How are the astronauts selected for India's Gaganyaan mission being trained?

The names of the first four astronaut candidates of India were announced this week, and all four are Air Force pilots with hundreds of hours of flying experience. How did they train and how were they selected? ThePrint #̦PureScience, Sandhya Ramesh explains.
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