Kedar and Aishwarya Ramakrishnan graduated from IIT Bombay in 2010. After graduating, they were associated with Harvard Business School, BCG, and Swiggy. Last year, I met them at our office. They left their successful careers to start Balisto Agritech, an electric farm machinery company that builds equipment for rural India. Their mission is to create impact where it matters most.
Both founders are remarkable people, full of optimism, vision, and positivity. We are proud to work with them as their energy partner, providing batteries for their equipment. These machines are helping improve the lives of men and women in some of the most rural parts of India.
The internet was busy debating jantar Mantar & a quiet facility in India witnessed something straight out of science fiction. An engine fired up. But it did not hum & it did not roar like a normal jet.
It detonated. Continuous supersonic shockwaves raced around a circular chamber 1000s of times/sec, harnessing controlled explosions to generate thrust.
The startup D-Propulse just gave the world a sneak peek of their air-breathing Rotating Detonation Engine (RDE) with an integrated aerospike nozzle.
Every jet engine on a commercial airliner, every fighter jet & every rocket we have ever seen operates on deflagration. We mix fuel with air/oxygen, ignite it & it burns relatively slowly at subsonic speeds. It is effective, but humanity has pushed this tech to its absolute physical limits.
RDEs throw that century-old playbook into the fire. Instead of burning fuel smoothly, an RDE explodes it intentionally. A continuous detonation wave sweeps around an annular (ring-shaped) channel at supersonic speeds, reaching over 2000 m/s. This is called Pressure-Gain Combustion.
It extracts 15-25% more thermal efficiency out of the exact same amount of fuel. In the world of high-speed flight, a 25% jump in efficiency is a completely different league.
Why this Matters for India?
For decades, the narrative surrounding Indian engineering was tied to catching up on legacy systems, spending billions trying to replicate 1970s turbofan engine metallurgy/importing critical defense tech.
D-Propulse is proving that India does not need to play catch-up anymore.
By leapfrogging straight to Pressure-Gain Combustion, an Indian deep-tech startup, guided by veteran scientists & built by young engineers is standing on the frontlines alongside research labs in the US, Japan & China.
Imagine hypersonic cruise missiles, ultra-long-range combat drones & spaceplanes that do not need heavy, complex moving turbopumps to break speed records. That is the realm this technology unlocks.
The future does not belong to those who build better versions of old machines. It belongs to those who rewrite the physics of how machines work.
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अगर आप देश के किसी भी छात्र आंदोलन में जा रहे हैं - चाहे प्रदर्शन करने के लिए या सिर्फ़ देखने और सोशल मीडिया कंटेंट बनाने के लिए तो आरक्षण का मुद्दा ज़रूर उठाइए।
आज छात्रों के सामने सबसे बड़ा मुद्दा आरक्षण है। यही समय है कि इस मुद्दे को राष्ट्रीय बहस का हिस्सा बनाया जाए।
Finally, students are raising the issue of Reservation at student protests. More GCs need to do it.
Reservation has already reached 70%. It's your biggest issue. So raise your voice.
https://t.co/EhKpVwXFIc
The students are at top priority, educationally n security-wise, so they need not worry and have their parents worried for them. The Honorable Prime Minister has tweeted, and I am sure that he will take strict action against all those people who are responsible for this leak. So students, plz go back to your parents n homes.
Sonam, it's done, bro. Don't extend this. Keep the spirit for another day if there be a need, which I doubt, n eat something. If u want, will send u food from home.
To parents with adult kids:
Reach out to your children and tell them not to get involved in illegal activities on the streets. Influencers are manipulating them into joining street protests alongside rowdy mobs prone to violence, and rioting.
When the dust settles, those influencers will go back to lip-syncing and twerking, and the rowdies will return to their hideouts. Meanwhile, your children, who got swept up in the violence thinking they were part of a revolution, will be left facing FIRs, UAPA, NSA, endless bail rejections, blacklisting, and a ruined future.
Violence has no place in a democracy. It directly violates the very Constitution these influencers claim is in danger.
“Ram mandir whatever f*ck”
The audacity of these ugly biches to abuse our Prabhu Ram
They are crossing their line, urgent belt treatment is needed from Delhi Police
अगर अम्बेडकर जी ने ही महिलाओं को पढ़ने का अधिकार दिलाया,
तो ये 15 पढ़ी-लिखी महिलाएं (जिसमें chemistry graduate दलित महिला दक्षायनी वेलायुधन भी थीं),
जो संविधान बनाने वाली संविधान-सभा की ही सदस्य थीं (1946 में),
उनको पढ़ने का अधिकार किसने दिलाया?👇
😂😂😂
Congratulations to the entire Skyroot Aerospace Team on the successful launch of Vikram-1 (Mission Aagaman) from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota.
The mission marks a significant milestone for India’s private space sector and reflects the growing capability of the country’s space ecosystem.
Congratulations to IN-SPACe and ISRO teams, who enabled and facilitated the launch and ground testing operations along with technical consultancy and 24x7 safety surveillance.
This achievement is also a testament to the Space Sector Reforms envisioned by our Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi ji.
#Vikram1
#IndiawithVikram1
#SkyrootAerospace
#OpeningSpaceForAll
OMG
First, Rustom icecream, famous for their ice cream sandwiches
Then the iconic Shalimar, Noor Mohammadi & Rahmania restaurants in Bhendi Bazar
Now 110 years old Parsi Dairy Farm ( Marine Lines Branch ) !!
All part of state-wide crackdown on food business operators
> 1.9 crores worth of food products SEIZED
Within a month, the FDA has conducted 360 raids, sealed 274 illegal units, arrested 350 adulterators, and seized thousands of liters of contaminated milk.
While some warkaris are going on
Sant Tukaram Palkhi Mahamarg to reach their MAULI in Pandharpur by Ashadhi Ekadashi …
Maharashtra FDA commissioner Tukaram Mundhe ji is being our MAULI in protecting our health & safety 🙏
“Milk is not merely a food product; it is a nutritional foundation for millions of children, mothers, patients and senior citizens. Adulterating milk amounts to playing with public health. Such practices will not be tolerated in Maharashtra🔥🔥”
Jai Hari Vitthal 🙏🙏
Meet the IAS officer leading Maharashtra's toughest food safety crackdown
https://t.co/g3jlFkqyyP @Tukaram_IndIAS
Maharashtra's FDA has launched a statewide drive against milk adulteration under commissioner Tukaram Mundhe. The action has exposed synthetic milk units, disrupted supplies and sparked calls for compliance time.