SCIENCE / TECH

ISRO launches first ever private Rocket from Sriharikota

AMN / WEB DESK India’s first ever private Vikram Suborbital rocket was launched at 11 30 today from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota. The rocket reached an altitude of 89.5 km with three payloads weighing a total of 83 kilogram. The rocket safely splashed in the waters of the Bay of Bengal at around … Continue reading ISRO launches first ever private Rocket from Sriharikota →

DRDO conducts maiden flight-test of Phase-II Ballistic Missile Defence interceptor

AMN / Odisha coast Defence Research & Development Organisation, DRDO conducted a successful maiden flight-test of Phase-II Ballistic Missile Defence, BMD interceptor AD-1 missile from APJ Abdul Kalam Island off the coast of Odisha on Wednesday. The flight-test was carried out with participation of all BMD weapon system elements located at different geographical locations. The … Continue reading DRDO conducts maiden flight-test of Phase-II Ballistic Missile Defence interceptor →

India, other countries witness partial solar eclipse

AMN / WEB DESK India and a few other countries today witnessed a partial solar eclipse. Most parts of India could witness the event, except some parts of the northeast region. The eclipse began before sunset in the afternoon and was seen from most of places. It was visible from 4:29 pm and ended with … Continue reading India, other countries witness partial solar eclipse →

ISRO’s heaviest rocket LVM3 successfully places 36 satellites in orbits

AMN / WEB DESK Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) launched its first dedicated commercial mission of Launch Vehicle Mark 3 (LVM3) M2 satellite successfully in the wee hours today from the Sathish Dhawan Space Centre Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh. Speaking after the launch, Chairperson of ISRO S. Somanath said that it is a happy Diwali … Continue reading ISRO’s heaviest rocket LVM3 successfully places 36 satellites in orbits →

Participation of Private Industry has changed nature of Space ecosystem of India: r Dr. Jitendra Singh

AMN / NEW DELHI Space and Atomic Energy Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh Monday said that the decision taken to unlock the Space sector for Private Industry in 2020 has changed the nature of Space ecosystem of the country. Dr. Singh was addressing the India Space Conclave in New Delhi on the occasion of first anniversary … Continue reading Participation of Private Industry has changed nature of Space ecosystem of India: r Dr. Jitendra Singh →

Carolyn Bertozzi, Morten Meldal, Barry Sharpless win 2022 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2022 to Carolyn R. BertozziStanford University, CA, USA Morten MeldalUniversity of Copenhagen, Denmark K. Barry SharplessScripps Research, La Jolla, CA, USA “for the development of click chemistry and bioorthogonal chemistry” It just says click – and the molecules are coupled together … Continue reading Carolyn Bertozzi, Morten Meldal, Barry Sharpless win 2022 Nobel Prize in Chemistry →

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2022 was awarded to Svante Pääbo

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2022 was awarded to Svante Pääbo “for his discoveries concerning the genomes of extinct hominins and human evolution” The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet has today decided to award the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine to Svante Pääbo for his discoveries concerning the genomes of extinct hominins … Continue reading The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2022 was awarded to Svante Pääbo →

Nobel Prize in Physics 2022 awarded jointly to Alain Aspect, John F. Clauser and Anton Zeilinger

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2022 was awarded jointly to Alain Aspect, John F. Clauser and Anton Zeilinger “for experiments with entangled photons, establishing the violation of Bell inequalities and pioneering quantum information science” Entangled states – from theory to technology Alain Aspect, John Clauser and Anton Zeilinger have each conducted groundbreaking experiments using entangled … Continue reading Nobel Prize in Physics 2022 awarded jointly to Alain Aspect, John F. Clauser and Anton Zeilinger →

Gaganyaan to be done by end of 2023 or beginning of 2024

AMN Minister of State for Science and Technology, Jitendra Singh has said that the first trial for Gaganyaan, India’s maiden human space mission, will be done by the end of 2023 or at the beginning of 2024. He said the first test flight will be followed by sending a female-looking humanoid robot – Vyom Mitra … Continue reading Gaganyaan to be done by end of 2023 or beginning of 2024 →

80 per cent of airspace available for drone flying: Govt

AMN / NEW DELHI Minister of State for Civil Aviation General V K Singh (Retd.) has said that the government has liberalised the drone policy to give a fillip to those who want to manufacture or set up drone industry. He said, now nearly 80 per cent of the airspace is available for drone flying … Continue reading 80 per cent of airspace available for drone flying: Govt →