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All eyes on GISAT-1A mission as ISRO aims to mend faulty launch streak

August 19, 2026 admin

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is set to launch the GISAT-1A satellite in September, in a mission that will be watched closely for many important reasons. Since the two successive PSLV mission failures, in 2025 and early 2026, ISRO had paused launches as it investigated the reason why its workhorse rocket had suffered such…

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New studies pursue the ‘perfect’ blend for coffee and health

August 19, 2026 admin

While many Indians have a fondness for coffee, almost everyone in the U.S. and Europe drinks coffee, and more of it, every day. | Photo Credit: Mike Kenneally/Unsplash Every morning, many of us drink one or two cups of coffee and feel good, refreshed, and ready for the day. Some of us drink one or…

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BRICS condemns EU carbon tax

August 18, 2026 admin

European Union’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanisms require importers of carbon-intensive products, consisting of iron and steel, aluminium, cement, fertilisers, hydrogen and electricity, to account for the carbon emissions associated with their production. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto BRICS countries on Tuesday (August 18, 2026) opposed what they described as “unilateral, punitive, discriminatory and protectionist” climate…

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BRICS condemns EU carbon tax

August 18, 2026 admin

Image for representational purposes only, | Photo Credit: Getty Images BRICS countries on Tuesday (August 18, 2026) opposed what they described as “unilateral, punitive, discriminatory and protectionist” climate measures, including the European Union’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanisms (CBAMs), while calling for a significant increase in international funding to help developing countries adapt to climate change….

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Indian rock yields oldest directly dated traces of microbial life: study

August 18, 2026 admin

A photograph of the outcrop of the Bhitardari carbonaceous chert, with a ballpoint pen to compare for size. | Photo Credit: PNAS vol. 123, no. 34 August 25, 2026 Researchers say they have found “compelling evidence” from multiple sources that microbial life existed in what is now eastern India at least 3.5 billion years ago….

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Bihar’s alcohol ban has been a success for social wellness, data show

August 18, 2026 admin

Former Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar pointing out a cartoon with then deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi at an exhibition on the occasion of ‘No Liquor Day’, in Patna, November 26, 2012. | Photo Credit: Ranjeet Kumar Recently, a report titled ‘Macro Perspective of Bihar’s Development Achievements, Unfinished Agenda, and the Way Forward’ presented…

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Taxing ‘frivolous’ industries will not fund India’s science

August 17, 2026 admin

Whenever concerns are raised about the lack of funding for Indian science, a solution often put forward is to tax “unintellectual” industries such as cinema, tourism, apparel, and perfumes. For example, only recently, an academic from one of India’s leading research institutes suggested taxing the Indian Premier League (IPL), which, he argued, would magically generate…

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Rotating detonation engines: the science and the promises

August 17, 2026 admin

Recently, India-based defence start-up D-Propulse announced that it had successfully demonstrated a rotating detonation engine at a Defence Research & Development Organisation facility in Hyderabad. A rotating detonation engine, or RDE, is an engine design that promises to use fuel more efficiently than conventional rocket engines. Launching satellites to space on rockets and carrying explosives…

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‘People could get hurt’: Conservationists decry AI wildlife visuals

August 17, 2026 admin

This undated photograph taken by the Orangutan Information Centre and released on June 10, 2026 shows a Tapanuli orangutan over a tree in the Batang Toru forest in Indonesia’s North Sumatra. | Photo Credit: AFP The black-and-white image appears to show the unlikeliest of interactions: an orangutan cradling endangered leopard cubs deep in the jungles…

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Unusual black hole found at universe’s dawn presents dusty mystery to astronomers

August 17, 2026 admin

When the James Webb Space Telescope looks deep into the Universe, some of the objects it finds appear as small, red dots. Astronomers call them little red dots (LRDs), and they have become one of the telescope’s more intriguing discoveries. Now, an international team of astronomers has found an unusual object that may help explain…

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