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About 5 trillion single-use plastic bags are being used worldwide annually. Only one percent of them are being recycled, Manohar Babu pointed out. (Representational image: Twitter/@DRDO_India))

DRDO, Navy successfully test VL-SRSAM

Sea skimming is the technique where anti-ship missiles and some fighter jets fly as close as possible to the sea surface

24 Aug 2022 9:09 AM IST

File photo of Gaganyaan project successfully test-firing the Low Altitude Escape Motor of Crew Escape System (CES), from Sriharikota. (Photo: PTI)

Chandrayaan-III to be launched in the first half of 2023

Sensor problem affected the two satellites launched by SSLV-D1

15 Aug 2022 11:58 PM IST

File photo of Gaganyaan project successfully test-firing the Low Altitude Escape Motor of Crew Escape System (CES), from Sriharikota. (Photo: PTI)

Isro holds static test of Gaganyaan escape motor

NELLORE: Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) announced on Wednesday night the completion of another important...

12 Aug 2022 12:04 AM IST

On the afternoon of August 3, the Sun was perfectly overhead and thus no shadow of any object was seen. For Hyderabad the dates for Zero Shadow Day are May 9 and August 3, the official said. (Photo: DC)

There was â€˜no shadowâ€™ at 12.20 pm, Thursday, in Hyderabad

HYDERABAD: The Birla Planetarium observed the ‘Zero Shadow Day’ where one minute at 12.20 pm no shadow was...

5 Aug 2022 4:30 PM IST

The SSLV will also launch the AzaadiSAT built by 750 girls from Class VIII to XII in government schools across the country, marking Azaadi Ki Amrut Mahotsav. Representational Image/PTI

Isro set to launch Small Satellite Launch Vehicle on Aug 7

The small satellite launch vehicle has been designed to meet the -'launch on demand-' requirements in a cost-effective...

2 Aug 2022 11:58 PM IST

ISROs PSLV-C53/DS-EO and 2 other co-passenger satellites being launched from the second launch pad, at Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota. This was the second dedicated commercial mission of the space agencys commercial arm NewSpace India Limited (NSIL). (PTI Photo)

ISRO develops system to safeguard space assets

The system, established in Bengaluru, safeguards all Indian space assets by mitigating collisional threats from space...

13 July 2022 8:28 AM IST

Antimicrobial resistance a major concern, say docs

Antimicrobial resistance a major concern, say docs

Antimicrobial resistance is the ability of microbes to attain the ability to survive even in the presence of drugs

8 July 2022 1:36 AM IST

People pay their respects to slain Hindu tailor Kanhaiya Lal, who was allegedly killed by two Muslim men for supporting a former spokeswoman of the railing Bharatiya Janta Party for her remarks about the Prophet Mohammed, in Udaipur on June 30, 2022. (AFP)

Patralekha Chatterjee | Itâ€™s time to reclaim our minds, dial down...

The impact of toxic hate speeches and hate crimes in recent years has gone deep into the gut of our society

1 July 2022 12:03 AM IST

ISROs PSLV-C53/DS-EO and 2 other co-passenger satellites being launched from the second launch pad, at Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota. This was the second dedicated commercial mission of the space agencys commercial arm NewSpace India Limited (NSIL). (PTI Photo)

ISRO launches 3 Singapore satellites in dedicated commercial mission

With this successful mission on Thursday, the PSLV rocket has launched 345 foreign satellites belonging to 36 countries...

30 Jun 2022 11:31 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)

Stage set for PSLV-C53 launch with 3 satellites of Singapore on board

This is the second dedicated commercial mission of NewSpace India Limited (NSIL)

29 Jun 2022 11:20 PM IST

The analysis is a much-needed reminder that air pollution is a public health crisis that is not confined to cities only in Northern India. (Photo: PTI)

Air pollution increases risk of premature death by 20 per cent: Study

The study also showed that the one-third of those who lived within 500 metres of a major roadway had a 13 per cent...

27 Jun 2022 4:17 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 to launch PSLV-C53/DS-EO Mission on June 30

PSLV also carried two other co-passenger satellites from Singapore

24 Jun 2022 1:18 AM IST