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Space spectrum is in the news and not just because of Boeing’s woes – first a faulty Starliner launch, abandoning NASA astronauts at the International Space Station and now, a satellite exploding in orbit, outing services globally. Nearer home, India takes tentative steps to complement terrestrial spectrum services with direct to phone satellite services while […]
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Read More Indian Economy – The great slideConnectography: Mapping the Global Network Revolution, Parag Khanna, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 2016 In the 1980s, Disney World, Florida offered a gripping, virtual journey as viewed by a blood corpuscle as it rushes through the arteries, veins, into and out of organs in the human body. Parag Khanna’s fourth and latest book –Connectography: Mapping the Global […]
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