Modi reveals names of Gaganyan mission astronauts. They are...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday announced the names of the four astronauts--all IAF fighter pilots--for India's ambitious maiden human spaceflight mission Gaganyaan scheduled for next year.......

UGC, expert panel against eminence tag to Bengal's Jadavpur varsity, Jamia

An expert panel and the University Grants Commission have recommended that Jadavpur University and Jamia Hamdard University, which were shortlisted by the Centre for granting institutions of......

These Scientists Shaped India

I suggest we build a Vigyan Mandir (Temple of Science) with the ambience of a place of worship, so that it becomes a destination for pilgrims.We should embed on its walls bronze plaques describing......

New Covid variants not behind China outbreak, finds Lancet study

Two known Omicron sub-variants -- rather than any new variants -- have chiefly been responsible for the recent Covid-19 surge in China, according to a study of cases in Beijing published in The......

How AgNext will make Farmers Money

'Our technology is going to help Indian agriculture the way the White Revolution helped milk production.' IMAGE: AgNext founder Taranjeet Singh Bhamra. Photograph: Kind courtesy Taranjeet Singh......

Beam me up, Scotty! Indian tech firm helped in Wuhan's Covid-19 fight

Thanks to technological support provided by BlinkIN, a Bengaluru-based intelligent visual-assistance company, engineers in Wuhan were able to remotely install air ventilation systems in two......

Innovative field research in India helped Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo win Economics Nobel

This year's Laureates have shown how the problem of global poverty can be tackled by breaking it down into a number of smaller - but more precise - questions at individual or group levels, he Royal......

Economics Nobel for India-born Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo, M Kremer

The trio introduced a new approach to obtaining reliable answers about the best ways to fight global poverty IMAGE: The portraits of Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo, and Michael Kreme, who......

Hamilton to launch programme to make F1 more diverse

'The time for platitudes and token gestures is over' IMAGE: The Briton, 35, said in a column in the Sunday Times newspaper that he had been working with the Royal Academy of Engineering to create......

Sports shorts: India finish with 16 golds in Asian Airgun

IMAGE: India’s Shreya Agrawal is all smiles. Photograph: SAI Media/Twitter Indian shooters continued their dominance claiming five gold medals on the final day of the Asian Airgun......