A. Rajarajan, Director, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, displays a scale model of the crew module for the Gaganyaan programme on August 25, 2025. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The first Integrated Air Drop Test (IADT-01) conducted successfully at Sriharikota on Sunday (August 24, 2025) marks an important step for Gaganyaan, India’s keenly watched programme for … Read more
The new method developed by the Indian Institute of Astrophysics and the Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie, France, is said to open the door to more realistic simulations of stellar spectra. A researcher from the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA), working with collaborators from Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie, France, have … Read more
As the world’s digital appetite grows, so does its energy bill. Data centres — the backbone of streaming, e-commerce, artificial intelligence, and cloud services— already consume around 1–1.13% of global electricity and are projected to use far more in the coming years. Nearly 40% of this power goes into cooling the massive server farms, … Read more
Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla waves upon his arrival at the airport, in Lucknow on August 25, 2025 | Photo Credit: PTI Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla arrived in Lucknow on Monday (August 25, 2025) amid a rousing welcome by children and admirers. Uttar Pradesh deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak was present at the airport to welcome … Read more
Damage from non-native plants and animals expanding into new ecosystems has cost society more than $2.2 trillion worldwide, a new study by an international team of researchers has said. Published in Nature Ecology & Evolution, the study used numbers from InvaCost, a public database that records the economic costs of biological invasions by country, and … Read more
In this image posted on August 24, 2025, ISRO embarks on the first integrated air drop test (IADT-1) of its Gaganyaan programme. Photo: ISRO via PTI The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully carried out its first Integrated Air Drop Test (IADT-1), a critical milestone in preparations for the country’s maiden human spaceflight programme, Gaganyaan, … Read more
Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla addresses the felicitation ceremony of Gaganyatris, in New Delhi, on August 24, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI Astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla on Sunday (August 24, 2025) said he grew up as a “shy and reserved” person and while young, he never dreamt of flying to space. Shukla, who spoke at an IAF … Read more
Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Anil Chauhan and Chief of the Air Staff (CAS) Air Chief Marshal AP Singh with four Gaganyatris during the felicitation ceremony in New Delhi on August 24, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday (August 24, 2025) said Gaganyaan mission … Read more
Project members Saravanan Palani and Jayanti Kumari. | Photo Credit: Special arrangement One of biology’s biggest mysteries is how simple cells evolved into the complex cells we see in animals, plants, and fungi. Simple cells like bacteria and archaea usually have fewer parts and simpler machinery. Eukaryotic cells, on the other hand, have elaborate internal … Read more
