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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

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