Pressurized Heavy Water Reactors to Boost India’s Nuclear Energy

India’s nuclear power sector gets a boost under the flagship “Make in India” projects, with Cabinet giving approval, on Wednesday 17 May 2017, for construction of 10 units of India’s…

Katra-Banihal Rail Project to have World’s Tallest Bridge & Asia’s Longest Tunnel

Katra-Banihal Rail Project, the toughest in the India’s engineering history, involving construction of 27 bridges-including the tallest rail bridge in the world, and 37 tunnels-including one-more than 12 km tunnel-the…

India Gifts South Asia Satellite for Inclusive Development of Region

GSAT-9, the South Asia Satellite, India’s gift to its neighbors, was launched by GSLV-F09 on Friday, May 05, 2017 from the Second Launch Pad (SLP) at Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR…

Disaster Risk Mitigation Initiatives to Make India Resilient by 2030

“Disaster Risk Reduction for Sustainable Development: Making India resilient by 2030”, was the theme of second meeting of National Platform on Disaster Risk Reduction(NPDRR), that was inaugurated by its Head,…

International Space Station a rare example of American and Russian International Cooperation

Roscosmos launched Soyuz MS-04 spacecraft,at 0713 GMT from its Launch Pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on April 20, 2017, the first two-man crew launch to International Space Station…

Melting Glaciers and Increasing Global Warming

The abnormal rise in global warming with temperature of the earth increasing by 2 degree, thereby accelerating pace of melting glaciers have set alarm bells ringing. The Paris climate conference…

India’s Progress in Field of Science & Technology

India’s progress in field of science and technology can be gauged from the historic achievement of launching Mangalyaan, the Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), to the Mars with precise technology and strategy.…

Green Urban Transport Scheme

Green Urban Transport Scheme (GUTS) is an idea whose time has come, because the way, the veins and the arteries of cities are being choked due to abnormal rise in…

Intermittent Eruptions Observed on India’s Only Active Volcano

Barren Island Volcano, India’s only active volcano is erupting once again and spewing smoke, lava and ash as observed closely, by scientists from CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography (CSIR-NIO), Goa; on…

ISRO Scripts History Again by Launching 104 Satellites at One Go

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) with successful launch, on Wednesday the 15 May 2017, of a record 104 satellites and putting them into orbit in a single mission on board…