New Delhi: NASA has put off Sunday’s launch of the Axiom-4 mission carrying Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla and three others to the International Space Station and a new date will be announced in the coming days. “NASA has made the decision to stand down from a launch on Sunday, June 22, and will target a…
Caesarea (Israel): A newly published, peer-reviewed study in Nature Scientific Reports, part of the prestigious Nature Portfolio, presents compelling clinical evidence on the effectiveness of non-invasive energy-based technology for abdominal fat reduction. The study demonstrated statistically significant decreases in abdominal fat layer thickness in Korean women with abdominal obesity, following a series of ultrasound and…
New Delhi: The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) in a new yearbook released on Monday said that India has more nuclear weapons than Pakistan, but Beijing’s strategic arsenal is bigger than India’s arsenal. SIPRI also pegged the number of nuclear warheads in the Indian arsenal at 180 as of January 2025, compared to 172…
New Delhi: Policymakers, diplomats and industry leaders from several countries will gather here for the fourth edition of the India Space Congress (ISC) on June 25 to deliberate on the advances and challenges in the nascent but burgeoning private space sector in the country. The three-day event, organized by the Satcom Industry Association-India, is expected…
Bengaluru: The Axiom-4 mission, set to carry Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla to the International Space Station, is scheduled to be launched on June 19, said ISRO in a statement. The Axiom-4 mission will lift off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on June 19 aboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket. Shubhanshu Shukla is set to…
New Delhi: The emergence of the XFG variant is part of the SARS-CoV-2 virus’s natural evolution, said Prof. (Dr) Balram Bhargava, former Director General of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and former Secretary of the Department of Health Research. He added that India is well-positioned to detect and contain emerging variants swiftly due…
New Delhi: The Axiom-4 mission, which was scheduled to carry Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla and three others to the International Space Station on Tuesday, was put off again to fix a leak in SpaceX’s Falcon-9 rocket. SpaceX announced that it was “standing down” from the Falcon-9 launch to allow time for repairs after a post-static…
New Delhi: Philosopher and author Acharya Prashant has been conferred the prestigious ‘Most Impactful Environmentalist’ award on the occasion of World Environment Day on Thursday. The award, presented by the Green Society of India, recognised Acharya Prashant for his unique contribution in “integrating spiritual clarity with environmental awareness” and for “inspiring millions to adopt a…
Chennai: ISRO has formed a committee to investigate the incident in which a PSLV rocket failed to place an Earth observation satellite (EOS-09) into its intended orbit, Chairman V Narayanan said on Sunday. The committee has held several rounds of discussions to identify the cause, he added. Earlier in the day, ISRO failed to place…
Sriharikota (AP): A PSLV-C61 rocket carrying the Earth observation satellite EOS-09 lifted off from the spaceport Sriharikota early on Sunday (May 18). As per ISRO reports, the mission was not successful as there was a technical glitch in the performance of the third stage, due to which the mission could not succeed. On the launch of…
