NEW DELHI – India’s first mission to Mars is on track and should enter orbit in September, the country’s top scientist says. The unmanned “Maangalyaan” probe, launched last year, has “now completed 60 percent” of its journey, ISRO Chief K. Radhakrishnan says. “The mission is going well and will reach the orbit on Sept. 24, 2014,” he says.

In a move spurred by the mysterious disappearance of Malaysian Airlines flight MH370, India has asked all airlines in the country to track their

NEW DELHI — India has acquired a modified Dornier 228 lightweight aircraft for testing airborne radars and aerospace systems, senior defense officials say. The aircraft is called “Nabhrathna,” meaning a jewel in the sky. It will be used by the Bengaluru-based Electronics and Radar Development Establishment (LRDE), part of the Defense Research and Development Organization, as a “flying testbed” for assessing the performance of various radars being developed by LRDE.