NEW DELHI — After the successful launch of India’s first Mars orbiter, scientists are planning the country’s next mission — this time to the Sun. On Nov. 18, solar physicists from across the country started three-day talks at the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA), based in the southern city of Bengaluru, to prepare for the country’s first solar mission, Aditya-1, which will carry equipment to study the Sun’s corona.

NEW DELHI — The INS Vikramaditya, a Russian-built aircraft carrier refitted for the Indian navy, will leave Russian territorial waters and head for India on Nov. 30 following a more than five-year delay, a defense ministry official says. The 44,570-ton, 284-meter-long (932-ft.) warship, a refurbished version of the Russian Kiev-class Admiral Gorshkov, is expected to take about two months to arrive in India after its Nov. 16 commissioning. It will be based in Karwar Naval base, in the southern state of Karnataka.

NEW DELHI — India has taken delivery of its second P-8I aircraft from Boeing, doubling its long-range maritime reconnaissance and anti-submarine warfare capabilities. Boeing is building eight P-8Is for India and delivered the first in May. Based on the company’s 737 commercial airframe, the P-8I is the Indian navy variant of the P-8A Poseidon that Boeing has developed for the U.S. Navy.