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Pune: Eknath Vasant Chitnis, who along with Vikram Sarabhai laid the foundation of India's space programme, breathed his last here on Wednesday, family members said. Chitnis had turned 100 in July. He was unwell for the past few days and suffered a heart attack Wednesday morning, they said. A visionary scientist and an institution builder, Chitnis played a crucial role in selecting the site for India's first rocket launch at Thumba in Kerala. Chitnis also served as chairman of the Press Trust o ...Read More >
New Delhi, Oct 16 (PTI) Around 15 million people in India were affected due to wildfires in 2024-25, with Uttar Pradesh being the most impacted region, a global study has estimated. Uttar Pradesh was also found to have experienced its most severe wildfire season on record, which researchers said was driven by crop burning, heatwaves and dry fuel accumulation. Regional fires contributed to severe haze episodes in New Delhi in November 2024, with PM2.5 levels reaching 13 times the daily standard ...Read More >
(Also read: 'India's very beautiful': NASA astronaut recalls nighttime view of Mumbai and Delhi from space) NASA astronaut Don Pettit shared a remarkable photograph on his X (formerly Twitter) account, taken from the International Space Station (ISS). The image showcases the snow-covered summit of Mount Everest surrounded by Nepal's dramatic terrain, offering a humbling reminder of Earth's beauty from above. Pettit captioned the post, "Orbiting the Himalayas mountain range. Mount Everest is in ...Read More >
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Police played a commendable role in ensuring the safety in the Uttar Pradesh International Trade Show (UPITS)-2025, which concluded on Monday. With smart policing and advanced technology, the force set a new standard in security, traffic management, and public safety.The event, attended by foreign delegates, VIPs, and lakhs of daily visitors, was conducted as a zero-incident affair under round-the-clock monitoring from the Control Command Centre. Drones, CCTV cameras, ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) After a resounding success of its 10th test flight of Starship, SpaceX is targeting the 11th test flight for October 13, the Elon Musk-led company announced on Tuesday. The Starship and Super Heavy booster is scheduled to launch from the company's Starbase site in South Texas on October 13, with a launch window opening at 6:15 p.m. CT (October 14, 4:45 a.m. IST). "Starship's tenth flight test took a significant step forward in developing the world's first ful ...Read More >
New Delhi, September 28: A video circulating online claims to show a mysterious object hitting the Moon in broad daylight. According to the narrative, the object could be a space rock or something more unusual drifting through space. The footage depicts the object approaching the Moon at high speed and striking its surface, leaving a visible crater almost instantly. It emphasizes that because the Moon has no atmosphere, meteors and asteroids do not burn up like they do on Earth. The claims also ...Read More >
Mumbai, September 26: NASA scientists are preparing for a potential lunar threat from Asteroid 2024 YR4, a 60-meter-wide "city killer" space rock that could strike the Moon in 2032. While the asteroid poses little danger to Earth, a Moon impact could send debris toward satellites and the International Space Station. To counter this, experts have proposed using a nuclear bomb to destroy the asteroid. The plan represents a bold escalation in planetary defence strategies, combining lessons from pas ...Read More >
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The centre has already started studies in four disaster-sensitive districts in Himachal Pradesh - Shimla, Dharamshala, Mandi, and Kullu. "The initiative aims to mitigate the impact of climate change and global warming by integrating advanced scientific research, community wisdom and policy-level outreach," said Dr Mahesh Sharma, deputy director of Himalayan Centre for Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience (HIM-DR³) HPU vice-chancellor professor Mahavir Singh, said, "The main objective of this ...Read More >
Pune: Amid a rapidly shifting global order marked by rising populism and protectionism, defence secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh has called for a robust augmentation of India's hard power capabilities to complement its soft power strength. Speaking at the inaugural session of the STRIDE 2025 seminar in Pune on Friday, Singh stressed the need for a transformative push in India's defence preparedness through technology, innovation and public-private collaboration. The seminar, organised by the Southe ...Read More >
Astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla highlights the Axiom-4 mission's role in microgravity research. He says it also fuels India's space station ambitions. Shukla speaks at National Space Day celebrations in New Delhi. He emphasizes space's unifying power. Gaganyaan astronauts reflect on spaceflight's lessons for Earth. They stress unity and responsibility. Group Captains Angad Pratap and Ajit Krishnan share their views. Astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla, who became the first first Indian on the International ...Read More >
