China expands presence in Antarctica with its first atmospheric monitoring stationChina has opened its first overseas atmospheric monitoring station in Antarctica. The station will help study concentration changes in the ...
02 Dec, 2024, 08.00 PM IST
India to formally convey to ATCM its plans to built new research station in AntarcticaIndia plans to announce its plans to develop a new research station in Antarctica at the 46th Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting (ATCM) ...
08 May, 2024, 06.57 PM IST
New extremes in Antarctic virtually certain, says study09 Aug, 2023, 04.12 AM IST
Yoga sessions planned for India's research stations in Arctic, Antarctic regionsYoga sessions will be held at India's research stations in the Arctic and Antarctic regions, besides in countries falling along and near th...
18 Jun, 2023, 09.15 PM IST
Parliament passes bill to extend domestic laws to Indian research stations in Antarctic regionThe Indian Antarctic Bill, 2022, piloted in the Upper House by Earth Sciences Minister Jitendra Singh, was passed with a voice vote after a...
01 Aug, 2022, 03.53 PM IST
Lok Sabha passes Indian Antarctic Bill, 2022 amid Opposition protest seeking debate on price riseAs soon as the House reassembled at 2 pm on Friday following the second adjournment of the day, the Indian Antarctic Bill, 2022, was taken ...
22 Jul, 2022, 06.44 PM IST
Lok Sabha passes Bill to add more UP communities in Scheduled Tribe listBesides, the government has introduced in the Lok Sabha a bill to extend India's domestic laws to provide a regulatory framework for resear...
02 Apr, 2022, 12.43 AM IST
Himalayan glaciers to ice in Antarctica!A report by NASA scientists suggests that the Antarctic ice sheet may actually be expanding, growing every year, despite a warming globe!
08 Nov, 2015, 10.39 AM IST
Job-for-bribe scam in Antarctic study centre; CBI launches probeCBI has named Pandey as an accused in an FIR along with several other senior officials and scientists of the organisation.
24 Oct, 2015, 10.14 AM IST
Harsh Vardhan asks corporates to join Antarctic expeditionUnion minister Harsh Vardhan has appealed to corporates and "private parties" to join hands with government in Antarctic expedition to expa...
12 Jul, 2015, 11.10 PM IST
India's Polar Remotely Operated Vehicle in North Antarctica operationalisedPROVe had been undergoing trial in Antarctica for the past two months since its deployment by the NIOT in "Priyadarshini lake" on the Schir...
25 Mar, 2015, 04.53 PM IST
India to procure ship that can break through 1.5-m thick iceIn addition to the PRV , four other vessels, including two that would help in coastal research, will be replaced in the next three years.
24 Mar, 2015, 03.09 PM IST
Government clears purchase of Polar Research VesselIndian Antarctic expeditions have been undertaken every year onboard ice-class vessels or ice-breakers chartered from the international mar...
29 Oct, 2014, 10.05 PM IST
US names mountain after an Indian-American scientistThe mountain was named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) and the US Geological Survey.
01 Jul, 2014, 11.54 AM IST
- Indian, Australian scientists to participate in workshop on climate change
Funded by the Australia–India Strategic Research Fund, the aim of the workshop is to bring together an inter-disciplinary research team fro...
05 Mar, 2012, 04.07 AM IST
- Expect UN nod for India's extended EEZ claim: Kumar
India voiced confidence that the UN Commission on Law of Seas would soon give approval for the nation's claim to its Exclusive Economic Zon...
11 Jun, 2011, 08.49 PM IST
- Global warming hits Antarctica
Global warming has been adversely affecting the existence of fauna, particularly microbes in Antarctica, say scientists at the 3rd Indian A...
10 Jan, 2008, 12.28 PM IST