Asia warming twice as fast as global average: WMOAsia faces rapid warming, double the global average. Sea surface temperatures are also rising quickly. Extreme heatwaves impacted East Asia...
23 Jun, 2025, 06.12 PM IST
IISc to host the 42nd meeting on astronomy this week in BengaluruThe Indian Institute of Science (IISc) will host the 42nd meeting of the Astronomical Society of India, with scientific discourses on topic...
31 Jan, 2024, 01.47 PM IST
Lead the planet with trusted techThe ubiquitous nature of digital technology is reshaping the fabric that connects each of us with our communities. Technology is throwing u...
30 Oct, 2022, 06.00 AM IST
Degrowth means we live a simpler life, so that others can simply live: Giorgos KallisA leading theorist and proponent of degrowth, Kallis spoke to Srijana Mitra Das about why the idea of ceaseless economic growth is being qu...
23 Dec, 2020, 12.09 AM IST
Addressing present-day inequities and gaps: Why India needs social entrepreneursSocial entrepreneurs have addressed essential human needs that have been ignored and forgotten by current institutions and businesses.
08 Feb, 2020, 09.58 AM IST
Scientists at Mount Abu used Indian-Made instruments to detect planet 600 light years awayIn the universe of never-ending stars, planets and galaxies, India has made a place for itself by discovering a sub-Saturn or super-Neptune...
12 Jun, 2018, 01.35 PM IST
- Centre to monitor climate change effects on public health comes up in Pune
Pune, April 10 (IANS) A group of medical colleges here have launched a "Centre for Climate Change and Health" to address the immediate and ...
10 Apr, 2018, 07.02 PM IST
ISRO gearing up for next launch in November-DecemberOn the failed PSLV-C39 mission in August, ISRO chairman said a committee was looking into it and "it is in the final stages of their findin...
22 Sep, 2017, 04.01 PM IST
Over a dozen Indian-Americans make it to final of Intel Science Talent SearchOf the 14 Indian-American students who would be coming to Washington in March for the prestigious science competition, five are from Califo...
21 Jan, 2016, 12.41 PM IST
Gujarat to get its first solar, stellar observatoriesThe Solar Observatory would be utilised to study the Sun as well as the Solar System, while the Stellar Observatory will collect crucial in...
04 Jan, 2016, 12.14 PM IST
ISRO planning next inter-planetary missionThe ISRO Chairman's response came in reply to a question on media reports about ISRO's next inter-planetary mission to Venus in about two-a...
20 May, 2015, 06.11 PM IST
Mars Orbiter team wins US awardIndia's Mars Orbiter programme team has won the 2015 Space Pioneer Award in the science and engineering category from the US based National...
13 Jan, 2015, 06.24 PM IST
NASA, Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) in talks to set up Joint Mars Working GroupBoth the missions of NASA & ISRO will arrive at Mars just in time to join the fleet of Mars-based spacecraft that could witness the effects...
11 Sep, 2014, 02.10 PM IST
Sustainable development: If governments don’t, companies should take leadAs governments and politicians dither on issues that could save the planet from going over the brink, companies should take the lead.
21 Jan, 2014, 03.53 AM IST
How serial entrepreneur Naveen Jain turned into a billionaireBrought up in poverty where even getting a basic education was difficult, today Jain is amongst the most successful Indian-born Americans.
22 Apr, 2012, 09.19 AM IST
- CBDT can't decide if organisation is involved in research: HC
Tax authorities cannot decide on whether an organisation can be considered a `scientific research organisation' so as to avail tax concessi...
26 Jul, 2009, 01.36 PM IST
- ‘I-T dept can’t tax research work’
The Bombay High Court, in a recent order, came down heavily on the Income-Tax Department, which unilaterally injected an application for ex...
25 Jul, 2009, 01.02 AM IST