ISRO Mars Orbiter Team Wins US Space Pioneer Award
In a proud moment for India, their program team, India’s Mars Orbiter Mission (MoM) has won the very prestigious award for space pioneer in 2015 […]
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Migratory Bird In Chilika Lagoon Witnesses Marginal Increase
The annual bird census reports bring in some very good news for bird lovers. The migratory bird from the Chilika lagoon sees a marginal rise […]
Kiran Kumar of Bangalore appointed new ISRO Chief
Having served as a director of the prestigious Space Application Centre (SAC) in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, AS Kiran Kumar is now appointed as the chairman of […]
NASA to launch drought tracking satellite
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is all set to launch a satellite which is capable to track droughts and flood warnings. The satellite […]
Study Conducted On Heart Attack Risk Among Women
A 20 year long study has tried to identify behaviours which may reduce the risk of contracting heart ailments. These are known to reduce the […]
Reasons to discard the Vyamanika Shastra Vedic Plane Theory 40-years-ago
Forty years ago in 1974, IISc scientists Mukunda, SM Deshpande, HR Nagendra, A Prabhu and SP Govindaraju in a scientific journal explained the reasons for […]
High-End Neutrino Project Approved By The Indian Goverment
The centre has approved to begin a project for experimenting in the field of high energy physics. With this launch India soon be joining the […]
Single Bluefin Tuna Fish sold for Rs 23 Lakhs in Japan
Can you imagine a fish which is worth 23 lakh Indian Rs? A single bluefin Tuna has sold for a hefty amount of 4.5 million […]
YouTube Videos Teach Robots How To Cook
Researchers in the field of robotics have come up with a way to make sure that robots learn cooking simply by watching videos posted on […]
Harsh Vardhan credits Algebra and Pythagoras’ Theorem to India
Indian Union Minister for Science and Technology, Harsh Vardhan, said on January 3, 2014 that the Algebra and the Pythagoras theorems had origins in India, […]
Former ISRO Chief Vasant Gowarikar Passes Away in Pune
Well-known scientist Vasant Gowarikar passed away after suffering from a brief illness at the Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital in Pune on Friday, Jan 2, 2015. He […]
Shailesh Nayak takes over as ISRO Chief after K Radhakrishnan retire
The chairman of ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation) K Radhakrishnan retired on Wednesday after having a successful career spanning three decades in the prestigious space agency. This […]
Mangalyaan Completes 100 Days in Mars Orbit On January 1st 2015
The first day of the New Year saw a milestone being achieved. Mangalyaan which has been orbiting the planet Mars has successfully completed 100 days […]
World’s smallest goanna lizard found in Australia
Australian scientists and researchers have discovered a lizard species that weighs only 16 grams from a remote region in the country. This World’s smallest goanna […]
NASA develops instrument to measure moisture on Earth’s Soil
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) have developed an instrument that is capable to measure moisture on Earth’s Soil with unquestionable accuracy. The instrument […]
India Sets Foot On The Red planet
A cuboid space craft weighing just over a tonne has become the pride of Indian science. In 2014, ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation) launched Mars […]
Indians may witness two celestial events in 2015
Scientific predictions claim that the world will witness four celestial events in the year 2015, and out of these four, two events are likely to […]
Is that an ‘Alien-coffin’ or stone on the Martian surface?
The hunters of ‘Unidentified Flying Objects’ have spotted a coffin-shaped object on the Martian surface. Will Farrar, a Maryland-based UFO hunter found this picture from […]
Indian Researchers Develop ‘Thinking’ Robotic Sea Turtle
It is the day of another milestone in the arena of ‘Robotics’, as Indian-origin researchers at the National University of Singapore have developed a next-generation […]
2014 is a year of achievements for ISRO
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) had a phenomenal year with 2014, with the first inter-planetary mission named Mangalayanmaking it to the Mars orbit in the […]