In Professor Sulochana Gadgil's passing, India has lost a scientific giant, a fierce intellect, and a compassionate soul, remembers Dr Madhavan Nair Rajeevan.
The theme for this year is "Yoga for One Earth, One Health" echoes India's vision of global wellness.
An asteroid, about half the size of a football field, will pass in close proximity to Earth, closer than the orbits of some geosynchronous satellites, on Friday night.
A rare 'Blue Moon' awaits sky aficionados on Friday night.
34-km-wide Eros, the second largest near-earth asteroid, had a fly by of earth and can now be seen in the constellations Leo, Sextans and Hydra.
On Thursday, the earth will be at the nearest point to the sun. It will be at Perihelion at a point 0.983 Astronomical Units from the sun.
Here is an explainer on the functioning of the seven-year-old body.
In India, air pollution is most severe in the Indo-Gangetic Plain (northern India), where topography and meteorology concentrate pollution from energy, mobility, industry, agriculture, and other activities, the researchers said.
'We are calling companies to set up assembly plants for mobile phones while all the components are imported.' 'Only the last turn of the screwdriver is done here. And you call it self-reliance, Atmanirbharta, etc.' 'Unless you invest in research, you will not climb up the ladder. But this government is happy getting sub-contract work.'
'When the Americans are talking about colonising Mars by 2030, India cannot be lagging behind.'
In his final address, the president said that the soul of India resided in "pluralism and tolerance.
With climate change impacts worsening and affecting the poor and most vulnerable, governments urgently need to scale up adaptation
While India is pushed to keep a tight lid on its own carbon emissions, slow and low emission reduction by major polluters will cause an acceleration of climate change, says Rajni Bakshi.
Sanjay B Jumaani, India's leading astro-numerologist, makes his predictions.
'ISRO facilities are very expensive and any damage caused by these start-ups can create havoc to our space programme.'
According to a report, global populations of mammals, birds, fish, amphibians and reptiles have already declined by 58 per cent between 1970 and 2012.
Current forms of economic growth are widening disparities, leaving hundreds of millions of people to live in poverty, says Rajni Bakshi.
In Vrindavan, work is on to build the world's tallest religious structure, a new temple for Krishna by ISKCON-Bangalore
It is time to reset expectations as government will move with alacrity on social policy, not on economic reforms.
Co-founder of Twitter Biz Stone tells us what he learned from his enterprising entrepreneurial journey.
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