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Friday, January 30, 2026
TopicAstrophysics in India

Topic: Astrophysics in India

Indian Institute of Astrophysics to study sunspots’ magnetic field

Research aims to shed light on corona heating, solar wind phenomena.

Pune astronomers identify galaxy in Milky Way’s neighbourhood as ‘explosive factory’ of gamma rays

Kathryn’s Wheel was formed due to collision of 2 galaxies, but study published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters notes that star formation alone doesn't explain gamma ray emission.

Astro labs are the new wave in UP village schools. Delhi man revolutionising physics

Aryan Mishra’s astronomy labs are run in perpetuity by teachers and students. Villages with even a single lab have seen increased overall enrolment in schools.

SM Chitre, stalwart astrophysicist who once shared office with Stephen Hawking, dies at 84

A Padma Bhushan recipient, Shashikumar Madhusudhan Chitre was a former senior professor at TIFR and ex-president of the Astronomical Society of India.

Meet Bala Iyer, theoretical physicist leading advanced gravitational-wave project for India

Bala Iyer, among the project leads for LIGO-India, says India could be a world leader in astrophysics 20 years from now.

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Economic Survey 2025-26 takes global lessons seriously—and shows why Swadeshi is the way to go

The Economic Survey 2025-26 is not a celebration of success, but a measured warning that the traditional paradigms of global economic growth are no longer applicable.

Economic Survey backs skilled visas to give IT services sector a boost, green energy for data centres

The IT services sector contributed more than half of India’s Gross Value Added, serving as a major driver of exports and employment, the Economic Survey 2025-26 has found.

Indian Army ties up with US drone company that made its name in the Ukraine conflict

Shield AI will provide V-BAT vertical takeoff & landing drones along with licences for software, which will be integrated into aircraft and made available to select Indian partners.

Non-alignment is coming back in a new avatar: Trump-peedit alliance

No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.