Science & Health

NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter captures record-breaking 25th flight video

The Ingenuity Mars helicopter's black-and-white navigation camera has provided dramatic video of its record-breaking 25th flight.

May 30, 2022

NASA's new solar sail project aims to see 'Sun as never before'

US space agency NASA is planning to invest about $2 million over two years to develop a new solar sail concept that could propel a mission to the Sun.

May 26, 2022

No fish medicine distribution for Asthama patients in Hyderabad this year too

There will be no fish prasadam distribution for asthama patients in Hyderabad for a third consecutive year in view of Covid-19 pandemic.

May 26, 2022

1.1 miles long asteroid named "1989 JA" to zoom past Earth this week, closest to Earth in the next 172 years

A "potentially hazardous" enormous asteroid that is more than a mile long will zoom past Earth on May 27, according to NASA's Centre for Near Earth Object Studies

May 25, 2022

China's Zhurong rover enters hibernation due to Martian dust storm

China's Mars rover Zhurong has been switched to dormant mode while waiting out a dust storm on the surface of the planet, according to the China National Space Administration.

May 25, 2022

Space News: NASA's Artemis mission will fly a Japanese astronaut to Moon: Biden

NASA's impending Artemis programme will include a Japanese astronaut, US President Joe Biden has said.

May 25, 2022

Monkeypox spreading in Europe, rises to six cases in Netherlands

From the first human case of monkeypox in the Netherlands reported last Friday, the number rose to six as of Monday.

May 24, 2022

World Turtle Day: Hundreds of "red-crowned roofed turtle" and "three-striped roofed turtle" released in Chambal

Hundreds of hatchlings of the critically endangered red-crowned roofed turtle and three-striped roofed turtle were released in the lower Chambal river area to commemorate World Turtle Day, celebrated each year on May 23.

May 23, 2022

Islets Cell-based therapy shows promise against Type-1 diabetes [Details on Islets]

An islet cell transplant programme developed by a team of Canadian researchers is a safe, reliable and life-changing treatment for people with hard-to-control Type 1 diabetes.

May 23, 2022

India to launch GSAT-24 aboard European Ariane rocket on June 22, skips ISRO's GSLV

European space agency Arianespace will put into space orbit the Indian satellite GSAT-24 on June 22 using its Ariane 5 rocket, said the space agency.

May 21, 2022

Eating blueberries can lower blood pressure, lower heart disease risk in women of 45~65 years

Consuming blueberries can lower the risk of cardiovascular disease in post-menopausal women with high blood pressure, according to new research.

May 20, 2022

Global Covid caseload tops 523.9 mn, deaths at 6.27 mn

The global coronavirus caseload has topped 523.9 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 6.27 million and vaccinations to over 11.43 billion, according to the Johns Hopkins University.

May 20, 2022

India reports 2,259 new Covid cases, 20 deaths

India reported a marginal decline at 2,259 fresh Covid cases in a span of 24 hours against 2,364 infections reported the previous day, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Friday morning.

May 20, 2022

Two injured tiger cubs shifted to Kanha Tiger Reserve's rehabilitation centre in Madhya Pradesh

Two tiger cubs that got injured after stones were pelted at them by villagers in Madhya Pradesh' Seoni district have been rescued by forest officials and shifted to a veterinary hospital in the Kanha Tiger Reserve.

May 19, 2022

ESA satellite "Earth-observing Sentinel-1A" escapes collision with Russian space debris

The European Space Agency's (ESA) said its Earth-observing Sentinel-1A satellite barely escaped a "high-risk collision" from a 2021 Russian missile test that had generated over 1,500 pieces of trackable orbital debris in space.

May 19, 2022