India to play global role in ocean geopolitics, addressing climate concerns: Jitendra SinghUnion Minister Jitendra Singh inaugurated Sagar Bhavan and Polar Bhavan at Goa's NCPOR, emphasizing India's growing role in ocean geopoliti...
2024 set targets of building space station, starting fast breeder reactor, boosting researchIndia unveils an ambitious space vision targeting a space station by 2035 and a manned moon mission by 2047. The National Research Foundati...
Govt to review design of dams vulnerable to glacial lake outburst floodsThe Indian government decided to review dams vulnerable to Glacial Lake Outburst Floods (GLOFs) to improve spillway capacity. The Central W...
Vessel to be built by GRSE to explore Indian Ocean for rare minerals: OfficialGarden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) will construct an 89.5-meter-long research vessel for deep sea exploration under a pact with...
India's findings in research on Arctic, Antarctica and Himalayas may soon be part of NCERT textbooksIndia's research on Arctic, Antarctic and the Himalayas may be included in NCERT textbooks. The NCERT has set up a committee to incorporate...
India in talks with like-minded countries to regulate tourism in AntarcticaIndia is collaborating with like-minded nations to advocate for regulated tourism in Antarctica, recognizing the threat posed by an increas...
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) ...
Kiren Rijiju flags off India's maiden winter science expedition to ArcticA team of four scientists will embark on the journey on Tuesday to India's research station in the NyAlesund town on the Brogger peninsula ...
Post lockdown, tourism rebooted along Goa's beaches — and so did litterAccording to the research study titled "Spatio-temporal assessment of Covid-19 lockdown impact on beach litter status and composition in Go...
India will continue to play positive role in deepening shared understanding of Arctic: Harsh VardhanDuring the meeting, the earth sciences ministry also shared its plans to contribute observing systems in the Arctic, both on-site and by re...
Lockdown let scientists complete pending research: Centre for Polar and Ocean Research Chief"During usual times, a lot of data is collected to be used in research later. In the lockdown, we got the time to work on these. But field ...
Paused by COVID-19,India's Arctic expedition to resume in June"Last year, the expedition was cancelled because of COVID-19 outbreak. This year, we are resuming the expedition. It will be held from June...
Govt plans to measure depth of Himalayan glaciers to assess water availability
Floating ocean plastics can contribute to global warming, find Indian researchersThe study found that floating plastics act similar to algae and prevent the absorption of sunlight by water bodies.
Researchers have isolated Antarctic fungi for new chemotherapeutic treatmentThe isolation of L-asparaginase containing fungi can lead to development of new chemotherapeutic treatment methods.