Online Desk In a chilling reminder of prophecy meeting geopolitics, a 2019 international study eerily forecasted a potential nuclear conflict between India and Pakistan—specifically pointing to the year 2025. Now, in the tense aftermath of the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack, WION TV has revisited the findings, calling them “alarmingly close to reality.” The study—dubbed…
Dibrutgarh (Assam): The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has transferred an indigenously developed diagnostic technology to rapidly detect tuberculosis (TB) to a private firm for commercial production, according to an official release issued on Thursday. The ICMR-Regional Medical Research Centre, North East (ICMR-RMRC NE) has announced the successful transfer of its indigenously developed CRISPR-Cas-based…
Bengaluru: Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), Department of Space (DoS) and Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences & Technology (SCTIMST), Department of Science & Technology (DST) signed the ‘Framework Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation in Space Medicine’. This partnership marks a significant milestone in the advancement of Space Medicine and its applications in the…
New Delhi: Former ISRO chief and chairperson of the drafting committee behind the ambitious new National Education Policy (NEP), K Kasturirangan, passed away in Bengaluru on Friday, officials said. He was 84. “He left for heavenly abode this morning at his residence in Bengaluru. His body will be kept at Raman Research Institute (RRI) for…
New Delhi: Studying a group of people with an affected ability to process emotions, researchers found a brain region that regulates generous behaviour — the ‘basolateral amygdala’. Driven by a concern for society, prosocial or altruistic behaviour involves performing actions that intentionally benefit others and include sharing and cooperating. The basolateral amygdala helps process the emotional…
Jaipur: Development is crucial for the nation’s progress but it is essential to maintain a balance between development and environmental protection, Supreme Court judge Justice BR Gavai said on Saturday. Speaking at a conference in Rajasthan’s Rajsamand district, he highlighted the role of the judiciary, citing several top court judgments aimed at protecting the environment….
Bengaluru: ISRO on Friday said the fourth edition of the PSLV Orbital platform Experiment Module (POEM-4), the repurposed spent upper stage of the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle used for the space docking experiment mission, has re-entered the Earth’s atmosphere. “Finally, the POEM-4 module re-entered the atmosphere and impacted at 02:33 UTC (08:03 IST), April 04,…
Hyderabad: India’s ambitious goal of achieving 10 per cent (USD 50 billion) of the space economy in the next 10 years is not an easy task, primarily because the knowledge in this domain is very complex, former ISRO chief S Somanath said on Friday. Delivering an address during the graduation ceremony of the Indian School…
New York: India is amazing from space, NASA astronaut Sunita Williams said and voiced optimism that she will visit her “father’s home country” and share experiences about space exploration with people there. Sunita made these remarks during a press conference on Monday. She was responding to a question on how India looked from space when…
Bengaluru: ISRO completed the life test of 1000hrs on the 300mN Stationary Plasma Thruster, that is developed for induction into the Electric Propulsion System of satellites. The Electric Propulsion system is proposed to replace the chemical propulsion system in future satellites of ISRO and pave the way for communication satellites that use only electric propulsion…
