New Delhi: The Delhi government, in collaboration with IIT-Kanpur, conducted the first cloud-seeding trial in parts of Delhi on Tuesday, with more such exercises planned over the next few days, Environment Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa said. According to officials, the aircraft took off from Kanpur for Delhi and covered areas like Burari, north Karol Bagh…
Begaluru: The Chandrayaan-2 mission, launched in 2019, has made the first-ever observation of the effects of the Sun’s Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) on the Moon using its onboard scientific instruments, ISRO said on Saturday. This observation would help understand the lunar exosphere, a very thin atmosphere of the Moon, and the impact of space weather…
Mumbai: Radiation therapy after surgery safely reduces the risk of `pelvic relapse’ in patients with locally advanced, muscle-invasive bladder cancer, Tata Memorial Centre (TMC) Mumbai said on Tuesday. Pelvic relapse refers to the return or progression of cancer within the pelvic area after a patient has initially responded to treatment or achieved remission. A research…
Jaipur: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone for a nuclear power plant in Rajasthan’s Banswara and inaugurate several other projects worth over Rs 1.21 lakh crore on September 25, the birth anniversary of Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya. Modi will lay the foundation stone for the Mahi-Banswara Nuclear Power Plant project, which is expected…
Houston: India and the US signalled the beginning of a new phase of space partnership at a special event hosted by the Embassy of India in Washington, DC, with officials and astronauts highlighting how decades of cooperation are now paving the way for missions to the Moon and Mars. An event, titled “India-USA Space Collaboration:…
New Delhi: More than 400 scientists worked round-the-clock to provide support using earth observation and communication satellites during Operation Sindoor, ISRO chairperson V Narayanan said on Tuesday. The space agency provided satellite data from its spacecraft for national security requirements, Narayanan said in his address at the 52nd National Management Convention of the All India…
Bengaluru/New Delhi: From Ladakh to Tamil Nadu, skywatchers turned their gaze towards the moon Sunday night to witness a rare ‘Blood Moon’ or the total lunar eclipse. The Earth’s shadow started covering the lunar disc at 9:57 pm as the moon played hide and seek in the cloudy skies with monsoon rains lashing parts of…
Kulasekharapattinam (Tamil Nadu): The construction of the country’s second launch complex here in Tuticorin district is expected to be over by December 2026, and there is a possibility of about 25 launches a year from the spaceport, ISRO Chairman V Narayanan has said. Speaking to reporters after participating in the Bhumi Puja for the launch…
New Delhi: Vitamin D has become a hot topic in recent years, largely because failure to get enough of it is associated with multiple diseases, and because much of the general population is deficient in this micronutrient. Since 1930, when its chemical structure was first identified, significant advances have been made in research into vitamin…
New Delhi: Excited after a successful mission to the International Space Station (ISS), Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla on Thursday hoped someone would very soon travel to space “from our capsule, from our rocket, from our soil”. Addressing a press conference here, Group Captain Shukla said the first-hand experience from the ISS mission was invaluable and…
