Why has the blood-red night sky over Ladakh's Hanle village left the internet stunned? ExplainedRed auroras Hanle Ladak: Auroral activity was recorded by the all-sky camera at the Indian Astronomical Observatory in Hanle, Ladakh, on th...
29 Jan, 2026, 02.06 PM IST
Centre's wildlife panel clears way for ammo storage in East LadakhThe Environment Ministry has approved proposals to establish multiple Formation Ammunition Storage Facilities (FASF) near the Sino-China bo...
09 Jan, 2025, 11.28 PM IST
Defence forces seek green nod for ammo storage in LadakhIndia's defense ministry has requested environmental clearance to increase ammunition storage capacity in Ladakh, aiming to enhance operati...
08 Nov, 2024, 11.44 PM IST
Ladakh gets world's highest MACE ObservatoryLadakh now hosts the Major Atmospheric Cherenkov Experiment observatory, the world's highest imaging Cherenkov telescope, inaugurated by Dr...
10 Oct, 2024, 04.54 PM IST
Astronomy based tourism in India: Spreading the love for stargazingSince the observatory is meant for scientific purposes and to help the locals earn an income, Angchuk and his colleagues distributed telesc...
17 Dec, 2023, 10.07 AM IST
India opens two more places near Ladakh's scenic Pangong lake for touristsThe Home Ministry has opened up two previously restricted areas near the Chang Chenmo sector in Ladakh for tourists. Foreign tourists can n...
29 Sep, 2023, 05.21 PM IST
Rare Northern lights witnessed in Ladakh; not an 'air glow', confirms Hanle sourcesThe colourful “curtains” of dazzling aurora light are actually billions of charged particles moving into space at ultra-high speeds, some r...
07 May, 2023, 12.34 PM IST
Night Sky Sanctuary: Here's all you need to know about India’s first Night Sky Reserve in LadakhThe Ladakh UT Administration has notified the proposed Dark Sky Reserve at Hanle village in Eastern Ladakh, which will be India's first Nig...
21 Mar, 2023, 12.53 PM IST
Work on India's first-ever night sky sanctuary in Ladakh will be over in month's time: Jitendra Singh"The work on India's first-ever night sky sanctuary, being set up by CSIR under Union Ministry of Science & Technology, in Ladakh's Hanle i...
25 Nov, 2022, 06.58 PM IST
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh dedicates 75 infra projects from eastern LadakhSingh dedicated the projects costing Rs 2180 crore and spread across border six states and two Union territories at a function held at east...
28 Oct, 2022, 05.28 PM IST
India's plans to build world's largest solar project stumbles, againThe government announced a raise in the capacity of the proposed mega solar power project to 10,000 MW along with a 5,000 MW battery storag...
30 Aug, 2021, 03.09 PM IST
3,500 Jharkhand workers to be hired for Ladakh road projectsThe Border Roads Organisation (BRO) has been coordinating with the Jharkhand government to ferry around 11,000 labourers in seven trains to...
13 Jun, 2020, 08.09 AM IST
India loses out on hosting world's largest telescopeThere was a lot of anticipation that the giant Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) would get housed at a remote high- altitude site in the cold de...
06 Nov, 2016, 12.34 PM IST
- Biggest telescope project likely to shift out of Hawaii
New York, Nov 2 (IANS) With the construction of the proposed Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT), one of the world's biggest telescope projects, i...
02 Nov, 2016, 05.59 PM IST
Ministry of Science & Technology seeks Defence Ministry clearance for TMT projectThe project, aimed at exploring the universe, was to come up in Hawaii, but protests by the indigenous population had it stalled.
12 Jun, 2016, 12.29 PM IST
World's largest telescope may be set up in LadakhThe project, aimed at exploring the universe, was to come up at Mauna Kea in Hawaii. But protests by the locals and indigenous population h...
01 May, 2016, 11.47 AM IST
Ladakh to get world's largest telescope?India may be home to the world's largest telescope project - the $1.47-billion Thirty Metre Telescope (TMT) International Observatory.
26 Mar, 2016, 09.08 AM IST