Mukta Dhond at her residence in Khar, Mumbai. | Photo Credit: Emmanual Yogini Mukta Dhond has a new monthly ritual. “I have to take my 20 pairs of jeans to the tailor for size alterations,” says the 49-year-old Mumbai-based television producer. A single mother who has been battling obesity for a large part of her … Read more
The Sundarbans is already home to saltwater crocodiles and snake species such as cobras, Russell’s vipers and kraits. | Photo Credit: SHAILENDRA YASHWANT/KSL The Border Security Force (BSF) has come up with a curious idea to prevent infiltration from Bangladesh: releasing reptiles into the rivers that run along the border, The Hindu reported on April … Read more
In 2025, eight Indian satellites were launched and four rocket bodies placed in orbit. | Photo Credit: -file photo In 2025 there were 315 successful space launches with about 4,651 objects placed in orbit. According to the Indian Space Situational Assessment Report (ISSAR) for 2025 released on Wednesday, a maximum number of payloads were deployed … Read more
The Vela pulsar wind nebula. Light blue represents X-ray polarisation data from the NASA Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer. Pink and purple colours correspond to data from the NASA Chandra X-Ray observatory. | Photo Credit: NASA Indian astronomers, including from IIT-Kanpur, have developed a new way to measure distances in the universe using the pulsating cores … Read more
In 2025, eight Indian satellites were launched and four rocket bodies placed in orbit. | Photo Credit: -file photo In 2025 there were 315 successful space launches with about 4,651 objects placed in orbit. According to the Indian Space Situational Assessment Report (ISSAR) for 2025 released on Wednesday, a maximum number of payloads were deployed … Read more
The Human-Rated Launch Vehicle Mark-3 (HLVM3) for Gaganyaan’s first un-crewed flight, at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) in Sriharikota. | Photo Credit: File photo Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairperson Dr V. Narayanan said that the launch date for the first uncrewed mission of Gaganyaan would be announced this week. The HLVM3 G1/ OM1 … Read more
Global semaglutide eligibility criteria based on BMI may not reflect Indian risk patterns, potentially excluding high-risk patients who develop cardiovascular disease at lower body weights |Image used for representational purpose only | Photo Credit: AFP The SELECT trial, led by A. Michael Lincoff and published in The New England Journal of Medicine (2023), showed that … Read more
When cornstarch water is deformed quickly, it behaves like a solid. This series of images shows a hammer pulling a nail out of the mixture. | Photo Credit: A. Baumgarten, K. Kamrin, and J. Bales/MIT If you mix cornstarch and water, you will have a substance that defies common sense. If you punch it with … Read more
A map showing the various ocean currents on the earth. | Photo Credit: Public domain A: The earth formed as a molten world. Around 4 billion years ago, its surface cooled enough for water vapour to condense. Torrential rains then fell for centuries, filling basins to create the first oceans around 3.8 billion years ago. … Read more
In an important milestone, the prototype fast breeder reactor (PFBR) at Kalpakkam achieved criticality on April 6. The term ‘criticality’ is familiar to India: over the decades, it has been associated with the slow and tedious successes of India’s nuclear power programme. At the same time, in keeping with many terms in the nuclear vocabulary, … Read more