New Delhi, November 25, 2021: Indian researchers studying an unnamed glacier in one of the less explored region in the upper Kali Ganga valley, Pithoragarh district, Uttarakhand, India, have reported that the glacier had abruptly changed its main course. It is for the first time that such change in course has been reported from a Himalayan […]
Category: Technology
Indian researchers develop better therapeutics to treat Autism Spectrum Disorder
New Delhi, November 20, 2021: A group of Indian researchers have developed a compound called “6BIO” that can provide a better method to treat Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). They have determined the potency of the compound in a pre-clinical mice model. This is the first compound that has been proved in pre-clinical evaluation to have the […]
Indian astronomers develop methodology to understand the Exoplanets accurately
New Delhi, November 19, 2021: Indian astronomers have developed an algorithm that can increase the accuracy of data from exoplanets by reducing the contamination by the Earth’s atmosphere and the disturbances due to instrumental effects and other factors. This algorithm, called the critical noise treatment algorithm, can help to study the environment of exoplanets with […]
Partial Eclipse of the Moon on 19 November, 2021, Visible in India
New Delhi, November 18, 2021: A partial eclipse of the Moon will occur on 19 November, 2021 (28 Kartika, 1943 Saka Era).From India, just after moonrise, ending of partial phase of the eclipse will be visible for a very short span of time from extreme north eastern parts of Arunachal Pradesh and Assam. According to […]
Girl behind Solar Ironing Cart asks the world to move towards clean energy
New Delhi, November 17, 2021: A 15-year-old girl from Tamil Nadu, who was recognized Earth Day Network Rising Star 2021 (USA) for her idea of ‘Solar Ironing Cart’, has exhorted the world to move towards clean energy during the recently concluded COP 26. Vinisha Umashankar, a class 10 student from Tiruvannamalai district of Tamil Nadu […]
Sundaram Verma: Journey of an innovator to an innovation influencer
New Delhi, November 15, 2021: Grassroots innovator turned social worker and noted environmentalist Sundaram Verma who grew over 50,000 trees in the arid Shekawati region of Rajasthan using a water saving technique ‘dryland agroforestry’ that requires only 1 litre of water per tree once, then it leaves the seedling to grow has been conferred with […]
Tea Board cracks down on substandard imports
New Delhi, November 14, 2021: Centre has taken a strict step to ensure that sub-standard teas are not imported and distributed in India and Tea board is leading it. A notification in this regard has been issued on November 11, 2021. As per the directions of the Minister of Commerce and Industries, four circulars have […]
CSIR in collaboration of UT of Ladakh to start commercial cultivation of sea buckthorn berry
New Delhi, November 11, 2021: Lt. Governor Ladakh R.K. Mathur on November 3, 2021, met Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology; Minister of State (Independent Charge) Earth Sciences; MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh and thanked the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) under […]
Indian Astronomers find new method to study environment of extra solar planets using polarization of light
New Delhi, November 10, 2021: Indian Astronomers have found a new method to understand the atmosphere of extra solar planets. They have shown that planets going around stars other than the Sun can be studied by observing the polarization of light and studying polarization signatures. These polarization signatures or variations in scattering intensity of light […]
IREDA launches ‘Whistle Blower’ portal
New Delhi, November 9, 2021: Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Ltd. (IREDA), a PSU under the Ministry of New & Renewable Energy (MNRE) on November 2, 2021, launched a ‘Whistle-blower Portal’, as a part of ‘Vigilance Awareness Week 2021’. The portal was launched by Pradip Kumar Das, Chairman & Managing Director (CMD), IREDA and Dr. […]