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According to sources in the Bengaluru-headquartered space agency, under the Department of Space, delivery of hardware by the industry was hit due to the lockdown imposed in several States. (Representational image: PTI)

First uncrewed mission of Gaganyaan programme not possible in...

As part of the mandate of Gaganyaan, two uncrewed flights are planned to test the end-to-end capacity for the manned...

26 July 2021 12:48 PM IST

A billboard with a photograph of Prime Minister Narendra Modi is partially submerged in flood waters at Kolhapur in western Maharashtra on Saturday, July 24, 2021. Officials say landslides and flooding triggered by heavy monsoon rain have killed more than 100 people in western India. (AP)

India is on the frontline of climate change

In the first seven months of this year the nation has experienced two cyclones, a glacier collapse in the Himalayas, a...

25 July 2021 9:53 AM IST

A nurse prepares a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against COVID-19 at the Cecilia Rivadeneira Foundation in Quito. (Photo: AFP)

Old people more susceptible to Covid variants, even if vaccinated,...

The study was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association

22 July 2021 9:22 AM IST

The largest uncertainty in climate sensitivity predictions is the influence of clouds. (Photo: Representational/PTI)

Clouds will amplify global warming by reflecting less heat, study...

The research is the strongest evidence so far that clouds will amplify global heating over the long term

20 July 2021 12:07 PM IST

A health worker shows a vial of the Moderna vaccine against the Covid-19 coronavirus. (Photo: AFP)

Here-'s why you should not skip the second dose of COVID-19 vaccine

As per a study by Stanford University School of Medicine, the second dose induces a powerful boost to broad antiviral...

20 July 2021 9:00 AM IST

A health worker collects swab sample of a child for Covid-19 test, at majestic bus stand in Bengaluru, July 15, 2021. (PTI/Shailendra Bhojak)

New study suggests COVID-19 virus piggybacks only black carbon...

The study is based on data collected from Delhi, from September to December 2020

18 July 2021 11:44 AM IST

This Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2003 file photo shows a reconstructed Neanderthal skeleton, right, and a modern human skeleton on display at the Museum of Natural History in New York. (AP /Frank Franklin II)

Just 7 per cent of our DNA is unique to modern humans, study shows

Scientists already know that modern people share some DNA with Neanderthals, but different people share different parts...

17 July 2021 2:01 PM IST

The team, including researchers from Australias Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), noted that most vaccines require refrigeration to remain effective. (Representational Image/AP)

IISc-'s -'warm-' Covid vaccine effective against all major variants of...

The heat-tolerant vaccine formulation was proven effective in a study in animals

16 July 2021 12:47 PM IST

The Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine is already approved for use in adults and adolescents aged 16 years and above. (Photo: AP/File)

BioNTech produces 10 times more antibodies than China-'s Sinovac:...

Those who received Sinovac had -'similar or lower-' levels of antibodies to those seen in patients who caught and fought...

16 July 2021 12:05 PM IST

Neurological disorders could also be assessed automatically, allowing quantification of behaviour as part of a check-up or to assess the effects of drug treatment. (Photo: ANI)

Burden of neurological disorders have doubled in 30 years in India

Stroke related disabilities add to the socio-economic burden of the families who find it difficult to bear it

16 July 2021 12:48 AM IST

Coffee might decrease chances of getting Covid: Study

Coffee might decrease chances of getting Covid: Study

The study also concluded that coffee consumption lowered the risk of pneumonia amongst the elderly

13 July 2021 1:18 PM IST

According to the Space Weather Prediction Centre of the United States, the solar flares impact will be focused on the sub-solar point on the sunlit side of Earth. NASA classifies this flare as an X1.5-class flare. (NASA)

Phones, GPS signals might be affected by solar storm heading towards...

Originating in the Sunâ€™s atmosphere, this hole is spewing a stream of charged particles and high-speed solar winds...

12 July 2021 1:23 PM IST