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The word 'shampoo' itself has been derived from the Sanskrit word champu, which means to massage.

. AVATAR is a concept under development by ISRO in collaboration with DRDO. It is a single-stage reusable spaceplane capable of horizontal takeoff and landing. This project is still in the early stages of conception.

India has won all 5 men's Kabaddi World Cups held till now and have been undefeated throughout these tournaments. The Indian women's team has also won all Kabaddi World Cups held till date.

Antrix is the commercial wing of ISRO, a single window agency for marketing Indian space capabilities, both products and services to the world.

In September 2009, India's ISRO Chandrayaan- 1 using its Moon Mineralogy Mapper detected water on the moon for the first time.

Current DTH services providers in India rely on satellites launched by ISRO, but the progress of DTH operators has been impeded due to the nonavailability of transponders. ISRO is working on launching more transponders.

The scarce and extremely valuable S-Band spectrum and two satellites were contracted to a private firm, Devas, at a throwaway price of just 1000 crores by ISRO’s top brass. Mobile phone service providers have, on the other hand, been pressing for this spectrum to be set aside for extension of 3G services.

The father of India's missile programme had visited Switzerland back in 2006. Upon his arrival, Switzerland declared May 26th as Science Day.

Indian Space Program began at Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (TERLS) located at Thumba near Thiruvanathapuram.

When Dr Rajendra Prasad was appointed the President of India, he only took 50% of his salary, claiming he did not require more than that.

Thumba was selected because the geomagnetic equator of the earth passes over Thumba. It currently used by ISRO for launching sounding rockets.

Towards the end of his 12-year tenure he only took 25% of his salary. The salary of the President was Rs 10,000 back then.

SLV-3 was India’s first indigenous satellite launch vehicle. The vehicle was launched by Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on July 18, 1980.

The first rocket was so light and small that it was transported on a bicycle to the Thumba Launching Station in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.

President A P J Abdul Kalam was the Project Director of SLV-3. The SLV-3 weighed 17 tonne and had a payload of 40 kg. The SLV-3 put 35 kg Rohini Satellite into the orbit.

Elephants receive baths, massages and even food at the Punnathoor Cotta Elephant Yard Rejuvenation Centre in Kerala. Now that's a BIG step for the country.

Wing Commander Rakesh Sharma of Indian Air Force became the first Indian to fly in space in 1984 as part of a joint programme between the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and the Soviet Intercosmos space program.

India is second only to the USA when it comes to speaking English with around 125 million people speaking the language, which is only 10% of our population.

ISRO comes under the jurisdiction of Department of Space.

This is expected to grow by quite a margin in the coming years.

India is a member of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space.

Be it because of religious reasons or personal choices or both, around 20-40% of Indians are vegetarians, making it the largest vegetarian-friendly country in the world.

India recently overtook the European Union with production reaching over 132.4m tonnes in 2014.

India was the first country to develop extraction and purifying techniques of sugar.

This story precedes ISRO by six years, as India launched its 1st rocket from Thumba, Trivandrum. The ‘jugaad’ exhibited even in those days would be a hallmark of the Indian space program,. Whole recent stats of the frugality of the Mangalyaan mission being spoken about round the world!