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Back to the future: Govt launches national contest to recreate India’s traditional astronomy tools

Indian Knowledge Systems division calls students & firms to recreate astronomical instruments mentioned in classical Sanskrit texts. Selected instruments could be showcased to startups.

Space race meets reality TV: Indians can now compete for a seat on a suborbital flight

In an exclusive interview, the founders of SERA say interested astronaut candidates from India can register now.

This Gaganyaan astronaut-designate’s MTech thesis could be a big deal for world’s space travel goals

Indian Air Force group captain Prasanth Nair's research on Inflatable Aerodynamic Decelerators in his M.Tech may provide a solution to one the biggest challenges of space travel.

In last 3 decades, Ganga dried up at highest rate in 1,000 yrs. ‘It’s not just climate change’

Through streamflow reconstructions for 1,300 yrs using instrumental data & hydrological modelling, IIT Gandhinagar study shows Ganga 'drying from 1991-2020 is unmatched in past millennium'.

Academics write to Modi opposing Israel’s exclusion from intl olympiad—‘undermines India as neutral host’

Decision to exclude country from IOAA taken by board comprising representatives from all countries. Its current president is Aniket Sule of Tata Institute of Fundamental Research.

‘No senior IAS wants to be science secy’—Union minister says bureaucracy holding back innovation in India

Speaking at the launch of a Niti Aayog report, Science and Technology Minister Jitendra Singh says 'many state governments in India are not taking innovation very seriously…'.

Science is leaving behind women, non-English speakers. We must level the field

Scientific productivity is often measured by the researcher’s number of publications in English. But this metric overlooks the challenges faced by many researchers around the world.

A brand-new energy source—it uses salinity difference between river & seawater

Osmotic energy, created by the difference in salinity between river water and seawater, is emerging as a promising source of renewable electricity. Unlike wind...

AI is introducing new risks in biotechnology. It can undermine trust in science

The very tools that accelerate discovery can also introduce new risks of accidental release or deliberate misuse of biological agents, technologies and knowledge.

Gravitational waves proved Einstein right 10 yrs ago. Now, black holes are taking us further

Future gravitational wave observations will allow us to test more exotic scientific theories, and maybe even probe the missing components of the universe—dark matter and dark energy.

On Camera

India must fight terror but avoid being seen as acting at America’s behest: G Parthasarathy

On 19 June 2004, G Parthasarathy, India's former Ambassador to several countries, spoke at the Nani Palkhivala Memorial Lecture, examining India’s foreign policy challenges in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks.

Niti Aayog recommends fully decriminalising 12 offences under new I-T Act to ‘foster more trust’

Recommendations appear in Niti Aayog’s Tax Policy Working Paper Series–II. It says there is a need to shift away from fear-based enforcement to trust-based governance.

India, UK sign £350 mn deal for Martlet. What are these Lightweight Multirole Missiles

In service with the British military since 2019, it is also known as the Martlet missile. Ukrainians have also deployed these missiles against Russian troops.

CJI, IPS, IAS & Homebound: A wake-up call 75 years in the making

Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.