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Tuesday, August 12, 2025
TopicSun spacecraft

Topic: Sun spacecraft

After moon landing, India’s 1st space-based mission to study the sun will blast off on 2 Sept

ISRO has invited citizens to witness the launch from the viewing gallery of spaceport Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh, by registering on its website.

NASA & ESA launch joint Solar Orbiter mission to study Sun’s poles

Aiming to conduct detailed measurements of the Sun’s solar wind, the Solar Orbiter lifted off from Cape Canaveral earlier Monday.

NASA mission reveals Sun’s mysteries, could help better predict space weather around Earth

Parker Solar Probe, closest-ever spacecraft to Sun, has transmitted data from unexplored regions of solar atmosphere. Findings published in Nature.

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India is becoming a Republic of RWAs. It’s the most powerful elected body

Civics textbooks need an upgrade, considering that RWAs enforce laws they’ve devised themselves – no matter if it violates a fundamental right or two.

How mining, manufacturing & power sectors weighed on India’s industrial output since January 2024

India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.

Can’t restrict ‘extent of induction’—why SC struck down gender quotas in Army’s JAG recruitment

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has ruled that the Indian Army cannot cap the number of women in its Judge Advocate General (JAG) branch...

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.