WASHINGTON, Aug 22 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Friday he would nominate Sergio Gor, one of his closest aides, to be the next U.S. ambassador to India, where he will oversee frosty relations that have worsened with the planned doubling of U.S. tariffs on India next week. Gor, who is currently the director of the White House Presidential Personnel Office, would also serve as a special envoy for South and Central Asian affairs. Trump said in a post on his Truth Social account that ...Read More >
Lucknow, Aug 25 (PTI) IAF Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, who recently became the first Indian to visit the International Space Station (ISS) as part of an Axiom-4 mission, received a rousing reception in his hometown Lucknow on Monday, with Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath announcing a scholarship in his name for students pursuing space technology. Shukla, who returned to India from the US on August 17 following his 18-day mission, visited his hometown for the first time since the historic spac ...Read More >
Lucknow: Preparations are underway in the city to accord a grand welcome to local boy Shubhanshu Shukla, who will visit Lucknow on Monday after his return from the historic Axiom IV space mission.Students of his alma mater, the City Montessori School, will welcome Shukla at 8.45am at Lucknow Airport, followed by a car parade to Gomti Nagar Extension campus of the school via G-20 crossing at 9am.A felicitation ceremony will be held at 10am at the campus auditorium, where 63,000 students will part ...Read More >
Lucknow, Aug 25 (PTI) IAF Group Captain and astronaut Sudhanshu Shukla on Monday said it is only a matter of time before the world talks about ISRO over NASA, as India continues to advance rapidly in space exploration. "Since returning to India, I have felt an incredible excitement among people about our space achievements. The National Space Day (August 23) has only been celebrated for two years, yet the energy around it was tremendous. "As the deputy chief minister (Keshav Prasad Maurya) sa ...Read More >
New Delhi, Aug 21 (PTI) SpaceX had probably taken "lightly" the liquid oxygen leak in the Falcon-9 rocket that launched the Axiom-4 mission to the International Space Station, putting at risk the lives for four astronauts, including Shubhanshu Shukla, ISRO chairman V Narayanan said here on Thursday. Narayanan said it was at the insistence of ISRO engineers that SpaceX examined the leak detected in the oxidiser lines that carry liquid oxygen to the rocket engines and discovered a crack that coul ...Read More >
Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science and Technology, Jitendra Singh, during a special discussion in Lok Sabha on his return to India after his ISS missionSource : ANI A heated debate unfolded in Parliament on Monday as Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science and Technology, Jitendra Singh, criticised Opposition parties for allegedly failing to acknowledge India's recent space achievements, including the International Space Station (ISS) mission of astronaut ...Read More >
TDT | Manama Email: mail@newsofbahrain.com A Billion Dreams, Will See Visits to Moon, Mars and Venus Reaching for the stars is becoming an everyday affair at India's space agency, having visited the Moon and Mars with orbital missions, now eyes are set on a mission to Venus and a sample return from the Moon. Human space flight to fly an Indian citizen on an Indian rocket from Indian soil where the countdown will also be by India, is also taking shape fast. India's space journey reached new h ...Read More >
New Delhi: Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science and Technology, Jitendra Singh hit out at the Opposition parties on Monday, calling it "surprising" that the opposition cannot even praise the space achievements of India, while the country has demonstrated its space sector capabilities in Operation Sindoor too. Commencing the special discussion in Parliament on the return of astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla to India, after his mission to the International Space Station (ISS), Singh ...Read More >
New Delhi, Aug 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Lok Sabha was adjourned for the day on Monday, after repeated disruptions by Opposition members prevented a scheduled special discussion on Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla's historic space mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS). The session, intended to celebrate India's growing space ambitions and Shukla's return, was derailed by sloganeering and protests in the Well of the House by members of the Opposition. The day began with high anticip ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], August 18 (ANI): Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science and Technology, Jitendra Singh hit out at the Opposition parties on Monday, calling it surprising that the opposition cannot even praise the space achievements of India, while the country has demonstrated its space sector capabilities in Operation Sindoor too. Commencing the special discussion in Parliament on the return of astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla to India, after his mission to the International Spa ...Read More >
