died in an IAF Jaguar crash in Gujarat, had been engaged just 10 days prior and was set to marry in November. From a..
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Indian Air Force pilot Flight Lieutenant Siddharth Yadav tragically died in a Jaguar fighter jet crash in Jamnagar, Gujarat. He was a brilliant student, engaged..
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Air Force's Jaguar fighter aircraft crashed in Gujarat's Jamnagar on Wednesday, i.e., April 2.
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Parliament has passed the Tribhuvan Sahkari University Bill to establish the Institute of Rural Management Anand as a university dedicated to the cooperative..
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The Gujarat High Court has upheld the acquittal of six individuals accused of killing three British nationals of Indian origin during the 2002 riots. The..
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International Space Station

Inhabited space station in low Earth orbit
Indiaโ€™s Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla will pilot the Axiom-4 mission to the ISS, involving around 60 scientific studies, with seven from India. The mission..
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Upon successfully reaching the ISS, Shukla will become only the second Indian after IAF Wing Commander Rakesh Sharma achieved the historic feat over four decades..
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The NASA astronauts who were stranded on the International Space Station (ISS) are speaking at a news conference after returning to Earth.
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Mumbai

Capital of Maharashtra, India
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Over 260 passengers on a Virgin Atlantic flight from London to Mumbai have been stranded at Turkiye's Diyarbakฤฑr airport for the past 24 hours due to a medical..
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Passengers on a Virgin Atlantic flight from London to Mumbai faced over 20 hours of delay at Diyarbakฤฑr Airport in Turkey due to an emergency medical diversion...
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The Mumbai police, on Wednesday night, i.e., April 2, apprehended a 19-year-old boy for allegedly raping and murdering a nine-year-old boy near a graveyard in..
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Over 260 passengers of a Virgin Atlantic flight from London to Mumbai are stranded at Turkey's Diyarbakฤฑr Airport for over 18 hours. The flight had been..
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