National Space Day 2025: Date, theme and how ISRO is inspiring the world with its space achievementsIndia celebrates National Space Day on August 23, 2025, honoring ISRO's remarkable journey. The day commemorates Chandrayaan-3's historic M...
23 Aug, 2025, 10.33 AM IST
India's space race: From bullock carts to GaganyaanIndependence Day 2025: From humble beginnings in a church to shattering world records, India's space program, fueled by Dr. Sarabhai's visi...
13 Aug, 2025, 12.25 AM IST
Aryabhata: How India launched its space dreams from Soviet soil 49 years agoIndia's space journey began on April 19, 1975, with the launch of Aryabhata from the Soviet Union. Built by Indian scientists in 30 months,...
19 Apr, 2025, 12.16 PM IST
Inspired by the Sputnik, India's strides in space since SarabhaiIndia has made significant progress in the space domain since launching its first satellite, Aryabhata, in 1975. The purview of the Indian ...
23 Jul, 2023, 11.52 AM IST
Sunak adds maths to his multiplying woesWhile many have pointed out that the plan won't work due to the acute shortage of maths teachers in the nation, others couldn't help but te...
17 Jan, 2023, 11.54 PM IST
Pepsi India’s 'Aryabhata invented zero' post unleashes hilarious meme festEvery now and then, you would hear his name from people who like to talk about how modern science owes a lot to Aryabhata and his ‘zero’.
21 Jul, 2022, 01.52 PM IST
Google Doodle pays tribute to Udupi Ramachandra Rao, India’s 'Satellite Man’, on his 89th birth anniversaryRao supervised the 1975 launch of India's first-ever satellite called 'Aryabhata'.
10 Mar, 2021, 11.12 AM IST
More Indians should get star statusEspecially since celestial bodies in a trillion galaxies remain mostly nameless.
24 Dec, 2019, 08.38 AM IST
Top honour for Dr Avinash Chander, former DRDO ChiefDr Avinash Chander, Former Scientific Adviser to Defence Minister and ex-DRDO chief, received the prestigious Astronautical Society of Indi...
14 Jul, 2018, 01.56 PM IST
The myth and reality of India's heritageWhile politicians shoot their mouths off, passing off fabulous fiction as pure fact, there are other genuine causes for pride in India's he...
21 Apr, 2018, 11.56 PM IST
BJP discrediting real achievements of Indian science: TharoorHe also said Ramayana and Mahabharata should be taught in schools in the cultural context and not as a sacred text.
06 Mar, 2018, 10.41 PM IST
RSS’ JNU Mahotsav to discuss ‘Modern Science in Sanskrit Scriptures’The two-day event that will begin on Wednesday with recitation of shlokas, will also see a special exhibition ‘Sanskrit Vigyan Pardarshini’...
20 Feb, 2018, 08.29 AM IST
Reminiscences of a legend: Udupi Ramachandra RaoA project director, Rao started from scratch and delivered the Aryabhata satellite in an unbelievable timeline of three years from one of t...
30 Jul, 2017, 09.33 AM IST
Rahul Gandhi condoles demise of renowned scientist U R RaoFormer Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman Udupi Ramachandra Rao passed away in Bengaluru today due to age-related ailments.
24 Jul, 2017, 01.47 PM IST
Manoj Kumar's next directorial venture will be on AryabhataKumar made his official debut as a director with "Upkar" in 1967 and his last directorial venture was "Jai Hind" in 1999.
07 Mar, 2016, 08.52 AM IST
India, UNESCO to hold maths conferences in Paris, BangaloreIndia and UNESCO today agreed to jointly hold mathematics conferences on the concept of zero in Paris, the headquarters of the world body, ...
21 Dec, 2015, 10.37 PM IST
Shashi Tharoor supports Harsh Vardhan, says don't debunk ancient scienceCongress MP Shashi Tharoor today supported Union Minister Harsh Vardhan's remarks that Algebra and Pythagoras' theorem originated in India ...
04 Jan, 2015, 03.58 PM IST