I woke up to the sad news of yet again a stampede that occurred in the early morning today, the 27th October 2024, injuring nine people at the Bandra Terminus Railway station in Mumbai when passengers tried to board the train heading toward Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. Stampedes are manmade disasters that take a heavy toll…
ISRO Chandrayaan-3 Team received the prestigious International Astronautical Federation’s (IAF) World Space Award in a glittering ceremony at the 75th International Astronautical Congress held in Milan, Italy from 14-18 October 2024. This award is in recognition of India’s prowess in space technology that led to the successful soft landing of the Indian mission on the…
The Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections concluded after the third voting phase on 1 October 2024. Guessing the outcome of results is very tricky for this post-Article 370 abrogation elections because of the clearly defined demography in the region on religious lines. While the Kashmir valley is 98% Muslim majority controlling 50% of the Assembly…
Dr R K Chadha A fake letter falsely linked to the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) accusing the recipients of heinous crimes that include child pornography and similar serious accusations and asking to respond within 24 hours, is a dangerous step up by the scamsters to broaden their sphere by browbeating innocent people to…
Dr R K Chadha An Automatic Weather Station (AWS) of the India Meteorological Department at Mungeshpur, New Delhi, recorded the highest temperature of 52.9 degrees Celsius on 29 May 2024. This was the highest-ever temperature recorded in India, breaking all previous records. Such record-breaking temperatures and severe heatwave conditions in north India are not isolated…
(Dr RK Chadha) The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), USA has announced that its operations on the International Space Station (ISS) will end in 2030 after completing 3 decades in space science. The 28 March 2023 issue of Smithsonian Magazine carried an article entitled, The ISS will fall from Sky after the end of the…
The Americans have Astronauts and the Russians the cosmonauts. Indians will have their Vyomanauts when Gaganyaan is launched, soon. The word has its origin in Sanskrit vyoman meaning endless sky or space and it roughly translates to one who travels in space.ISRO’s Gaganyaan project is probably the most challenging as it involves human lives. The project envisages…
(Dr RK Chadha) The Women’s Reservation Bill, which is called Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam was passed in the Indian Parliament on 21 September 2023 providing 33 percent reservation for women in Lok Sabha and State Assemblies. The bill is being hailed as historic and may likely empower women by giving them a voice in the…
There has been a sudden increase in heart attack cases in recent times involving people of middle and old age, especially post-COVID-19 pandemic. Though there is no empirical case study undertaken, the perception is very strong, and one wonders what might be the cause. Even if there is some truth in this at a global…
The British-born Lok Sabha MP from Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala Mr.Shashi Tharoor in a post on X Platform wrote IITians went to Silicon Valley; CETians took us to the moon (sic) reminds us of the presence of sporadic DNA left behind by Britishers in the independent India. Divide and Rule by creating a wedge in the Indian society was the…
