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December 7, 2023 11:20 AM
In a written response to a query in the Rajya Sabha, Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari, highlighted the government's commitment to fostering electric mobility through the introduction of a battery-swapping policy. This initiative stems from an inter-ministerial discus...
December 6, 2023 4:00 PM
In a groundbreaking discovery, researchers from the Indian Institute of Geomagnetism (IIG) have identified seismogenic liquefaction features in the active Kopili Fault (KF) zone, providing crucial insights into the region's seismic history and offering significant advancements in earthquake pre...
December 6, 2023 2:03 PM
India is exploring innovative technologies, particularly small modular reactors (SMRs), in its strategic pursuit of clean energy, according to Jitendra Singh, the Union Minister of State for Science & Technology. Singh made this announcement in response to a question in the Lok Sabha on Wednesda...
December 5, 2023 10:10 AM
Following the lunar hop by Vikram (lander), this was another accomplishment that shows that ISRO can restart engines on the moon and operate equipment, both of which were not foreseen, the national space agency stated in a release. After launch on July 14, 2023, Vikram successfully landed on the ...
November 30, 2023 11:23 AM
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Administrator Bill Nelson shared his delight at engaging with students at the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and meeting Rakesh Sharma, the first Indian to venture into space. Nelson, who is on a visit to India, said that the story o...
November 28, 2023 7:30 PM
The collaborative satellite, named NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR), is slated for launch aboard India’s GSLV (Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle). It will help enhance Earth observation capabilities with a focus on studying diverse aspects such as land ecosystems, solid earth defor...
October 25, 2024 3:54 PM
Rescuers led by "rat miners" drilled through rocks and debris on Tuesday to reach 41 construction workers trapped in a collapsed tunnel in Uttarakhand for 17 days. The process of pulling out the 41 low-wage workers from India's poorest states, one at a time on wheeled stretchers through a pi...
October 25, 2024 3:54 PM
In the ongoing effort to rescue 41 men stuck inside the Silkyara tunnel in Uttarakhand, drilling is expected to resume soon as a 25-tonne platform supporting the auger machine has been successfully repaired. The platform, housing the American auger machine used for drilling through the debris, had d...
November 23, 2023 9:02 PM
The Centre will soon unveil a new set of regulations to tackle deepfakes, IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw announced on Thursday after a meeting with key stakeholders. Participants included representatives from social media platforms, government officials, and cybersecurity experts. During the high...
November 23, 2023 2:41 PM
Earthquake processes, even relatively smaller ones, have their reflection in the ionosphere, as they influence the amplitudes and periods of coseismic ionospheric perturbations (CIP) along with factors such as geomagnetism and line-of-sights geometry, according to a novel study. The finding can help...
