Eid-ul-Fitr 2025: Will it fall on March 31 or April 1?Eid-ul-Fitr is a joyous festival marked by family gatherings, feasts, and community bonding. The festival date depends on the lunar cycle, ...
24 Mar, 2025, 01.38 PM IST
Japan's 'Moon Sniper' attempts historic lunar landingWith its Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) mission, Japan wants to become the fifth nation to pull off a fiendishly tricky soft la...
19 Jan, 2024, 08.26 AM IST
International Moon Day: Buzz Aldrin's historic lunar journey currently valued at the same price as 22kgs of tomatoesAn interesting tidbit related to International Moon Day emerged when Buzz Aldrin, the second man to set foot on the Moon, revealed the trav...
21 Jul, 2023, 12.21 PM IST
Preparing mission to study the Sun through Aditya-L1 mission: ISRO ChairmanThe Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is readying its first dedicated polarimetry mission, the X-ray Polarimeter Satellite (XPoSat)...
20 Jul, 2023, 03.23 PM IST
Chandrayaan-3 to explore possibility of human settlement on Moon: Science Minister Jitendra SinghIndia's Chandrayaan-3 mission will explore the Moon where Chandrayaan-1 left off in 2009. It will search for more evidence of water molecul...
17 Jul, 2023, 05.40 PM IST
Bennu explorer, dearMoon project & SpaceX Starship: 5 space exploration missions to watch out for in 20232023 is set to be another busy year.
11 Jan, 2023, 05.39 PM IST
Best solo trips in India to mark the year-endThe number of single travellers is increasing, which is good for the tourism sector.
22 Dec, 2022, 11.34 AM IST
Why Chandrayaan-2 is taking 48 days to reach Moon when Apollo-11 took just 4The answer lies in the build of the rocket, the amount of fuel it’s carrying and the speed of the lunarcraft.
09 Aug, 2019, 11.16 AM IST
India all set for 52-day trip to Moon, backpacker styleThe Rs 978-crore mission involves an orbiter around the Moon, a lander (Vikram) and a rover (Pragyan).
14 Jul, 2019, 10.10 AM IST
How Chandrayaan 2 will add more teeth to ISRO's capabilitiesChandrayaan 2 will be testing some technologies for the first time, including mineral and water prospecting.
15 Jun, 2019, 12.05 AM IST
South Korean President Moon Jae-in, Samsung VC meet first time after latter’s jail termSamsung Electronics Vice-Chairman Lee is on his fourth business trip abroad after being released from jail in February to appeal bribery co...
10 Jul, 2018, 07.28 AM IST
TripAdvisor travellers' choice awards for beaches announcedAndaman and Nicobar Island’s Radhanagar Beach is ranked 1 in Asia as well as India while grabbing the eighth spot on the world list.
23 Feb, 2017, 02.30 PM IST
An audited journey to the moon?Edwin ‘Buzz’ Aldrin’s Apollo 11 journey was audited and he put in a claim for a $33.31 reimbursement.
10 Aug, 2015, 07.19 AM IST
Ban Ki Moon to inaugurate Narmada Canal's solar power plantUnited Nations Secretary General Ban Ki Moon is scheduled to inaugurate the solar power plant of the Narmada Canal on January 11.
07 Jan, 2015, 10.52 PM IST
Ban Ki Moon to inaugurate Narmada Canal's solar power plantThis is perhaps for the first time that any UN Secretary General would be visiting Vadodara city, he said.
07 Jan, 2015, 10.43 PM IST
- Ban Ki-moon wants India to play greater role in world affairs
Ban Ki-moon has said he expects India to play a greater role in world affairs and in helping countries in the Arab world to achieve stabili...
25 Apr, 2012, 12.38 PM IST
- Flights of fancy
Will Russia, US let India set up less expensive tourist facilities on Moon?
09 Apr, 2010, 06.23 AM IST