Choked Bangalore loses space event to Mysore
July 14th, 2012 - 10:59 pm ICT by IANS
Mysore (Karnataka), July 14 (IANS) India's tech hub Bangalore once again lost out in hosting an international event, this time, to its sister city Mysore, the cultural capital of ... Read more...
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Intel India unveils plan to groom innovators
February 29th, 2012 - 5:26 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Feb 29 (IANS) Global chip maker Intel Corporation Wednesday unveiled an outreach programme to groom future scientists in India as the next generation of innovators."The Intel Future Scientist programme ... Read more...
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Eminent Indian space scientist quits in protest
February 24th, 2012 - 4:37 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Feb 24 (IANS) Eminnet scientist Roddam Narasimha, the seniormost member of the Space Commission, has resigned to protest the blacklisting of former ISRO chairman G. Madhavan Nair and ... Read more...
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Use space technology for food security: Former ISRO chief
February 15th, 2012 - 12:45 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Feb 15 (IANS) India must embark on a "new evergreen revolution" with the extensive use of appropriate bio- and space technology inputs to ensure food security for all ... Read more...
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Panel shows Devas deal was not wrong: Ex-scientist
February 5th, 2012 - 1:16 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Feb 5 (IANS) A former space scientist blacklisted by the government from holding any government job over the Antrix-Devas deal said Sunday that the report by a two-member ... Read more...
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Asteroid to have a near miss with Earth
January 27th, 2012 - 10:02 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Washington, Jan 27 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Scientists have assured that there is no cause for alarm despite the fact that an asteroid will be coming very close to the earth. In fact at ... Read more...
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I’ve been barred without probe, former ISRO chief tells PM (Roundup)
January 25th, 2012 - 10:14 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore/Chennai, Jan 25 (IANS) The nixed Devas spectrum deal came again to haunt the state-run Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), as its former chairman G. Madhavan Nair complained to ... Read more...
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ISRO mum on Nair’s outburst, scientists dismayed
January 25th, 2012 - 5:31 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore/Chennai, Jan 25 (IANS) The state-run Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Wednesday declined to comment on the outburst of its former chairman G. Madhavan Nair on the space agency ... Read more...
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Scientists say that Supermassive black hole will ‘eat’ gas cloud
December 15th, 2011 - 10:05 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
London, Dec 15 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Scientists are anxiously awaiting the outcome of an impending crash of the supermassive black hole which is currently located in the Milky Way. Scientists say a gas ... Read more...
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Modi and Vaghela on fast track politics in Gujarat
September 16th, 2011 - 9:46 pm ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, Sep 16 (IANS) The Gujarat government is pulling out all stops to make Chief Minister Narendra Modi's three-day fast beginning in Ahmedabad Saturday a huge success even as ... Read more...
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New full-time head for ISRO’s commercial arm (Lead)
July 9th, 2011 - 7:37 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, July 9 (IANS) Senior space scientist V.S. Hegde was Saturday named the first full-time head of Antrix Corporation, the Indian space agency's commercial arm, to aggressively tap growing ... Read more...
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Scientists discover new type of mineral in historic meteorite
April 6th, 2011 - 2:17 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, April 6 (ANI): Scientists have discovered a new mineral named 'Wassonite' in one of the most historically significant meteorites recovered in Antarctica in December 1969.The new mineral was found within the ... Read more...
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NASA finds 1,235 planets that could have extra-terrestrial lifeforms
March 30th, 2011 - 5:41 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 30 (ANI): Astronomers at NASA have spent the last two years scouring the Milky Way for Earth-like planets in their quest for foreign life forms.And they have found 1,235 planets ... Read more...
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Scientist Narlikar named for Maharashtra state award
March 7th, 2011 - 11:17 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, March 7 (IANS) Eminent space scientist and astronomer Jayant Narlikar has been named as the recipient of the prestigious Maharashtra Bhushan 2010, an official said Monday.The award, which ... Read more...
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China sets eyes on Mars
March 2nd, 2011 - 4:58 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, March 2 (IANS) China will upgrade its lunar probe spacecraft for Mars exploration in the future, the country's top space scientist has said.Modifications will be carried out on the ... Read more...
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‘Fishing net’ to collect space debris
February 3rd, 2011 - 4:56 pm ICT by IANS
London, Feb 3 (IANS) Japan's space agency and a 100-year-old fishing net company have designed a huge net to collect space junk, a British report said.
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and ... Read more...
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Moon ‘has Earth-like core’
January 7th, 2011 - 1:26 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 07 (ANI): A NASA research team has revealed that Moon has a core similar to Earth's after applying state-of-the-art seismological techniques to Apollo-era data.Uncovering details about the lunar core is ... Read more...
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India mulls developing 90-seater civilian aircraft
December 30th, 2010 - 8:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS) A grant of Rs.49.56 crore has been made for conducting a feasibility study for an indigenous 90-seater civilian plane to fly on regional and feeder routes, an ... Read more...
