Thiruvananthapuram: He may have helped the country conquer the moon, is making a similar attempt for the Sun and is busy preparing sending Indians to the space–all multi-crore rupee ventures, but ISRO chairman S Somanath’s humble beginnings included an old bicycle and a modest lodging to cut transport and hostel expenses while in college. These little…
New Delhi: The Moon may be at least 4.46 billion years old, according to a study that pushes back the age of the lunar body by 40 million years. Over four billion years ago, when the Solar System was still young and the Earth was still growing, a giant object of the size of Mars…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday underscored India’s enduring commitment to safe and secure use of atomic energy for peace and development in a meeting with International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi. Grossi, who called on Modi, commended the country’s impeccable record as a responsible nuclear power and praised…
New Delhi: In collaboration with the states, the Centre will reassess the vulnerability of all glacial lakes in the country through ground surveys and establish a monitoring system to disseminate information about potential glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs), according to government sources. This decision follows the devastating floods caused by the Lhonak lake outburst in Sikkim…
Sriharikota (AP): Nerves gave way to smiles at the spaceport here as delays and an anomaly-triggered ‘hold’ forced ISRO scientists to revise the launch schedule of a test vehicle carrying payloads related to the country’s ambitious human space flight mission, Gaganyaan which soared into skies after initial hiccups. Following a two hour delay and nerve-wracking moments…
New Delhi: The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has completed the clinical trials of the world’s first injectable male contraceptive which showed that it is safe and highly efficacious without any serious side effects. The findings of the phase-III clinical trial, which involved 303 candidates aged 25-40 years, were published in the international open-access Andrology…
Bengaluru: ISRO on Monday said it would commence unmanned flight tests for the Gaganyaan human spaceflight mission with the launch of a test vehicle between 7 am and 9 am on October 21 from Sriharikota spaceport to demonstrate the performance of the crew escape system. In a message on social media platform X, the national space…
New Delhi: Violations of norms during the construction of hydropower projects in the fragile Himalayan region are fuelling disasters in the hilly states, environment experts and activists have warned. A glacial lake outburst flood in Lhonak Lake in Sikkim last week resulted in severe damage in Mangan, Gangtok, Pakyong, and Namchi districts. The incident also resulted…
New Delhi: Scientists in the UK have successfully used gene editing techniques to limit the spread of bird flu in chickens. The researchers were able to restrict, but not completely block, the avian influenza virus from infecting the birds by precisely altering a small section of their DNA. According to the study published in the…
New Delhi: The number of people who die from stroke globally is estimated to increase by 50 per cent by 2050 to 9.7 million per year, with annual costs possibly as high as USD 2.3 trillion, unless urgent action is taken, according to a new study published in the Lancet Neurology journal. The analysis forecasts…
