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ISRO chairman V. Narayanan on Thursday (November 6, 2025) said the space agency wants to transfer 50% of the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) development to the industry consortium. Hailing the capability of the domestic aerospace, defence and engineering sector, Mr. Narayanan said they are already contributing almost 80 to 85% of the systems for…
The skin is the largest organ of the human body, and perhaps the only one that universally receives the most care and attention. We cleanse it daily with branded cleansers and soaps; moisturise it with exotic, fragrant creams and lotions; and protect it with sunscreens that promise high SPFs. Skincare, in 2025, is a booming…
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A Waymo ride, a self-driving car by Waymo LLC, a Google subsidiary. | Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons What in the Bumblebee (yellow Chevrolet Camaro) story is going on with these vehicles? No hands, no feet, not a corporeal human presence needed. Let’s begin our exploration. Humans and digital technology go way back. Humans and vehicles go…
On September 14, 2015, researchers using a pair of giant detectors in the US detected gravitational waves for the first time — a century after Albert Einstein predicted their existence in his general theory of relativity. For their contributions to building these detectors, called the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatories (LIGO), Rainer Weiss, Kip Thorne, and…
Read More “Clearest black hole merger signal yet allows probe of Hawking’s law” »
File picture of the NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) satellite at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, before it was launched on July 30 | Photo Credit: AP NASA and ISRO are all set to declare their first-ever jointly developed NISAR satellite operational on Friday, ISRO chairman V. Narayanan said here on Wednesday. The NASA-ISRO Synthetic…
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A scanning electron micrograph image of Staphylococcus aureus bacteria, typically found in the upper respiratory tract. | Photo Credit: US CDC The human gut is a vast ecosystem of microbes whose balance is central to health. When this balance, known as eubiosis, is disturbed, the result is dysbiosis, and is linked to conditions such as…
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A Long March-2F rocket carrying the Shenzhou-20 spacecraft takes off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center for a crewed mission to China’s Tiangong space station, near Jiuquan, Gansu province, China April 24, 2025. Photo: China Daily via Reuters China’s Shenzhou-20 crewed spacecraft has delayed its return mission to Earth after the vessel was possibly hit…
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A large cumulonimbus cloud over Guanajuato, Mexico, 2018. | Photo Credit: Tomascastelazo (CC BY-SA) Cloud shapes arise from how air moves and mixes at different heights. When air rises, it cools. If it cools to its dew point, water vapour condenses into droplets or ice, forming a cloud. If the rising is gentle and spread…
Image used for representation only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Warning that food systems are the largest contributor to the breaching of planetary boundaries, accounting for five of seven breached boundaries, the 2025 EAT-Lancet Commission on Healthy, Sustainable and Just Food Systems has, in a report, called for placing justice at the centre of all…
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The LVM3-M5 rocket carrying the CMS-03 communication satellite lifts off from the Satish the Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota on November 2, 2025. | Photo Credit: X/@isro via ANI The successful launch of India’s CMS-03 (GSAT-7R) satellite aboard the LVM3-M5 rocket on November 2, 2025, from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota will provide…