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Feasibility study for 90-seat Indian civilian aircraft
December 29th, 2010 - 8:15 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) A high-powered committee under space scientist G. Madhavan Nair is conducting a feasibility study for an indigenous 90-seat civilian plane to fly on regional and feeder routes, ... Read more...
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Senior space scientist describes GSLV failure “a tragic incident”
December 25th, 2010 - 10:38 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Dec.25 (ANI): Senior space scientist Professor Yashpal described the failure of the GSAT-5P communication satellite launch today as a very tragic incident.In his first reaction to the failure of ... Read more...
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81-year-old to sail around the world
October 4th, 2010 - 4:28 pm ICT by IANS
Kochi, Oct 4 (IANS) Eightyone-year-old V. Radhakrishnan, who is an eminent radio astronomer and the son of Nobel Laureate C.V. Raman, is all set to sail around the world from here within ... Read more...
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Kalam to be honoured by Canadian university
September 23rd, 2010 - 1:34 pm ICT by IANS
By Gurmukh Singh
Toronto, Sep 23 (IANS) A top Canadian university will confer an honorary doctorate degree on former Indian president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam next week.The University of Waterloo, in the city of ... Read more...
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Mars had ‘recent’ interaction with water and volcanoes, finds study
September 10th, 2010 - 3:05 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sept 10 (ANI): Liquid water has interacted with the Martian surface throughout the planet's history and into modern times, according to data from NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander.The research also offers new ... Read more...
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Medical college in Kalpana Chawla’s name coming up in Karnal
July 27th, 2010 - 8:43 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, July 27 (IANS) Karnal town in Haryana, from where Indian-origin astronaut Kalpana Chawla hailed, will soon have a medical college in her memory.
Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda Tuesday announced that ... Read more...
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GSLV mission: Scientists say cryogenic engine had ignited
April 18th, 2010 - 4:53 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, April 18 (IANS) A team of Indian space scientists has established that the indigenously built cryogenic engine had ignited for a second during the failed GSLV mission Thursday.
"This took place ... Read more...
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Haryana to have three new medical colleges
April 15th, 2010 - 9:00 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, April 15 (IANS) Three new medical colleges, including one in memory of Kalpana Chawla, the first Indian-origin woman in space, will be opened in Haryana to provide better health care to ... Read more...
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GSLV-D3 to blast off on April 15
April 11th, 2010 - 1:23 pm ICT by ANI
Sriharikota (AP), Apr 11 (ANI): The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is gearing up to launch the GSLV-D3, its new Geo-synchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle with indigenously developed cryogenic engine on April ... Read more...
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India to launch advanced communication satellite April 15 (Second Lead)
April 7th, 2010 - 10:28 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, April 7 (IANS) India will launch an advanced geostationary communication satellite April 15, using for the first time an indigenously built cryogenic engine in a heavier rocket and thus join ... Read more...
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India set to launch heavy communication satellite April 15 (Lead)
April 7th, 2010 - 9:11 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, April 7 (IANS) India is all ready to launch its heavy geostationary communication satellite April 15 using the indigenously built cryogenic engine and thus join the elite space club of ... Read more...
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India plans to launch 10 satellites every year
March 31st, 2010 - 12:00 pm ICT by IANS
By Fakir Balaji
Bangalore, March 31 (IANS) Indian space scientists and engineers are bracing up to launch an average of 10 satellites per year to meet the rising demand for various space ... Read more...
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Radiation from thunderstorms can equal 400 chest x-rays for airplane passengers
March 6th, 2010 - 2:57 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, March 6 (ANI): In a new study, scientists have found that airplane passengers flying near thunderstorms could be exposed to dangerously high levels of radiation in the form of terrestrial ... Read more...
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India building antenna for satellite phone services National/Technology
February 1st, 2010 - 7:05 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Feb 1 (IANS) India is building a dedicated high-beam, antenna to provide satellite phone services, a senior space scientist said Monday.
"We are in the process of building a high-beam antenna ... Read more...
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Indian rockets study solar eclipse, effect on atmosphere (Lead)
January 15th, 2010 - 9:22 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore/Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 15 (IANS) India Friday launched six "sounding" rockets - rockets carrying instruments to measure the physical parameters of the upper atmosphere - to study the millennium's longest annular ... Read more...
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‘Space technology holds key to challenges facing India’
January 4th, 2010 - 8:10 pm ICT by IANS
By Fakir Balaji
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 4 (IANS) Space technology and its applications can help India meet its food and energy security needs, a top space scientist said here Monday."Space technology and applications ... Read more...
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Aurora borealis can sometimes produce spectacular explosions of light
December 18th, 2009 - 2:09 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, December 18 (ANI): A network of cameras deployed around the Arctic in support of NASA's THEMIS mission has discovered that sometimes, vast curtains of the aurora borealis collide, producing spectacular outbursts ... Read more...
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