India successfully launches satellite IRNSS-1D satellite
Mar 29, 2015, at 01:12 am
Chennai, Mar 28 (IBNS): India launched IRNSS-1D satellite onboard PSLV-C27 from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh on Saturday.
Mar 28, 2015, at 02:53 am
New Delhi, Mar 27 (IBNS): The Gandhi Peace Prize for the year 2014, has been awarded to Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).
Fossils suggest prehistoric super salamander was top predator
Mar 26, 2015, at 05:49 pm
London, Mar 26 (IBNS): A previously undiscovered species of crocodile-like amphibian that lived during the rise of dinosaurs was among Earth’s top predators more than 200 million years ago, a study shows.
Countdown for the PSLV-C27/IRNSS-1D Mission begins
Mar 26, 2015, at 04:18 pm
Chennai, Mar 26 (IBNS): The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Thursday said the countdown for the PSLV-C27/IRNSS-1D Mission has started.
Cabinet approves launch of National Supercomputing Mission
Mar 26, 2015, at 05:24 am
New Delhi, Mar 25 (IBNS) The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the launch of the National Supercomputing Mission.
NASA's Curiosity Rover finds biologically useful Nitrogen on Mars
Mar 26, 2015, at 01:30 am
California, Mar 25 (IBNS): The NASA has said the team, which is using the Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) instrument suite aboard NASA's Curiosity rover, has made the first detection of nitrogen on the surface of Mars from release during heating of Martian sediments.
Harsh Vardhan urges Indian scientists to use renewable, green material
Mar 24, 2015, at 06:54 pm
New Delhi, Mar 24 (IBNS) Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister for Science and Technology, has urged scientists and technologists working on developing low cost building and structural material that they have got to bear most of the burden of implementing Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s dream of a roof above every head by 2022.
LHC experiments join forces to zoom in on the Higgs boson
Mar 18, 2015, at 03:01 am
Geneva, Mar 17 (IBNS) During the 50th session of "Rencontres de Moriond" in La Thuile Italy, Atlas and CMS presented for the first time a combination of their results on the mass of the Higgs boson.
ISRO plans new launch pad at Sriharikota
Mar 12, 2015, at 11:11 pm
New Delhi,Mar 12(IBNS) Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) proposes to set up a new launch pad, referred as Third Launch Pad, at Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota.
Space Station crew returns to Earth, lands safely in Kazakhstan
Mar 12, 2015, at 04:42 pm
California, Mar 12 (IBNS) Three crew members returned to Earth Wednesday after a 167-day mission on the International Space Station (ISS) that included hundreds of scientific experiments and several spacewalks to prepare the orbiting laboratory for future arrivals by U.S. commercial crew spacecraft.
DuPont achieves top sustainability certification
Mar 12, 2015, at 01:34 am
Kolkata/Hyderabad, Mar 11 (IBNS): DuPont, a leading science company was awarded the prestigious LEED Certification in Gold Category for the DuPont Knowledge Center (DKC) at Hyderabad in India.
India seventh in number of reactor operations
Mar 11, 2015, at 09:32 pm
New Delhi, Mar 11(IBNS) India stands 7th in number of reactors in operation and 14th in terms of net installed capacity among countries with nuclear power.
Land acquired for first-ever Biotech park in J&K: Singh
Mar 09, 2015, at 03:28 am
New Delhi, Mr 8 (IBNS) Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Development of North-Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Jitendra Singh disclosed here today that approximately ten acre of land has been acquired for bringing up the first- ever Biotechnology park in the State of Jammu & Kashmir.
Innovation is the key to progress and prosperity, says Prez
Mar 08, 2015, at 01:35 am
New Delhi, Mar 7 (IBNS): President Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated a week long 'Festival of Innovations' on Saturday at Rashtrapati Bhavan and gave away National Biennial Awards for Grassroots Innovations.
DAE to launch new medical cyclotron centre in Kolkata
Mar 05, 2015, at 11:00 pm
Kolkata, Mar 5 (IBNS): The director of the Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre (VECC) Dinesh Kumar Srivasta said on Wednesday that the government-owned department of Atomic Energy (DAE) would launch a new powerful medical cyclotron centre in Kolkata very soon.
Launch of PSLV-C27 with IRNSS-1D postponed
Mar 05, 2015, at 10:59 pm
New Delhi, Mar 5 (IBNS) The launch of India's fourth Navigation Satellite IRNSS-1D onboard PSLV-C27, which was originally scheduled for Mar 09,from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota has been postponed.
