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ISRO not giving up on Vikram lander yet, efforts to reestablish communication still on

ISRO had suspended search operations 10 days ago when the lunar night began. The space agency lost contact seconds before Vikram Lander was scheduled to land on the moon.

Something is killing galaxies, and scientists are on the case

Where galaxies live in the universe and how they interact with their surroundings are major influences on their ability to form stars.

India’s first indigenous fuel cell a silent, green alternative to noisy diesel generators

The fuel cell has been developed by the CSIR in partnership with Thermax Ltd, a Pune-based engineering firm.

Why the new UN report on climate change is alarming for India’s fishing ecosystem & oceans

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report, with contributions from over 100 scientists, says heatwaves in oceans have globally doubled in 30 yrs.

NASA says Chandrayaan-2’s Vikram had a hard landing, releases images of site

The Vikram module had attempted a soft landing on the lunar south pole on 7 September. It lost communication with ISRO moments before India could achieve the feat.

Climate fight goes into orbit with satellites monitoring carbon emissions

Satellites for Climate Action is a collaboration between Bloomberg, California Governor Gavin Newsom and Planet Labs to seek data needed to combat climate change.

Biochar could be the solution to crop burning that Indian farmers were waiting for

Biochar, which is produced by burning organic matter without oxygen, can help tackle crop burning and air pollution.

GM brinjals are helping Bangladesh farmers earn more, save more, study finds

The study was conducted by US-based International Food Policy Research Institute and the Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute, a government agency.

Move over Mars & Moon, we need to get back to Venus – the planet almost exactly like Earth

If scientists can understand why Venus turned out the way it did, we’ll know whether an Earth-sized world is the rule or the exception.

Don’t go by global Red List on animals at risk. They mislabel many

The Red List is the only one of its kind. But it can be inaccurate because it fails to acknowledge uncertainty.

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Indian industry in Bangladesh is staring at a void. New Delhi must give line of credit to Dhaka

For New Delhi, SAFTA and CEPA will be critical. Such frameworks could institutionalise economic ties with Bangladesh, making them resilient to political disruptions.


You can’t ‘wish away’ China, India must balance economic & security considerations, says Sanjeev Sanyal

Sanyal, an economist & member of the Economic Advisory Council to PM, also suggests that if India is to import parts from China, why not allow Chinese companies to manufacture in India.

Compete, coexist, confront & contest: Army chief General Dwivedi says on dealing with China

Referring to current situation, General Upendra Dwivedi says it is stable but not normal; instead, sensitive. He adds the diplomatic side can only come up with certain options.

Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?