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Ujjain, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Friday said it was time to establish 'Mahakal Standard Time' in place of 'Greenwich Mean Time' as Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh was "the original centre of time calculation". All major spiritual centres of India, be it Ujjain, Kashi, Kanchi or Puri Dham are living laboratories where a wonderful coordination of science, art, culture, literature and spirituality can be found, Pradhan asserted while inaugurating the three-day 'Mahakal The Master of ...Read More >
Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh chief minister Mohan Yadav on Friday announced that his government would support scientific studies to establish Ujjain in the state, as the global 'Time Capital', in place of Greenwich in England, currently recognized as the prime meridian (zero-degree longitude). Addressing the three-day international conference, "Mahakal: The Master of Time", in Ujjain, the chief minister said that in the ancient astronomy, as mentioned in the texts like the 'Surya Siddhanta', Ujjain, ...Read More >
Thane, April 2: In a significant boost to scientific temper in the region, Thane district's first-ever planetarium and advanced astronomical observatory is set to be inaugurated on Sunday, April 5. The facility, named the SAPO Project, is the brainchild of brothers Nilesh and Girish Thakur, whose passion for stargazing has culminated in this 3.5-acre educational hub located near Sakadbhav. The project will be officially inaugurated at 5:00 PM by renowned astronomer Da. Kr. Soman and MLA Daulat ...Read More >
Mumbai, Oct 28 (PTI) A depression over the Arabian Sea brought unseasonal showers to Mumbai on Tuesday evening, with the weather department forecasting intermittent rainfall over the next 48 hours. The Colaba observatory recorded 11 mm of rainfall between 8.30 am and 5.30 pm, while Santacruz observatory recorded no rainfall, an official from the Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) said. The weather system over the Arabian Sea is expected to bring intermittent showers to the city over the next ...Read More >
Mumbai, Oct 22 (SocialNews.XYZ) As the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS moves through the inner Solar System, a new research paper by an Indian astrobiologist has proposed a systematic way to test whether such visitors could show signs of artificial activity. 3I/ATLAS is the third known object from outside our solar system to be discovered from outside our solar system, after 'Oumuamua' (in 2017) and 2I/Borisov (in 2019). Published as a preprint on Zenodo, the research proposed an eight-point oper ...Read More >
India's space agency ISRO has set ambitious goals. Indians will land on the Moon by 2040. The Gaganyaan human spaceflight mission is planned for 2027. A national space station is expected by 2035. Several uncrewed missions will precede the crewed Gaganyaan flight. These developments signal India's growing prowess in space exploration. Ranchi: ISRO chairman V Narayanan on Wednesday said the space agency has set a target of landing Indians on the Moon by 2040, while its maiden human spaceflight m ...Read More >
Raigad district has been issued an orange alert with the possibility of very heavy showers on Sunday and Monday. While September often sees retreating showers, this year's monsoon continues to remain active across Konkan and Mumbai. Mumbai's brief dry spell came to an end on Saturday as rhe city woke up to overcast skies as several pockets experienced light to moderate rainfall. According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the Santacruz observatory recorded 7.2 mm of rainfall, while ...Read More >
MUMBAI: An intense overnight spell of rain lashed parts of Mumbai suburbs between Saturday night and Sunday morning, with the Santacruz IMD observatory recording 87 mm of rainfall in the 24-hour period ending at 8.30 am on September 14. Of this, 61 mm fell in just three hours between 11.30 pm and 2.30 am (September 13-14). However, the rain activity wasn't even across the city at all, as even though the IMD Santacruz observatory recorded 87 mm of rain in the 24 hours ending at 8.30 am on Sunday, ...Read More >
Leh: To promote scientific curiosity and astro-tourism in Ladakh, the first Ladakh Astro Festival started today in Leh. It is organised by the Department of Tourism, UT Ladakh, in collaboration with the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA). The day-long programme witnessed the enthusiastic participation of scientists, local authorities and students. A key highlight of the event was a public talk titled 'Moon - an enigma, and India's lunar missions', delivered by Dr. V Girish, Deputy Director ...Read More >
Mumbai: Upset by the city police's alleged pressure to remove loudspeakers from mosques, some mosques in the city have found a solution through the introduction of a dedicated mobile Azaan app to relay call to prayers five times a day, directly to the worshippers.Globally, Muslim citizens, including those in the US, the UK, Saudi Arabia and UAE, use Azaan apps to get notification for Azaan time for the masjid located in specific areas.Developed by a group of volunteers in Tamil Nadu , the online ...Read More >
Mumbai: Amid intermittent showers across Mumbai, the weather bureau's Colaba observatory on Thursday surpassed the city's average June rainfall, four days before the month-end. It has recorded 548.2mm of rainfall so far against the monthly average of 542.3mm. The Santacruz observatory, which typically receives more rainfall and is considered Mumbai's benchmark, has logged 478.9mm of its June average of 537.1mm.Island city saw multiple triple-digit rain days this month. Despite a dry spell at the ...Read More >
(CNN) -- India's financial capital and one of its largest cities has experienced its wettest May in more than a century, with the unusually early arrival of the monsoon season causing a ferocious weekend downpour that turned roads into rivers and flooded a newly inaugurated underground train station. Mumbai, a city of more than 12 million, has recorded more than 400 millimeters of rainfall this month so far, according to data from the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), with much of the dow ...Read More >
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