New Delhi, Aug 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) Amid the Opposition's silence over Union Minister Kiren Rijiju's proposal for honouring astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla inside Parliament, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor extended support and said that the entire nation as well as countrymen are proud of his achievements and milestones achieved in space. Shashi Tharoor taking to X, hinted that the Opposition will not participate in the special discussion and stated that this doesn't take away the feats and exploits att ...Read More >
Reaching for the stars is becoming an everyday affair at India's space agency, having visited the Moon and Mars with orbital missions, now eyes are set on a mission to Venus and a sample return from the Moon. Human space flight to fly an Indian citizen on an Indian rocket from Indian soil where the countdown will also be by India, is also taking shape fast. India's space journey reached new heights with the successful landing of Chandrayaan-3 nearer the Moon's South Pole on August 23, 2023, mak ...Read More >
A formidable new radar satellite jointly developed by the United States and India is set to launch Wednesday, designed to track subtle changes in Earth's land and ice surfaces and help predict both natural and human-caused hazards. Dubbed NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar), the pickup truck-sized spacecraft is scheduled to lift off at 5:40 pm (1210 GMT) from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre on India's southeastern coast, riding an ISRO Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle rocket. High ...Read More >
Chennai, August 1: Actor, music director and producer G V Prakash Kumar, who has won the National Award for Best Music Direction (Songs) for the Tamil, Telugu bilingual film Vaathi, has called the honour "a blessing for the second time". Taking to his X timeline soon after the 71st National Awards were announced, G V Prakash expressed his gratitude to the jury and the selection committee of the National Awards and the entire team of Vaathi. G V Prakash wrote, "A blessing for the second time. I' ...Read More >
BENGALURU: India has entered its "second orbit" in space exploration -- this time not just as a participant, but with the clear intent to lead. That's how Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla (Shux), India's newest spacefarer, described his mission in his first interaction after returning from the International Space Station (ISS).Shux, who flew to space in a multinational private mission led by Axiom Space in collaboration with Nasa and SpaceX, marked India's return to human spaceflight after 41 yea ...Read More >
New Delhi, Aug 1 (PTI) Astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla on Friday described his journey to space as the beginning of India's "second orbit" with the aim to lead in the area of human spaceflight. Addressing a virtual press conference, Shukla and his co-travellers of the Axiom-4 mission to the International Space Station shared their experiences of living in microgravity and conducting experiments that would help humanity. "In a realm like space exploration, in decades of global collaboration, the mo ...Read More >
Scientists developed advanced models to trace both the path and thermal behaviour In May 2024, the remote Himalayan skies over Ladakh were unexpectedly painted with a rare celestial display, northern lights, or auroras, typically only visible much closer to the poles. Now, over a year later, astronomers from the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA) have unveiled the remarkable chain of events that triggered this rare spectacle: a record-breaking solar storm caused by six massive, interacting ...Read More >
'India should look to add an extra bowler' IMAGE: Ajinkya Rahane has a piece of advice for head coach Gautam Gambhir and captain Shubman Gill- play an extra bowler in the fourth Test at Old Trafford. Photograph: BCCI/X As India gear up for the fourth Test at Old Trafford, former captain Ajinkya Rahane has raised a tactical alarm: the team's all-rounder-heavy approach might be hurting their chances. His solution? A fourth specialist bowler -- even if it comes at the cost of batting depth. Now ...Read More >
Lucknow: Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, the Indian astronaut who along with three others returned recently from a successful space mission, is in Houston in the US, as he readjusts to life on Earth, his father said on Thursday. Shukla, or "Shux", his call sign among colleagues and nickname for friends, splashed down on Earth on Tuesday after 18 days aboard the International Space Station (ISS). He is the first Indian on the ISS and the second after legendary Rakesh Sharma to venture into spac ...Read More >
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