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May was a blockbuster month for Indian space startups as they made a significant impression not just in India but also globally.  Bengaluru based space startup GalaxEye successfully launched Mission Drishti, the world’s first OptoSAR satellite aboard a Falcon 9 by SpaceX from Vandenberg, California. India’s largest privately developed earth observation satellite, Mission Drishti, is…

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Name this Victorian mansion in Northumberland, the world’s first home lit by hydroelectricity in 1878, and its industrialist owner.  Published – May 28, 2026 05:05 pm IST Read Comments Copy link Email Facebook Twitter Telegram LinkedIn WhatsApp Reddit Source link

A woman walks with an umbrella during scorching summer heat in Visakhapatnam, May 26, 2026. | Photo Credit: V. RAJU/The Hindu A: Yes, and the reason is not just psychological. Researchers know of at least three reasons. First, the human body adjusts surprisingly quickly to temperature. However, this also means that after even one or…

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Workers clean installed solar panels at a 12-MW solar photovoltaic power plant in Surajpur, November 16, 2025. | Photo Credit: REUTERS Aerosols in the air reduced the amount of solar power generated in India by 9.6% in 2023, equivalent to around 15 terawatt-hours (TWh), according to a new analysis published in Nature Sustainability. The same…

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A woman prepares ice apples to eat at a road stall in Myanmar, 2019. | Photo Credit: Etan J. Tal (CC BY-SA) Come the summer months, April through August, and the fruit market across India is replete with the fruit ice apple, called ‘nungu’ in Tamil, ‘munjulu’ in Telugu, ‘tadgola’ in Hindi, and ‘taal’ in…

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