Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding deterioration of Nayar river, Uttarakhand, 05/06/2025

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Nayar river is vanishing - a yatra reveals conservation goes beyond science and policy" appearing in ‘The Down To Earth’ dated 03.06.2025. The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Nayar …

PSLV-C16 launch today

The 54-hour countdown that began at 3.40 a.m. on April 18 for the launch of the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C16) from the space station at Sriharikota on Wednesday is in smooth progress, according to Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) spokesperson S. Sathish.

Chokkasandra chokes without water

Residents of Chokkasandra, a locality in Dasarahalli, share a common mission with their illustrious neighbour - Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). Both of them are on a mission to look for water, just that they are looking for the resource at different places. While the ISRO Telemetry, Tracking and Command …

Haryana only state to issue soil health cards

If Gujarat has the distinction of achieving a record 9.6 per cent growth in agriculture, Haryana has the unique feature of being the only state in the country which has issued soil health cards to its farmers and has soil fertility maps for its entire agriculture land in the state. …

ISRO scientists keen on smooth launch next week

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: On Wednesday began an awaited five-day sabbatical for ISRO units in the city courtesy the election, a national holiday, a festival and the weekend, but space scientists here nonetheless are keeping their fingers crossed for the PSLV C-16 launch planned for next week. The PSLV C-16 mission is slated …

Indian scientists: missing in action

The role of science in Indian democracy is being revisited with a new intensity. The only problem is that the key players are missing in action I suspect Indian scientists have retired hurt to the pavilion. They were exposed to some nasty public scrutiny on a deal made by a …

ISRO finds cave in moon

ISRO scientists here have discovered a giant underground cave on the moon that they say could be used as a base by astronauts on future manned missions to earth

Scientists fuel green dreams in Raj desert

Ajmer: A group of top scientists of the country are pooling in their minds here to help the state fight its arid zones. According to the scientists, remote sensing and geomatics

Warming due to cosmic ray inactivity: Rao

AFTER the debate on Himalayan glaciers, India is, once again, stepping in to stir up the debate on global-warming causes. In a paper published by the environment ministry, physicist and former chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation, UR Rao, has argued that decreasing cosmic ray activity, a natural phenomenon, …

ISRO to launch three satellites

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will launch three satellites PSLV C-16, PSLV C-17 and Resourcesat-2 as well as a series of other communication satellites during the next year, said ISRO Chairman K Radhakrishnan. Speaking to Deccan Herald on the sidelines of IMTEX 2011, here on Thursday, he said the …

Micro-satellite made by IIT to be launched this year

The students work- ing on the project said that they are in the final stage of testing and hope to get the satellite ready for launch within a month. MUMBA ratham -a satel lite made indigenously by over 300 students of the Indian Institute of Technology, Powai

ISRO teams analysing data to pinpoint GSLV failure

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) was analysing data from the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-F06) that exploded just after launch on Saturday to know what caused the disaster even as a veteran space scientist vouched for the robustness of the indigenous launch vehicle.The ISRO said an expert committee is …

ISRO to launch GSAT-5P

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is all set to launch GSAT-5P, a communication satellite to replace aged INSAT-2E, on December 20 from Sriharikota using a geosynchronous satellite launch vehicle (GSLV). According to ISRO director for publications and PR S Satish, this is the heaviest satellite ISRO is launching using …

Isro team in Bengal brew belt - Satellites to improve management and yield

Jalpaiguri, Dec. 5: A team of Indian Space Research Organisation scientists has arrived in north Bengal to conduct ground-based surveys of tea gardens before using remote sensing satellites to map the estates. The survey is part of a project expected to help tea growers in north Bengal improve the management …

Deforestation, change in land use pattern affect climate change

Massive deforestation and change in land use pattern have affected the climatic conditions all over the world. It has led to rise in global temperature by one to two degree Celsius thus causing climate change and global warming. Expressing concern over climate change at national symposium on "Climate Change Research, …

No pact likely on US commercial satellite launch by ISRO

With the US still in the process of finalising export reforms on commercial satellites by restructuring the US Munitions List on spacecraft, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is not expecting to see a much anticipated Commercial Satellites Launch Agreement (CSLA) inked during the visit of US President Barack Obama …

Tourism to the moon could be a reality by 2025, says former ISRO chief

Tourism to the moon could well be a reality by the year 2025, provided space technology is upgraded to the level, desired for the purpose, former ISRO chairman G Madhvan Nair said here on Thursday. Nair added that for doing this, technological endevours are underway for developing spacecraft like rockets, …

IIT-Kanpur's nano-satellite to be launched next year

Jugnu, the nanosatellite developed by IIT Kanpur, is expected to be launched in the first half of the next year.

Expert for space tech in farm sector

Hyderabad, Sept. 27: The director of the National Remote Sensing Centre of the Indian Space Research Organisation, Dr V. Jayaraman, said space technology can be of great help in promoting agriculture, food security and health in India.

Gujarat model of using GIS for NREGA implementation gets pat

New Delhi: Impressed with work done by Gujarat in use of geographic information system, a central expert group has recommended the state

World is watching ISRO's achievements

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Foreign countries are keenly watching the development of launch vehicle technology in Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) which has made notable achievements in aerospace technology, S. Anantha Narayanan, Director, National Physical Oceanographic Laboratory (NPOL), has said. Inaugurating the Seventh National Seminar on

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