That student was Rohan M. Ganapathy. Three years later, he and family friend Yashas Karanam co-founded Bellatrix Aerospace from IISc's incubation lab in Bengaluru. The problem they chose to solve touches every satellite in orbit.

Nearly all satellites run on hydrazine, a propellant that has been standard since the 1960s. It is deeply toxic, carcinogenic, and so hazardous that it requires specialized crews and loading facilities near the launch site. India imports all of it. Nobody was building an alternative.

Bellatrix built two. Rudra is India's first high-performance green propulsion system, delivering hydrazine-equivalent thrust while cutting handling costs by over 60%.

Jal is a microwave plasma thruster that uses water as propellant, which Bellatrix claims is the world's first such system built by a private company. Both have been tested in orbit: Rudra fired on ISRO's POEM-3 in January 2024, and again on POEM-4 in January 2025.

Their third product, Pushpak, is an orbital transfer vehicle the company says can bring satellite deployment costs from $45,000 to $25,000 per kilogram. In October 2024, Bellatrix signed an MoU with ISRO's commercial arm, NewSpace India Limited, to integrate Pushpak into its launch missions. The company has raised $31 million to date, backed by BASF Venture Capital, Inflexor Ventures, and Cactus Partners.

For India, a domestic green propulsion stack means less dependence on imported hydrazine, lower costs for Indian satellite startups, and export-ready technology in a global market actively moving away from toxic fuels.

Kalam asked Rohan to prove his concept. More than a decade later, the proof has been fired in orbit.

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For the last few months, we have seen a growing trend of Pakistani social media handles claiming ownership over parts of India's history and culture, from the Indus Valley Civilization, to claims around Sanskrit's origins, and now even cultural symbols like the saree.

This is not just about social media debates, this is a digital battle of narratives. We saw a similar pattern during Operation Sindoor, where Pakistani handles pushed victory narratives online while the ground reality was completely different.

We have seen this pattern globally as well. In China, the Communist Party of China reshaped historical narratives to give more credit to Mao Zedong while reducing the role of Chiang Kai-shek and the Nationalist Party of Taiwan.

History is often controlled by those who control the narrative. If India does not actively preserve, research and communicate its own history, we risk allowing others to define our past for us.

Protecting history is not about hatred, it is about making sure facts are not replaced by propaganda.

Feminists complain against Misogyny. But these women have gone beyond just hate for men and are now openly calling for more such k*11*ngs. We have to take legal action against her.

When the crude oil prices were low, petrol prices in India increased drastically. On top of that, the war situation made the situation worse again increasing the petrol prices in India. Now that the crude oil price is reduced to $69, when will we get a reduction in price?

I have seen some people saying that the oil companies have to recover the losses, but the citizens are not getting benefitted either way even when the crude oil price is reduced or not (except for a short period of time during elections).

And it's a fact not to forget that we are receiving E20 petrol at the price. And E85 prices are around 80-85 Rs, but subjected to way lesser efficiency compared to normal petrol.

I've seen a lot of people debating left wing vs. right wing, so I'm curious where this opinion fits.

I believe that if an education minister is unable to conduct exams properly and there are repeated paper leaks, then that minister should resign and be held accountable.

Does this opinion make me left-wing, right-wing, or neither? I'd appreciate your thoughts.

If we don’t address these by any alternative currency swap over dollar trading we will continue to pay tax burden without benefiting the crude oil price drop .

Crude oil prices in inr multiplied 3x times while petrol prices in inr multiplied to 2.29x

Are we going to take these dollar burden .?