Washington: NASA astronaut Anil Menon and two Russian cosmonauts reached the International Space Station to hugs and handshakes in the early hours of Wednesday (India time) on board the Soyuz MS-29 spacecraft after a little over three-hour journey. The Roscosmos spacecraft carrying Menon and Russian cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov and Anna Kikina lifted off from Baikonur…
New Delhi: India, Pakistan, Nigeria and Ghana together host the largest number of cities at risk of extreme heat, with major tourist destinations including Jaipur and international business hubs in the top 50, according to an analysis that has ranked 205 of the world’s largest cities. More than 95 per cent of the most at-risk…
Hyderabad: Eminent geneticist and CSIR Bhatnagar Fellow at the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), Dr Kumarasamy Thangaraj, was conferred the Padma Shri by President Droupadi Murmu at the Civil Investiture Ceremony-II held at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Tuesday. A distinguished scientist with over three decades of service at CCMB, Dr Thangaraj is renowned for…
Our Special Correspondent Hyderabad: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday unveiled an ambitious vision for India’s future security architecture, stating that the “Mission Sudarshan Chakra”, announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his 2025 Independence Day address, is set to evolve into a comprehensive multi-level missile defence system capable of safeguarding the nation against emerging…
New Delhi: Hot and humid conditions prevailing during India’s monsoon season could extend the duration of uncompensable heat stress of the summer season under a global warming of 2 degrees Celsius, a study has found. Findings published in the journal American Geophysical Union (AGU) Advances highlight a “surge of UHS (uncompensable heat stress) during the…
New Delhi: India’s space economy, currently close to USD 9 billion, is expected to expand to about USD 45 billion over the next seven to eight years, Union Minister Jitendra Singh said on Sunday. The minister also stated that India’s space startup ecosystem has grown from a single-digit number of startups a few years ago…
Washington: After a successful lunar flyaround, NASA has announced three missions to the moon as part of efforts to establish a permanent base on the Earth’s natural satellite. At a press conference here, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman on Tuesday unveiled a USD 20 billion plan to set up a permanent base on the moon, equipped…
Our City Desk Researchers at CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology have uncovered a remarkable defense strategy used by plants to combat viral infections, shedding light on how plants deploy “sticky” molecular traps to immobilize invading viruses before they can multiply. The groundbreaking study, led by scientist Dr. Mandar V. Deshmukh and published in the…
In the late 20th century, India faced an unusual threat—not military, not economic, but biological. It wasn’t about land or trade routes. It was about the ownership of knowledge that had existed for centuries in Indian homes, farms, and scriptures. The battleground was global patent law. And at the center of India’s response stood Raghunath…
A pivotal moment on 6 April 2026, when Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR) at Kalpakkam achieved criticality, was drowned in the cacophony of threats and counter-threats between the US and Iran in the ongoing Middle East war. With this milestone, India moved a step closer to achieving its goal of energy self-sufficiency, akin to the…
