Science
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ISRO gearing up for launch of small rocket SSLV on Aug 7
Chennai: India’s newest rocket, the 34 metre tall and weighing 120 ton Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) will lift off from…
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Presumed extinct plant species rediscovered after 188 years in Himachal
Shimla: Researchers from the Botanical Survey of India in Dehradun and Himachal Pradesh University in Shimla on Thursday said they have…
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India-born scientist elected to US National Academy of Sciences
New Delhi: Kamal Bawa, a noted, Indian born, conservation biologist and president of the Bengaluru-based Ashoka Trust for Research and Ecology…
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Journeys in the ‘Fourth Dimension’: Time Travel in fiction and its variations
The most plaintive words, across languages, could be “If I could turn back time/the clock”. While what the future will…
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Antarctic Ozone Hole 13th Largest on Record
The 2021 Antarctic ozone hole reached its maximum area on October 7 and is now the 13th largest since 1979,…
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Starting 2022, India to Undertake River Dolphins Census Every 3 Years
From this year, India would embark on a scientific enumeration of dolphins – to be carried out every three years…
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Biodiversity COP from Monday, Ambiguity about India’s Targets Achieved
The 15th Conference of Parties to the 1992 UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP) starts on Monday at China’s…
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Indian-American Astronaut Part of SpaceX Crew-3 Mission
An Indian-American astronaut is part of NASA-SpaceX’s third mission to the International Space Station. “NASA’s SpaceX Crew-3 mission will carry…
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Urban Heat Islands Leading to Increased Vulnerable Population
A new study of more than 13,000 cities worldwide has found that the number of person-days in which inhabitants are…
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Why IMD is Still Tracking Shaheen Long After it is Away from Indian Coast?
More than two days after the Severe Cyclonic Storm Shaheen moved well away from Dwarka on India’s western coast, the…
