First test flight of unmanned Gaganyaan crew module escape system on Oct 21
Chennai: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is gearing up to demonstrate its first flight to test the maiden human space mission’s crew module escape system as part of the Gaganyaan mission on October 21.
Rain lashes most parts of Kashmir: Met
Srinagar/UNI: Kashmir received moderate rain on the intervening nights of Friday and Saturday, with the Meteorological Department forecasting widespread light to moderate rain, thunderstorms, and snow in the next 24 hours.
5.0-magnitude quake hits Indonesia
Jakarta/IBNS/UNI: An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.0 rocked off East Nusa Tenggara province in central Indonesia on Thursday, the country's meteorology, climatology, and geophysics agency said.
Sikkim disaster: Scores of people die with over 80 missing
Gangtok/UNI: The October 4 disaster in Sikkim as a result of overflow of South Lhonak Lake, killed scores of people.
Tribute: Remembering M. S. Swaminathan
M.S. Swaminathan’s greatest strength was his ability to engage and connect with ease with everybody across board, from politicians to bureaucrats, academics, journalists, students and common people. Swaminathan’s primary contribution to the country was his work for the Green Revolution. The Green Revolution was a package that helped India overcome a crisis and was not a long-term sustainable solution. Swaminathan was aware of this and it is obvious from the research-for-development projects being implemented by the Foundation. Mongabay India Managing Editor writer S. Gopikrishna Warrier remembers him
Annual Robotic Surgery Symposium: Three Indians among KS Robotic Surgery Video Contest Top 10
Bengaluru: The annual ‘Humans at the cutting edge of robotic surgery’ academic symposium opened here on Saturday with experts Sherry M Wren of Stanford University and Ahmed Ghazi of Johns Hopkins University, urging surgeons from Asia, Europe and Americas to adopt new approaches in surgical innovation and using simulation in their practice.
Multimedia journalist, educator, Fulbright scholar, and founder of Lens15 Media, Jason Strother, visited Kolkata recently to conduct a workshop on the topic of 'Disability Representation In Mass Media, Reporting On Disability And Making Media More Accessible For People With Visual Disabilities' at the American Center. In a conversation with IBNS correspondent Supriyo Hazra, he talked about climate change, disability journalism and more. Excerpts:
Weather-related disasters displace 43.1 million children in six years, UNICEF reports
Weather-related disasters forcibly displaced a staggering 43.1 million children across 44 countries over the past six years, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Friday.
Hottest September on record puts 2023 on track to be warmest year ever
This September was the hottest one ever and 2023 is firmly set to be the warmest year on record, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Thursday, citing data from the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S).
Sikkim flash flood disaster: Death toll touches 19
The death toll due to the flash flood which hit Sikkim has touched 19 with more than 100 others still missing, officials said.
Govt agencies, experts had warned of Sikkim’s glacial lake outburst
New Delhi: The flash floods in Sikkim, which claimed at least 14 lives and 102 others still missing, did not come without warnings, media reports said.
Moungi G. Bawendi, Louis E. Brus and Alexei I. Ekimov were named the winners of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 'discovery and synthesis of quantum dots', said The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
Himachal Pradesh: Strong tremors felt in Shimla
A strong earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale struck Shimla and other parts of Himachal Pradesh, triggering panic among the people on Tuesday.
Magnitude 6.2 earthquake hits Nepal, tremors felt in New Delhi
An earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter Scale hit Nepal as tremors were felt in the Indian national capital New Delhi on Tuesday.
Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz and Anne L' Huillier win Nobel Prize in Physics
Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz and Anne L’Huillier will get the Nobel Prize in Physics for their experiments, which have given humanity new tools for exploring the world of electrons inside atoms and molecules.