New UN initiative to boost access to science, technology for world's least developed countries
Feb 19, 2015, at 06:27 pm
New York, Feb 19 (IBNS) The world's poorest nations are one step closer to gaining access to critical science, technology and innovation (STI) that is vital to their sustainable development, poverty eradication, and changing the lives of millions of people who live in some of the poorest segments of the global community, the United Nations has announced.
PM visits Indian Institute of Science in Bengaluru
Feb 18, 2015, at 11:46 pm
Bengaluru, Feb 18 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday dedicated to the nation the Centre for Nano Science Engineering at the Indian Institute of Science in Bengaluru.
PM visits Institute for Stem Cell Research, interacts with scientists
Feb 18, 2015, at 11:41 pm
Bengaluru, Feb 18 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday visited the Institute for Stem Cell Research at the National Centre for Biological Sciences in Bengaluru.
Harsh Vardhan inaugurates a Vigyan Sadan at Hengbung
Feb 17, 2015, at 11:59 pm
Hengbung, Feb 17 (IBNS) Union Minister of Science & Technology and Earth Sciences & Vice President of CSIR, Harsh Vardhan has said that the central government is committed to ensure the development of the North eastern states and to make Manipur one of the most prosperous and scientifically developed states.
NOAA's new deep space solar monitoring satellite launched
Feb 12, 2015, at 08:08 pm
Washington, Feb 12 (IBNS) A new mission to monitor solar activity is now making its way to an orbit one million miles from Earth.
Critical NASA science returns to Earth aboard SpaceX Dragon spacecraft
Feb 11, 2015, at 05:39 pm
California, Feb 11 (IBNS): SpaceX's Dragon cargo spacecraft splashed down in the Pacific Ocean about 7:44 p.m. EST Tuesday 259 miles southwest of Long Beach, California, with nearly 3,700 pounds of NASA cargo, science and first-of-its-kind technology demonstration samples from the International Space Station.
India should become a member of CERN: Scientist
Feb 08, 2015, at 07:18 pm
Kolkata, Feb 8 (IBNS): Indian science and technology has moved forward and touched the international benchmark, said a noted globally known home physicist at conference here organized by the Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics and attended by some of the famous names in world science, including from Geneva-based CERN that proposed India to be its associate member at the earliest.
Jupiter comes closest to Earth tonight
Feb 07, 2015, at 01:57 am
New Delhi/Kolkata, Feb 6 (IBNS): Planet Jupiter will come closest to Earth on Friday night coming to within 404 million miles (650 million kilometers) of planet.
NASA spacecraft returns new images of Pluto en route to historic encounter
Feb 05, 2015, at 06:09 pm
California, Feb 5 (IBNS) NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft returned its first new images of Pluto on Wednesday, as the probe closes in on the dwarf planet. Although still just a dot along with its largest moon, Charon, the images come on the 109th birthday of Clyde Tombaugh, who discovered the distant icy world in 1930.
Rs 1500 cr relief fund in place for nuclear disaster victims: DAE
Feb 04, 2015, at 07:24 pm
Kolkata, Feb 4 (IBNS): The Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre (VECC) Kolkata said that 3 to 4% of total electricity power in India now come from nuclear power plants and a relief fund is in place for compensation in case of any nuclear disaster.
Jupiter coming closet to Earth on Friday
Feb 03, 2015, at 06:38 am
Kolkata, Feb 2 (IBNS) The Jupiter will come close to the Earth on Feb 6.
Marking international year, UN chief celebrates role of light in boosting sustainable growth
Jan 20, 2015, at 02:39 pm
New York, Jan 20 (IBNS) The role light-based technologies play in spurring sustainable development can help the international community tackle the challenges of the 21st century, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon declared on Monday as he unveiled the International Year of Light – the United Nations effort showcasing light’s vital contribution to issues related to energy, education, agriculture and health.
A S Kiran Kumar takes over as ISRO chief
Jan 15, 2015, at 12:33 am
Bangalore, Jan 14 (IBNS) A S Kiran Kumar, Distinguished Scientist and Director, Space Applications Centre, Ahmedabad, assumed the office of the Secretary, Department of Space, Chairman, Space Commission and Chairman, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Wednesday.
NASA Cargo launches to Space Station aboard SpaceX Resupply Mission
Jan 11, 2015, at 04:20 am
California, Jan 10 (IBNS) More than two tons of supplies and NASA science investigations are on the way to the International Space Station aboard SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft.