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The decline in emissions of dangerous PM10 and PM2.5 particles across Delhi ranged from 20 to 50 per cent, indicating that the air quality was better than in previous years, the DPCC said in a statement.

Cities globally warming nearly 30 per cent faster than rural areas:...

BEIJING: Cities worldwide are warming by 0.5 degrees Celsius on average per decade, 29 per cent faster than in rural...

3 Oct 2022 3:23 PM IST

$After eight years, India\s Mars Orbiter craft quietly bids adieu$ Science

After eight years, India-'s Mars Orbiter craft quietly bids adieu

Designed to run for six months, Mangalyaan goes out of fuel after eight years

2 Oct 2022 7:00 PM IST

This screengrab made from NASA live feed on September 26, 2022, shows Dimorphos just before the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) made impact with the asteroid, as watched by the NASA team (bottom L) at DART headquarters in Laurel, Maryland. (Photo:AFP)

Bam! NASA spacecraft crashes into asteroid in defense test

CAPE CANAVERAL: A NASA spacecraft rammed an asteroid at blistering speed Monday in an unprecedented dress rehearsal for...

27 Sept 2022 2:35 PM IST

industan Aeronautics Limited (HAL)

President to inaugurate Integrated Cryogenic Engine Manufacturing...

The facility will boost self-reliance in manufacturing of high-thrust rocket engines

26 Sept 2022 1:41 PM IST

Paleontologists have identified a new genus and species of algae called Protocodium sinense which predates the origin of land plants and modern animals (Representational image: ANI)

Fossil algae offer new insights into plant kingdom-'s roots

This 541-million-year-old fossil is the first and oldest green alga from this era to be preserved in three dimensions

24 Sept 2022 12:38 PM IST

ISRO is all set to launch a DS-EO satellite on board the Polar Satellite Launch vehicle (PSLV-C53) at 6pm on June 30. (Photo: ISRO)

ISRO successfully tests hybrid motor, eyes new propulsion system for...

BENGALURU: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has successfully tested a hybrid motor, potentially paving the...

21 Sept 2022 2:53 PM IST

A technician wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) gestures next to a biohazard sign inside a molecular laboratory facility set up to test for the monkeypox disease during its inauguration at the King Institute in Chennai on July 28, 2022. (AFP)

Discontinuation of smallpox vaccine may have helped in resurgence of...

DELHI: The discontinuation of the smallpox vaccine might have helped in the resurgence of monkeypox cases, which should...

20 Sept 2022 8:02 PM IST

The ministry however stressed that no sufficient link has been established between the recent surge of Covid-19 cases in India and the new Indian variant with E484Q and L452R mutations. (Representational Photo: AFP)

New gene mutation that causes a neurological disorder discovered

UDUPI: A team of researchers, led by Dr. Anju Shukla of Kasturba Medical College- Manipal, and Dr. Quasar Padiath of the...

16 Sept 2022 11:30 PM IST

A health worker takes a swab sample to be tested for the Covid-19 coronavirus. (Photo: AFP)

Two antibodies identified in Israel may fight all Covid strains

JERUSALEM: Scientists in Israel have isolated two antibodies from the immune system of recovered COVID-19 patients that...

8 Sept 2022 1:25 PM IST

The Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) have identified eight genes known for their role in human male fertility (Photo: Pixabay)

CCMB scientists identify 8 novel genes for role in male fertility

HYDERABAD: Scientists at CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) have identified eight genes that were not...

8 Sept 2022 12:30 AM IST

NASAs new moon rocket sits on Launch Pad 39-B hours ahead of a planned launch at the Kennedy Space Center(Joel Kowsky/NASA via AP)

NASA postpones rocket launch to Moon after fuel leak

No new date for another try was immediately announced

4 Sept 2022 1:59 PM IST

A Class X student, Kunchala Kyvalya Reddy, of East Godavari district bagged a certificate for identifying Main-Belt Asteroid 2021 from the International Asteroid Search Collaboration (IASC) (DC Image)

Class X student Kyvalya Reddy identifies Asteroid

KAKINADA: Class X student Kunchala Kyvalya Reddy (14) of Nidadavole in East Godavari district, studying in a private...

3 Sept 2022 1:49 AM IST