India’s top marine scientist, Prof. Zahoor Qasim is no more
Our Correspondent / India’s renowned scientist and leader of India’s first expedition to the Antarctica, Padma Bhushan Prof. Syed Zahoor Qasim, passed away in New Delhi on Tuesday Oct 20.…
FirstHandle Mobile App to be launched in Bengaluru; Mumbai next
By TN Ashok / New Delhi: Following its unprecedented Delhi/NCR launch two months before, FirstHandle, a mobile application connecting neighborhood consumers with retailers/store owners/mall shops informing the former about lucrative…
Takaaki Kajita and Arthur McDonald win Nobel Prize in Physics
Takaaki Kajita of Japan and Arthur McDonald of Canada have won the Nobel Prize in Physics for the discovery of neutrino oscillations. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said the…
DRDO sets up world’s highest terrestrial research centre
Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has established the world’s highest terrestrial centre at Changla near Pengong lake in Ladakh. The centre will serve as a natural cold storage for…
President confers Gandhi Peace Prize on ISRO
AMN / President Pranab Mukherjee today conferred the Gandhi Peace Prize for the year 2014 on Indian Space Research Organization, ISRO at a function at Rashtrapati Bhavan. The prize was…
Govt ropes in ISRO for electric transportation system
The Union Transport Ministry in collaboration with the Indian Space Research Organisation, ISRO will work on developing cost-effective battery technologies to make electric buses economically viable. A transport ministry official…
PM meets 30 eminent scientists from various top institutions
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday met 30 eminent scientists from various top institutions across the country. Mr Modi appreciated the work done by the scientists and called upon the…
ISRO successfully test-fires GSLV-Mark III
India’s Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle, GSLV-Mark III project aimed at carrying four-tonne payloads, including future manned missions, has got a boost with ISRO successfully test-firing the first indigenous high-thrust cryogenic…
Sunita Williams among 4 chosen by NASA to fly first commercial space vehicle
A Indian-origin Sunita Williams is among four “veteran” astronauts picked by NASA to fly the first commercial space vehicles, a part of the space agency’s ambitious plan of human landing…
ISRO set for biggest commercial launch with PSLV rocket
Indian Space Research Organization – ISRO is gearing up for its heaviest and biggest commercial launch of the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle PSLV-C-28 tonight. It is scheduled to put into…