February 18, 2017 - Shah Rukh Khan is the happiest working with Imtiaz Ali and Vaibhavi Merchant

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Blog Sree Vijaykumar From the Editor's Desk "India has successfully launched 104 satellites in a single mission, setting a world record of launching the most satellites at one go. For those wondering if a poor country like India can afford such missions, here's some more information. Of the 104, 101 are foreign satellites to serve international customers as India seeks a bigger share of the $300 billion global space industry. Modi is bullish on India's space programme and has repeatedly praised the efforts of scientists who three years ago pulled off a low-cost mission to send a probe to orbit Mars that succeeded at the first attempt. Out of 101 nano-satellites, 96 were from the United States and one each from Israel, Kazakhstan, the Netherlands, Switzerland and the United Arab Emirates." 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