India's Chadrayaan-3 set for Moon touchdown today
Aug 23, 2023, at 02:23 pm
The nation will pray together on Wednesday as the country's third lunar mission Chandrayaan-3 is expected to land on the surface of the Moon later in the evening.
Chandrayaan-3 mission on schedule, sailing smooth for soft landing tomorrow: ISRO
Aug 23, 2023, at 01:24 am
Chennai,/IBNS: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Tuesday said the Chandrayaan-3 mission is on schedule and sailing smoothly for a soft landing on the South Polar Region of the Moon on Wednesday evening.
Huge wildfire blankets southern British Columbia, forces thousands to leave home
Aug 22, 2023, at 04:12 am
Vancouver/IBNS: Out-of-control wildfires have destroyed several structures in British Columbia leading to poor air quality provincewide and forcing tens of thousands to leave their homes.
'Welcome buddy': Chandrayaan 3 gets special message from predecessor's orbiter
Aug 22, 2023, at 02:28 am
Days before Chandrayaan-3's lander Vikram is set to touch down on the surface of the Moon, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Monday said that it has established a two-way-communication with the orbiter of the mission's predecessor-Chandrayaan 2.
COVID-19 may trigger new-onset high blood pressure: Study
Aug 21, 2023, at 10:29 pm
Dallas: An analysis of electronic medical records for more than 45,000 people found that COVID-19 infection was significantly associated with the development of high blood pressure, according to new research published today in Hypertension, an American Heart Association journal.
Harmonising healthcare leadership: G20 India presidency and India’s ascent as global medical hub
Aug 21, 2023, at 07:26 pm
In an epoch defined by global collaboration and technological advancements, the G20 Health Ministers’ meeting commenced on August 17, 2023, in Gandhinagar, Gujarat. With over 70 delegates from diverse nations of the G20 participating, this event carried immense significance.
ISRO announces Moon landing date, and time of Chandrayaan-3
Aug 21, 2023, at 04:04 am
Chennai: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Sunday announced that the soft landing of the third Lunar Mission Chandrayaan-3 will take place at 1804 hrs on Aug 23.
Gujarat will soon become the Mecca of traditional medicines: WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
Aug 21, 2023, at 01:47 am
World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has said India's Gujarat state will soon become the 'Mecca' of traditional medicines.
DRDO's drone crashes in Karnataka village, investigation undergoing
Aug 21, 2023, at 01:02 am
Bengaluru: A Tapas drone, which is being developed by DRDO, crashed on Sunday in a trial flight in a village of Chitradurga district.
India introduces Green Hydrogen Standard; sets avg emission limit of 2 kg CO2 per kg of H2 produced
Aug 21, 2023, at 12:00 am
New Delhi: The government has notified the Green Hydrogen Standard for India, outlining the emission thresholds that must be met in order for hydrogen produced to be classified as ‘Green’.
Heavy rainfall to hit Central and Eastern China
Aug 20, 2023, at 11:48 pm
Beijing: China's national observatory Sunday issued blue alerts, the least severe in the country's color-coded weather warning system, for rainstorm and convective weather as heavy rainfall is expected to hit most parts of central and eastern China in the coming two days.
Luna-25: Russia's first lunar mission in four decades crashes into the Moon
Aug 20, 2023, at 09:53 pm
Moscow: Russia's lunar exploration mission, Luna-25, which marked the country's return to the Moon after over four decades, has crashed during pre-landing maneuvers, the Russian space agency Roscosmos said on Sunday.
Chandrayaan-3 successfully completes final orbital manoeuvre; to land on Moon next
Aug 20, 2023, at 09:00 am
Bengaluru: Chandrayaan-3 successfully completed its final de-boosting operation in the early hours of Sunday, as scientists closely monitored the critical phase ahead of its landing on the lunar surface two days later on Wednesday.
Ayushman Bharat: WHO chief Tedros hails India for Universal Health Coverage
Aug 20, 2023, at 12:13 am
World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has appreciated India for launching the universal health coverage scheme- Ayushman Bharat.
DR Congo: Children facing worst cholera outbreak in six years
Aug 19, 2023, at 09:49 pm
A spike in conflict and displacement in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is pushing children into the worst cholera crisis since 2017, warns UNICEF.
