Science & Health

How PM Narendra Modi is appropriating Mahatma Gandhi's legacy to fulfill climate goals

Launched on Gandhi Jayanti on October 2, 2014, the mission sought to clean up urban and rural infrastructure and aimed to achieve "open-defecation free" (OPF) India by 2019.

Sep 28, 2019

NASA releases high resolution lunar site images, says didn't locate Vikram lander

NASA stated that Vikram had a hard landing and the precise location of the spacecraft in the lunar highlands is yet to be determined.

Sep 27, 2019

6.1 magnitude earthquake strikes Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, tremors felt in North India

Tremors were felt around 4.35 pm in various states including Delhi, Kashmir, Chandigarh and also in several areas of Pakistan, including Islamabad and Khyber Pakhtun region.

Sep 24, 2019

Why is the sky blood red in some parts of Indonesia like the atmosphere of Mars?

Images of the blood-red skies in Indonesia are going viral on social media as haze caused by fires lit by farmers who adopt the slash and burn practice to clear the land spread through the forests

Sep 24, 2019

From India's non-fossil fuel target to plastic ban: Key takeaways from PM Modi's speech at UN Climate summit

PM Narendra Modi spoke about India's approach towards environment-related initiatives at the United Nations Summit on Climate Change in New York.

Sep 24, 2019

Government gearing up for alien disclosure? US Navy confirms UFO videos are authentic

The UFO admission from the US Navy has made many people believe that alien disclosure will happen anytime soon.

Sep 20, 2019

The Dark Side of LED displays in Cubbon Park: How light pollution can damage wildlife habitat

Almost 50 LED display screens have been installed inside Cubbon Park, where people visit to escape from the crowd of the city.

Sep 19, 2019

Search for Vikram on; NASA scientists analyse lunar images from orbiter

Vikram lost contact with the ISRO after it was launched by the Chandraayan 2 moon orbiter to touch down in the area of the moon's south pole on September 6.

Sep 19, 2019

Pandemics akin to the Spanish Influenza puts tens of millions at risk

Efforts against pandemics that could kill tens of millions 'grossly insufficient,' WHO and World Bank report says

Sep 18, 2019

NSU opens 325,000-sq-ft Tampa Bay campus built in just 17 months

Kiran Patel, a longtime Tampa Bay cardiologist, entrepreneur and philanthropist, who contributed $250 million for the campus made it possible to build the entire project in a short span of 17 months

Sep 18, 2019

Earth in danger? Doomsday asteroid that had its close approach on Saturday will return and unleash chaos

On Saturday, this killer asteroid named 2000 QW7 missed the earth at a distance of 3.3 million miles

Sep 16, 2019

Russian billionaire all set to save humanity by building a floating space garden in solar system

The space nation plans to occupy more than 15 million people in the floating space garden that will be set up in the future.

Sep 15, 2019

Saturday's asteroid flyby is not dangerous, but we will be hit by a doomsday space rock

Experts like Danica Remy and Iain McDonald believe that the Earth will be hit by a doomsday asteroid one day or the other.

Sep 14, 2019

Beyond Earth: Man's relentless pursuits to delve into the unknown

India's space agency ISRO has been garnering enormous accolades in the news spectrum recently.

Sep 12, 2019

Alien breakthrough? Scientists detect water in potentially habitable exoplanet

The research report revealed that this exoplanet named K2-18b has an ideal temperature to sustain alien life.

Sep 12, 2019