After moon landing, India to launch mission to study the sun

India's first space-based observatory to study the sun will be launched on Saturday (September 2), the Indian Space Research Organization announced today
28 August 2023, 16:15 PM

8 killed, 5 hurt in blast at firecracker factory

At least 8 people were killed and five others injured after a massive blast was reported at an illegal firecracker factory in North 24 Paraganas’s Duttapukur, barely 3km away from West Bengal State University.
27 August 2023, 18:00 PM

ISRO shares Chandrayaan-3 rover’s observations of Moon soil

Three days after successfully landing its lander module on the moon, India’s space agency today shared Chandrayaan-3 rover’s observations of the lunar soil in the south pole and its temperature variation up to 10cm beneath the surface, for the first time in the history of world space science
27 August 2023, 13:05 PM

Seven feared dead in firecracker factory blast in West Bengal

At least seven people are killed and several others injured following a massive blast at an illegal firecracker factory at Duttapukur in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district today
27 August 2023, 08:03 AM

India's sun mission to be launched in first week of Sept

India's space agency's Chairman S Somanath has said the country's first sun observatory will be ready for launch in the first week of September
27 August 2023, 06:26 AM

Outrage in India after teacher asks students to slap Muslim boy

Indian authorities yesterday vowed to take action after a primary school teacher ordered her pupils to take turns slapping a Muslim classmate, with footage of the incident stoking outrage online.
26 August 2023, 18:00 PM

It’s a model for aspiring space powers: Modi

India’s budget Moon landing is a model for other countries aspiring to develop their own space programmes, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said yesterday while praising the scientists behind the successful mission.
26 August 2023, 18:00 PM

India to send robot to space in October

India today said it will send a robot to space for a trial run in the run-up to its first human space mission
26 August 2023, 14:07 PM

India's Moon mission a model for aspiring space powers: Modi

India's budget Moon landing is a model for other countries aspiring to develop their own space programmes, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Saturday while praising the scientists behind the successful mission.
26 August 2023, 09:27 AM

10 killed, 20 Injured as train coach catches fire in Tamil Nadu

At least 10 people were killed and more than 20 injured as a fire broke out in a train compartment of a train parked at Madurai Railway Station in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu early today
26 August 2023, 04:40 AM

Global warming link to intense rains: scientists

Torrential rains that have battered India’s Himalayas in recent years, killing hundreds of people and causing billions of dollars worth of damage, are becoming more intense due to a clash of weather systems triggered by global warming, scientists said.
25 August 2023, 18:00 PM

AI risks repeating mistakes: Microsoft

Breakneck development of artificial intelligence risked repeating mistakes made by the tech industry at the start of the social media era, Microsoft president Brad Smith told a business forum yesterday.
25 August 2023, 18:00 PM

2024 India Polls: Inflation hurting Modi but he may win

Indian voters are growing unhappy with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government due to high inflation and unemployment but he is still on track to comfortably win a third term in elections next year due to his personal popularity, a key survey said.
25 August 2023, 18:00 PM

Chandrayaan rover now ready to explore moon's South pole

Two days after landing its lander module on the moon, India's space agency today said the Chandrayaan-3 rover, "Pragyan", successfully traversed a distance of about 8m and its payloads have been turned on for analysing the chemical composition of the lunar soil
25 August 2023, 14:20 PM

Indian rover rolls onto moon surface

The moon rover of India’s Chandrayaan-3 exited the spacecraft yesterday to begin its exploration of the lunar surface and conduct experiments to help future probes, as the media hailed the historic landing as the country’s biggest scientific feat.
24 August 2023, 18:00 PM

Hasina writes to Modi hailing India’s historic moon landing

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina sent a message to her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi congratulating him and the people of India on the successful lunar landing of Chandrayaan-3
24 August 2023, 10:20 AM

Indian rover begins exploring Moon's south pole

India began exploring the Moon's surface with a rover on Thursday, a day after it became the first nation to land a craft near the largely unexplored lunar south pole
24 August 2023, 08:48 AM

Dengue vaccine: Indian manufacturer targets Jan 2026 launch

Vaccine manufacturer Indian Immunologicals Limited (IIL) expects to commercially launch its dengue fever vaccine by early 2026, a top executive said, as the race to develop the country's first such vaccine heats up
24 August 2023, 07:38 AM

Moon’s South Pole: India becomes first nation to land craft near it

India yesterday became the first nation to land a craft near the Moon’s south pole, a historic triumph for the world’s most populous nation and its ambitious, cut-price space programme.
23 August 2023, 18:00 PM