Scorching ‘new normal’ as world buckles under extreme heat: WMO
Aug 19, 2023, at 09:22 pm
Heatwaves sweeping large parts of the world offer yet another reminder that extreme weather events boosted by human-induced climate change have become “the new normal”, the UN World Meteorological Organization (WMO) warned on Friday.
Aug 19, 2023, at 03:16 pm
Scientists are tracking a highly mutated variant of the virus which causes COVID-19 to understand the extent it can spread or the manner in which it can react against human immunity.
Researchers in Guwahti and Vellore achieve breakthrough in transforming skin cells into stem cells
Aug 19, 2023, at 09:09 am
Guwahati/IBSN: In collaboration researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IITG) and Christian Medical College, Vellore, has successfully developed a groundbreaking technique to transform ordinary human skin cells into pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), under the leadership of Dr. Rajkumar Thummer.
Aug 19, 2023, at 06:08 am
Okanagan (B.C.)/IBNS: Evacuation orders were reportedly issued after a wildfire jumped Lake Okanagan, sparking spot wildfires in Kelowna and forcing thousands of people to leave from their homes in British Columbia's Okanagan.
Older women with breast cancers may not require radiation, new Canadian research suggests
Aug 19, 2023, at 05:48 am
Toronto/IBNS: Radiation treatments are not necessary for older women with early, low-risk breast cancer, according to new research.
Aug 19, 2023, at 01:08 am
The Calcutta Medical Research Institute (CMRI) on Thursday marked the completion of 500 successful robotic joint replacement surgeries in the Kolkata-based medical facility when a top surgeon advised that patients should not delay the procedure and should undergo it at the perfect time.
Chandrayaan-3: ISRO shares first video of moon captured by Vikram lander
Aug 18, 2023, at 11:12 pm
ISRO on Friday shared a video of the moon, which was captured by Vikram lander after successfully detaching from the spacecraft's propulsion module.
WHO summit aims to unlock power of traditional medicine through science
Aug 18, 2023, at 10:49 pm
New York: The first global Traditional Medicine Summit convened by UN health agency WHO, got underway this week in the Indian city of Gandhinagar focused on sharing evidence and best practices in this field.
Chandrayaan-3: Deboosting operation of Lander Module orbit successful, says ISRO
Aug 18, 2023, at 10:13 pm
Chennai: Deboosting operation to descend the Lander Module (LM) to a lower orbit of the Chandryaan-3 spacecraft was successfully performed at 1600 hrs on Friday, ISRO announced.
Aug 18, 2023, at 09:46 pm
A new study, led by the University of Massachusetts Amherst, reveals that the wealthiest Americans, those whose income places them in the top 10% of earners, are responsible for 40% of the nation’s total greenhouse gas emissions.
Assam Agricultural University revolutionised tea powder industry, benefiting farmers and consumers
Aug 18, 2023, at 07:54 am
Guwahati/IBNS: Assam Agricultural University (AAU) has introduced a pioneering technology that produces tea powder from raw tea leaves.
Chandrayaan-3 ready to touch lunar surface as propulsion module successfully separates from lander
Aug 17, 2023, at 09:41 pm
Bengaluru: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has achieved a notable milestone in its Chandrayaan-3 mission by successfully detaching the spacecraft's propulsion module from the lander.
Chandrayaan-3 orbit reduced further, lunar bound manoeuvre over, PM and LM to get separated tomorrow
Aug 16, 2023, at 06:35 pm
Chennai/UNI: The Lunar bound manoeuvre of India's third moon Mission Chandrayaan-3 was completed on Wednesday by reducing its orbit for the fourth time setting the stage for separation of Lander Module (LM) from the Propulsion Module (PM) and from the spacecraft tomorrow.
Arctic warming experiment: NASA announces launch service
Aug 16, 2023, at 04:00 pm
The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has said it selected Rocket Lab USA Inc. of Long Beach, California, to provide the launch service for the agency’s PREFIRE (Polar Radiant Energy in the Far-InfraRed Experiment) mission, which aims to give researchers a more accurate picture of the energy entering and leaving Earth.
50 dead in Himachal landslides and cloudburst, seven swept away by flash floods
Aug 15, 2023, at 05:01 am
Simla/IBNS: More than 50 people have died in the last two days in incidents linked to incessant rainfall in the hill state of Himachal Pradesh.