Medicine Nobel for Japanese Biologist
Yoshinori Ohsumi of Japan won the the 2016 Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine. Ohsumi was awarded the prize for discoveries about autophagy – the study on how the body…
CSIR needs to create ‘Ease of doing Technology Business’ platform: PM
Our Correspondent Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said that the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, CSIR needs to create ease of doing technology Business platform to bring in right…
ISRO launches INSAT- 3DR weather satellite
Indian Space and Research Organisation, ISRO successfully launches GSLV-F05 rocket carrying advanced weather satellite INSAT-3DR; The launch from Sriharikota is the first operational flight of GSLV with indigenous cryogenic technology…
India on path of becoming hub for hi-tech world manufacturing: UN
United Nations has said, India is on the path of becoming a hub for high-tech world manufacturing even as global manufacturing growth is expected to remain low this year. UN…
Countdown for launch of rocket GSLV-F-Zero-Five begins
The 29 hour countdown for the launch of the rocket GSLV-F-Zero-Five carrying the advanced weather satellite INSAT-3DR begins this morning at 11.10 hrs. The launch vehicle rocket carrying the payload…
ISRO conducts successful test launch of scramjet engine
The Indian Space Research Organization, ISRO has successfully conducted the scramjet engine test this morning from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikotta in Andhra Pradesh. The national space agency said,…
Japan scientists detect rare, deep-Earth tremor
Scientists in Japan studying earthquakes have detected a rare deep-Earth tremor, known as an S wave microseism, for the first time. Published in US journal Science, the study from researchers…
ISRO to launch two new meteorological satellites next month
ISRO will launch two new meteorological satellites next month. Speaking at the valedictory function of a Science Seminar in Dharwad Sunday, Space Organisation’s Chairman A S Kiran Kumar said that…
Getting crazy for Pokémon Go !
By Maleeha Akhter Pokémon Go is an amazing real world adventure game launched on 6 July 2016. It is a free-to-play location-based, augmented reality game developed by Niantic for IOS…
ISRO begins 48-hour countdown for launch of 20 satellites
The Indian Space Research Organization, ISRO begins 48-hour countdown for the launch of a record 20 satellites from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikotta at 9.26 am today. The Mission…