What do a UP town, a physicist and a Bihar town have in common? Hint: MarsLal, Mursan and Hilsa are three craters on the surface of Mars, discovered by Ahmedabad's Physical Research Laboratory (PRL), that could ho...
14 Jun, 2024, 11.51 AM IST
Congress shares pics of Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi with doyens of India's space programme to highlight continuityAfter the Chandrayaan-3 landing, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said on Wednesday that an elated nation with 140 crore aspirations w...
24 Aug, 2023, 08.57 PM IST
First abort mission of 'Gaganyaan' to be conducted in August-end: ISRO chairmanThe crew escape is a conventional engineering solution, in which the computer detects and asks the propulsion system to fire so that you ar...
22 Jun, 2023, 05.10 PM IST
Pakistan places first order for discounted Russian crudeThe deal will see Pakistan buy crude oil only, not refined fuels, and imports are expected to reach 100,000 barrels per day if the first tr...
20 Apr, 2023, 12.24 PM IST
Indian scientists discover star-planet bigger than JupiterThis discovery was made using PRL Advanced Radial-velocity Abu-sky Search (PARAS) optical fiber-fed spectrograph, the first of its kind in ...
17 Nov, 2021, 04.19 PM IST
Scientists find evidence of Saraswati’s existenceA new research led by the Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, in collaboration with IIT-Bombay, has reported “unequivocal evidence” th...
09 Dec, 2019, 11.14 AM IST
Vikram Sarabhai, the scientist, innovator, businessman, art connoisseur who put India on the global space mapHe established the Physical Research Laboratory in Ahmedabad.
12 Aug, 2018, 09.52 AM IST
- India discovers sub-Saturn size planet
New Delhi, June 21 (IANS) The Ahmedabad-based Physical Research Laboratory (PRL) has discovered a sub-Saturn or super-Neptune size planet (...
21 Jun, 2018, 10.28 PM 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
- U.R. Rao: Space scientist par excellence (Obituary)
Bengaluru, July 24 (IANS) Udupi Ramachandra Rao, who passed away here on Monday, was an Indian space scientist par excellence who headed th...
24 Jul, 2017, 01.12 PM IST
India's rocket dreams were born in AhmedabadBack then, it was a proposal to fly American made Nike-Apache sounding rockets for upper atmospheric studies.
17 Feb, 2017, 12.13 PM IST
Chandrayaan-2 mission: ISRO conducts tests for Moon landingAccording to Kumar, several craters, resembling the terrain of the Moon, have been created on the ground at the facility to test instrument...
11 Nov, 2016, 04.25 PM IST
Let scientists lead institutions like HAL: Scientist UR RaoRao also pitched for conferring the highest civilian award 'Bharat Ratna' on distinguished scientists Dr Vikram Sarabhai and Dr Homi Bhabha.
12 Aug, 2015, 03.59 PM IST
Space Scientist UR Rao expresses confidence of Mangalyaan’s successIndia launched the Mars Orbiter Mission, called 'Mangalyaan', in November 2013. The spacecraft is expected to land on Mars on September 24.
13 Aug, 2014, 01.55 PM IST
India's dream to Mars conceived from Vikram Sarabhai's homeWhen the nation eagerly watched the launch of Mangalyaan in Nov last year it was a dream, born from an in Shahibaugh, which was finally rea...
10 May, 2014, 11.23 AM IST
Chandrayaan 2 will be Indo-Russia mission: ISRO lab directorIndia's second lunar mission will be undertaken with Russian participation though it has got delayed, a top official of an ISRO lab said to...
23 Jan, 2013, 02.50 PM IST
- Indiabulls Real writes off retail arm investment
Indiabulls Real Estate has decided to write off the entire investment in its retail arm, which it took over from the Piramals during the re...
01 Jun, 2009, 01.36 AM IST