The Narendra Modi-headed Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government at the Centre has finally taken the initiative to debate and reach out for consensus to realize its electoral promise of ‘One Nation, One Election’ a reality. Whether that would be possible shortly as speculated by the electronic and print media looks a…
Riding on the success of Chandrayan-3 and brimming with confidence, India ventures into its ambitious space mission to the Sun when it launches Aditya-L1 tomorrow 2 September 2023 from Sriharikota. These two missions differ on one count; while in Chandrayan 3 mission measurements and observations are ground-based on the moon’s surface, Aditya-L1 will be the…
Ever-increasing suicides among students in Rajasthan’s Kota town and elsewhere in the country once again brought to the debating table over who to blame for pressuring children – mushrooming coaching centres or parents? As many as 20 students have reportedly committed suicide in Kota alone during the last eight months, which is a cause for…
The alliance of about 150 alleged civil society movements and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), spearheaded by the jailed and bailed anti-Narmada activist Medha Patkar and another convict and social activist Teesta Setalwad to extend their support to the newly-formed India National Democratic Inclusive Alliance (I.N.D.I.A.) bloc of 26 Opposition parties to take on Narendra Modi-led National…
Yet another explosion in an illegal cracker manufacturing unit within three months gives abundant room for suspicion over the slipping law and order situation in the state of West Bengal. At least eight persons were killed when an explosion occurred on Sunday morning at an illegal firecracker manufacturing unit in the Mochpol area under Duttapukur…
Twenty-five-year-old Neeraj Chopra yet again made India proud on Sunday with his historic feat. He thus became the first Indian athlete to win the World Athletics Champions gold medal during the men’s javelin throw final event in Budapest. Chopra’s second attempt in the final saw him launch the javelin to a distance of 88.17 meters, which remained…
As anticipated Prime Minister Narendra Modi flew down directly to Bengaluru from Greece, where he had gone on a day-long bilateral visit after the BRICS meeting at Johannesburg to meet scientists at the Central command centre of the Indian Space Research Centre (ISRO) and congratulate them for the Chandrayaan 3’s successful landing on the Moon’s…
Thursday might not have favoured India’s 18-year-old Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa in the FIDE World Cup at Baku, Azerbaijan’s primate city. World No.1 Magnus Carlsen defeated him 2.5-1.5 in the tiebreaker to lift the chess title with a prize money of $1,10,000. He might have lost to Carlsen, yet he is the third Indian to accomplish such…
The perfect soft touch down of the Chandrayan 3 mission on the moon’s surface on 23 August 2023 at the scheduled time of 6:04 pm demonstrates India’s prowess in space research and technology that matured over the last 61 years since the inception of Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) in 1962. The Indian National Committee…
The crucial moments are approaching and tension, if not excitement, not only among the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) scientists as well as other major space players like the US, China, Russia, Japan, Canada and Israel but also every Indian. The countdown for the Chandrayaan-3 has begun when the Lander got separated from Rover on…
