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What will Gaganyaan change for India? | Explained

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What will Gaganyaan change for India? | Explained

Prime Minister Narendra Modi greets Gaganyaan Mission astronauts-designate Prashanth Balakrishnan Nair, Ajit Krishnan, Angad Prathap and Shubanshu Shukla at the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre in Thiruvananthapuram on February 27, 2024. Photo: PMO via PTI The story so far: On February 27, Prime Minister Narendra Modi publicised the final shortlist of candidates to be astronauts on…

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Gaganyaan astronauts | The chosen four

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Gaganyaan astronauts | The chosen four

At a ceremony during an official visit to the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, on February 27, Prime Minister Narendra Modi revealed the names of the four astronaut-candidates for the first human spaceflight mission, a.k.a. Gaganyaan, of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). They are group captains Prasanth Balakrishnan Nair, Ajit Krishnan, and…

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Predatory fish use rapid colour changes to coordinate attacks

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Predatory fish use rapid colour changes to coordinate attacks

Striped marlin are some of the fastest animals on the planet and one of the ocean’s top predators. When hunting in groups, individual marlin will take turns attacking schools of prey fish one at a time. Now a new study (Current Biology) explains how they might coordinate this turn-taking style of attack on their prey to avoid injuring…

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The power of choice: a case for life-saving modern contraception

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The power of choice: a case for life-saving modern contraception

The article on high-risk pregnancies in The Hindu on February 17 astutely drew public attention to a matter of great concern to the obstetrics and gynaecology community, but often overlooked by the rest of the country. India has great strides in decreasing maternal mortality — from an MMR of 130/100,000 live births in 2016-2018 to a MMR…

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Japan Moon lander put to sleep after surviving lunar night

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Japan Moon lander put to sleep after surviving lunar night

This image provided by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)/Takara Tomy/Sony Group Corporation/Doshisha University shows an image taken by a Lunar Excursion Vehicle 2 (LEV-2) of a robotic moon rover called Smart Lander for Investigating Moon, or SLIM, on the moon. File. | Photo Credit: AP Japan’s Moon lander has been put back to sleep…

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ZSI names a newly discovered head-shield sea slug after President Droupadi Murmu

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ZSI names a newly discovered head-shield sea slug after President Droupadi Murmu

A photograph of Melanochlamys droupadi, a head-shield sea slug with ruby red spot. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The Zoological Survey of India named a new marine species of head-shield sea slug with ruby red spot which was discovered from West Bengal and Odisha coast after President of India Droupadi Murmu. This species belonging to Melanochlamys…

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