Cramps can hurt for a few seconds to several minutes. | Photo Credit: Towfiqu Barbhuiya/Unsplash A: A cramp is a sudden, involuntary tightening of a muscle or a group of muscles that a person can’t immediately relax. Because the muscle locks up all at once, it often feels like a sharp knot and can hurt … Read more
The health and wellbeing of adolescents across the world has reached a tipping point, a Lancet Commission report has found, with focus on obesity, overweight, and mental disorders as significant causes for concern. Developed by 44 Commissioners across geographies and disciplines with inputs from 10 youth Commissioners, the report projects that in 2030, 42 million … Read more
India is the world’s largest groundwater guzzler. It extracted around 245 billion cubic metres (BCM) for irrigating cropland alone in 2011 – about 25% of the world’s groundwater consumption. More recently, as of 2023, the annual groundwater recharge was around 449 BCM while the extraction rate was 241 BCM, meaning India is drawing roughly 60% … Read more
The story so far: A major new investigation by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism published by The Hindu has revealed that cancer drugs shipped around the world to more than 100 countries have failed quality tests. But what are these drugs and how are they used? Cancer is a disease characterised by uncontrolled cell growth. … Read more
What the AXIOM-4 Mission aims to achieve at the International Space Station India’s Shubhanshu Shukla and three other astronauts entered the International Space Station to warm hugs from the crew members of the orbital laboratory on Thursday. The space station crew welcomed Axiom-4 mission commander Peggy Whitson as she floated into the station soon after … Read more
Indian Air Force Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla with Crewmates — veteran astronaut Peggy Whitson (U.S.) as commander, Polish engineer Sławosz Uznański, and Hungarian researcher Tibor Kapu — during the welcome ceremony aboard the International Space Station on June 26, 2025. | Photo Credit: X/@Axiom_Space via ANI India’s Shubhanshu Shukla became the 634th astronaut to travel … Read more
IAF Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla carrying a soft toy swan during an in-flight update onboard SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft, on June 26, 2025. | Photo Credit: ANI A new ‘crew’ member of the Axiom-4 mission — a toy swan named Joy — was seen floating in the Dragon spacecraft as astronauts interacted with the mission control … Read more
Daily Quiz | On Charles Messier’s objects 1 / 5 | How many objects are there in the Messier catalogue? 2 / 5 | Messier objects are classified as what? 3 / 5 | M45 is an asterism seen in the constellation Taurus. What is its more common name? 4 / 5 | Which constellation … Read more
Photo taken from NASA youtube channel in which Dragon SpaceX spacecraft being successfully docked at the International Space Station. Photo: Youtube/NASA Dragon spacecraft carrying Shubhanshu Shukla and three other astronauts achieved soft capture with International Space Station on Thursday (June 26, 2025) Soft capture of the Dragon spacecraft took place when the Space Station was … Read more
At 12.01 pm IST on June 25, a crew capsule containing four astronauts, including India’s Group Capt. Shubhanshu Shukla on his first spaceflight, lifted off atop a Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s spaceport in Florida. The lift-off marked the start of the long-awaited Axiom-4 mission. The launch was smooth. By the time the rocket’s two … Read more