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Isro Chairman Dr S. Somanath (Twitter)

ISRO, ASA meet for Gaganyaanâ€™s ground station

Isro chairman S. Somanath and ASA chief Enrico Palermo led discussions for their respective sides

8 Jun 2022 12:53 PM IST

Static test of S200 motor conducted at Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC), Sriharikota

ISRO test fires booster rocket for Gaganyaan

The static test, where the rocket engine is fixed to a block, took place at Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC),...

14 May 2022 12:25 AM IST

In this 2021 photo provided by the University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, a researcher harvests a thale cress plant growing in lunar soil, at a laboratory in Gainesville, Fla. (AP)

Scientists grow plants in soil from Moon for first time

This research comes as NASA-'s Artemis Program plans to return humans to the Moon

13 May 2022 2:06 PM IST

Workers and volunteers look on in a compound where residents are tested for the Covid-19 coronavirus during the second stage of a pandemic lockdown in Jing an district in Shanghai on April 1, 2022. (AFP)

Coronavirus is airborne, confirms study

Until now, though Covid was generally thought to be airborne, there was no scientific evidence to establish the same

3 May 2022 11:55 PM IST

Map shows emerging hotspots of zoonotic diseases spread from wildlife, from the State of the Worlds Forests 2022 report. (By Arrangement)

Report: India might turn zoonotic disease hotspot

The study says that at least 10,000 virus species have the capacity to infect humans

3 May 2022 12:54 AM IST

The researcher duo Yatee Gupta and Prof Samrat Mukhopadhyay. (By Arrangement)

Fabric that kills virus in 30 mins

Recently, it was certified for commercial-scale production after large-scale manufacturing trials

29 April 2022 10:06 AM IST

A farmer from Rapalle in Bonakal mandal said that he planned to raise maize or black gram from next year. He said that the increase of diesel costs has also impacted paddy cultivation. Representational imageDC

Andhra Pradesh seeks Icrisatâ€™s help on agriculture

Icrisat scientists, who have worked in similar projects in Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka & Odisha, will visit Vizianagaram in...

21 April 2022 1:37 AM IST

The COVID-19 booster intranasal vaccine will be given to those who have taken both the doses of Covaxin and Covishield. (Photo: PTI/Representational)

Russia registers world-'s first nasal vaccine against COVID-19

It was reported in January this year that the nasal version of Sputnik V will be available for Russians within three to...

2 April 2022 2:47 PM IST

Fishermen pushing back a 22-foot whale shark into the sea during a rescue operation in the presence of forest department officials at Tantadi village coast in Visakhapatnam. The whale shark was accidentally entangled in a fishing net during shoreline fishing by the local fishermen. (Photo by arrangement)

Movement of whale sharks to be tracked via satellites

These sharks, protected under Schedule I of the Indian Wildlife Protection Act, 1972, are seen along the AP coast with...

24 March 2022 3:45 AM IST

The birth waiting rooms had been established especially for pregnant Adivasi women living in high-risk interior areas where there arent any PHCs or government hospital for delivery. Representational Image. (AFP)

Transmission of COVID-19 infection from mother to baby rare: BMJ study

Researchers find that less than two per cent of babies born to mothers with SARS-CoV-2 infection also test positive for...

17 March 2022 4:28 PM IST

After an unsuccessful bid two months ago, India may attempt another soft landing on the Moon by next year-end, probably in November, sources in ISRO said on Thursday. (Photo: File)

Chandrayaan-2 spectrometer makes first observations in Exosphere of...

These observations provide insight on the dynamics of the lunar exospheric species

8 March 2022 1:01 PM IST

- This 2020 electron microscope image provided by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases - Rocky Mountain Laboratories shows SARS-CoV-2 virus particles which cause COVID-19, isolated from a patient in the U.S., emerging from the surface of cells cultured in a lab. (AP)

US scientists detect Omicron variant for first time in deer

The yet-to-be peer-reviewed study also found neutralising antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 in one of the Omicron-infected deer

7 March 2022 2:01 PM IST