Science and Technology

India Welcomes First Civilian Space Tourist Gopichand Thotakura

Gopichand Thotakura, India's first civilian space tourist, received a warm welcome in Delhi upon his return on August 26, 2024. Thotakura made history by joining Blue Origin’s New Shepard-25 (NS-25) mission, founded by Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, becoming the second Indian...

SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn Mission: The First Private Spacewalk

SpaceX's upcoming Polaris Dawn mission is set to make history as the first private spacewalk. Scheduled for launch on August 26, 2024, at 3:38 a.m. EDT (0738 GMT), this five-day expedition will be led by American billionaire Jared Isaacman, who...

DRDO Successfully Test Long Range Glide Bomb ‘GAURAV’ From Su-30 MK-1

The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) on August 13, 2024 successfully carried out the maiden flight test of the long-range glide bomb (LRGB) Gaurav from a Su-30 MK-I fighter jet of the Indian Air Force. About GAURAV Gaurav is...

ISRO’s EOS-08 Satellite Launch: Marking 55 Years of Space Exploration

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is set to celebrate its 55th foundation day on August 15, 2024, with a significant milestone - the launch of the Earth Observation Satellite-08 (EOS-08). This event not only commemorates ISRO's long-standing contribution to...

Women Show The Way In Living Organ Donation As 2023 Sees Highest Ever Transplants

Women led the way in living organ donation, offering patients suffering from end-stage organ failure a new lease of life. Data released by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare show that the number of women living donors was 9,784 last year compared...

India Selects Crew for Axiom-4 Mission to ISS

India has announced the selection of two astronauts, Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla and Group Captain Prasanth Balakrishnan Nair, for the upcoming Axiom-4 mission to the International Space Station (ISS). This mission represents a significant step in strengthening human spaceflight cooperation...

SpaceX And NASA Set Crew-9 Launch For August 18

SpaceX and NASA said on July 26, they plan to launch the space agency's Crew-9 mission to the International Space Station (ISS) no earlier than Aug. 18. The announcement comes a day after the Federal Aviation administration cleared SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket to return...

OpenAI Launches SearchGPT, A New Era in AI-Powered Search

In a bold move that could reshape the landscape of internet search, OpenAI, the company behind the revolutionary ChatGPT, has announced the development of an AI-powered search engine called SearchGPT. This initiative represents a significant challenge to Google's dominance in...

Mankind Pharma Acquires Bharat Serums and Vaccines For Rs 13,600 Crore

Mankind Pharma has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a 100 per cent stake in Bharat Serums and Vaccines (BSV) from Advent International. It is one of the world’s largest and most experienced private equity investors, for an enterprise...

Discovery of Lithium Resources in Mandya and Yadgiri Districts, Karnataka by AMD

The Atomic Minerals Directorate for Exploration and Research (AMD), a unit of the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), has identified lithium resources in the Mandya and Yadgiri districts of Karnataka. Union Minister of State Dr. Jitendra Singh announced the discovery...