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This image from ISRO traces the path of the rover as it moved 100 metres from the lander, on the Moon. The Chandrayaan-3’s rover, Pragyan, has traversed over 100 metre from the lander Vikram on the surface of the Moon. ISRO Chairpersons S. Somanath, after the launch of the Aditya-L1, said, “The lander and rover…
Aditya L1, India’s first ever solar mission, was launched by the ISRO at SDSC-SHAR, Sriharikotta in Andhra Pradesh, on September 2, 2023. | Photo Credit: Raghunathan SR India’s first solar observatory mission — Aditya-L1 — was launched by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on September 2. The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV), in its…
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ISRO’s PSLV-C57 carrying Aditya-L1 spacecraft at the launch pad at Satish Dhawan Space Centre, in Sriharikota, on September 1, 2023. Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and its scientists on the successful launch of India’s first solar mission on September 2. “Congratulations to our scientists and engineers at @isro for…
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ISRO’s PSLV-C57 carrying Aditya-L1 spacecraft at the launch pad at Satish Dhawan Space Centre, in Sriharikota, on September 1, 2023. Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and its scientists on the successful launch of India’s first solar mission on September 2. “Congratulations to our scientists and engineers at @isro for…
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Image for representational purpose only. | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Science Quiz appears thrice a week in the daily Science page. The page is available to read on all days except Saturday in the epaper. Questions: 1. Which “superfood” is dubbed as “the food of the gods” and was consumed by ancient civilisations for…
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For launching its Aditya-L1 mission on September 2, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will be using a variant of the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) which also launched India’s first missions to the moon and Mars. With the PSLV-C57/Aditya-L1 mission, India’s first solar mission, the PSLV-XL variant will mark its 25th flight. Read more…
Aditya L1 onboard the PSLV-C57 the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota on September 1, 2023 on the eve of its launch. Photo: X/@ISRO via PTI The European Space Agency (ESA) which had provided crucial support to ISRO to monitor the Chandrayaan-3’s health, will also be supporting Aditya-L1, providing deep space communication services to the…
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Dr. Gobardhan Das, Professor at the School of Molecular Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), and the BJP’s candidate in the 2021 West Bengal Assembly polls has quit the party. Last week he took charge as Director of the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhopal. “Before accepting my position (as Director) I have resigned…
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September 01, 2023 07:54 pm | Updated September 02, 2023 09:50 am IST – THIRUVANANTHAPURAM ISRO’s PSLV-C57 carrying Aditya-L1 spacecraft at the launch pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota on September 1, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI For launching its Aditya-L1 mission on September 2, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will…
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Daily Quiz | On World Organ Donation Day File photo of Isabelle Dinoire, the woman who received the world’s first partial face transplant on November 27, 2005. START THE QUIZ 1 / 5 | Which nation has the higher organ donor rate in the world? It reportedly had a donor rate of 46.7 per million…
