ISRO, NASA in talks to place Indian on ISS next year

India and the US on Friday said they have started talks to put in place a strategic framework for human space flight by year-end as they plan to send an Indian astronaut to the International Space......

India saw 23.5 lakh pollution deaths in 2019, highest in world

India saw over 23.5 lakh premature deaths due to pollution of all types -- including 16.7 lakh fatalities caused by air pollution -- in 2019, the highest among all countries globally, according to......

Will Repeal of Farm Laws Win UP For BJP?

Western UP contributes nearly 70 seats to the 402-member UP assembly.In 2017, the BJP had swept the region.Every pre-2022 poll survey had suggested the party would face its biggest attrition from......

Wanted! A National Security Strategy

India's national security strategy needs to be revised periodically since the global and regional geopolitical situation is dynamic, points out Commodore Venugopal Menon (retd). IMAGE: Indian and......

'Economy is constantly on PM's mind'

'We are continuously engaging with him to see what interventions to make and when.' IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Damodardas Modi during the Bharatiya Janata Party's central election committee......

How India is gearing up to distribute Covid-19 vaccine

A model being considered is to have a combined cold chain approach - where the agricultural cold chain would be combined with vaccine cold chains. As we inch closer to getting a vaccine for......

Centre's agri market reform ordinance comes under fire

Kiran Vissa, co-convenor of National Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture, said that amendments to the EC Act have nothing to do with farmers’ welfare but instead meant to please big players......

Non-basmati rice export falls after govt withdraws tax sops

In order to help farmers, the government has increased minimum support price for the last several years. This has made Indian rice uncompetitive for exports. India’s exports of non-basmati......