Counter affidavit on behalf of Chief Municipal Engineer, Patna Nagar Nigam in the matter of Saurav Narayan Vs Bihar Pollution Control Board & Others dated May 20, 2025. The report said that the corporation has been diligently performing its statutory duties within the limitations of the available resources and infrastructure. …
Mumbai: India’s top nuke scientist, P K Iyengar, 80, who designed the first atomic bomb which was detonated at Pokhran in 1974, and a staunch opponent of the Indo-US nuclear deal, passed away at the BARC hospital in Trombay at 3.25pm on Wednesday. He became director of BARC in 1984 …
The most Earth-like planet ever discovered is orbiting a Sun-like star 600 light years away, every 290 days. US’s Nasa (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) said the Kepler space telescope confirmed its first-ever planet — Kepler-22b — in a habitable zone outside our solar system. It is 2.4 times the …
Even as Kerala and Tamil Nadu battle it out over the Mullaperiyar Dam, there are at least 100 large dams in the country which are over one hundred years old and call for urgent steps and legal mechanism to ensure the safety of people and the structures. Himanshu Thakkar of …
BHUBANESWAR: Chief Secretary BK Patnaik on Tuesday asked various departments to explore the possibility of using fly ash as a sub-base material for construction of roads and land development to enhance their productive use. Presiding over a meeting on formulation of guidelines for utilization of fly-ash, the Chief Secretary said …
Chandigarh: Congress MP from Gurdaspur, Partap Singh Bajwa on Monday raised the issue of deteriorating groundwater level in Punjab in the Lok Sabha and informed the House that the groundwater use has went up by 89 per cent since the beginning of the Green Revolution. The National Geophysical Research Institute …
For the first time, scientists have discovered shifting sand dunes and ripples all over Mars, a finding which suggests strong winds keep the sandy surface of the Red Planet much more active than ever imagined. Images captured by NASA spacecraft Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter showed wind-blown sand dunes moving across the …
As the world continues to pump greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, the global temperatures could rise by 3°C by mid-century, says a soon-to-be-released report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Extreme weather events will become even more intense. Erratic monsoons and severe cyclones have already battered large parts of …
An award-winning pioneering physicist is setting up a local research centre with the aim of producing the next Nobel laureate from India. Will he succeed? The scientific community is not excited and the debate extends to the quality of research at India’s science institutions, including the IITs. Ahona Ghosh researches …
As a precursor to the installation of the Stratosphere-Troposphere Radar (ST-Radar) for atmospheric study in the Himalayan region, the Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES), Nainital, will organise a fortnight-long science awareness programme titled Radar Probing of the Atmosphere, to create awareness among young scientists about the science, beginning …
Panaji: Nearly 28 years after it set up the first permanent research station in the South Polar region, India is all set to commission and occupy a third such station in Antarctica by March next year. After the station named 'Bharti' becomes operational, India will join the league of select …
In an effort to tap potential and boost research, the Department of Science and Technology (DST) has proposed a “start-up grant” for Indian scientists working abroad who are willing to return home to pursue scientific research in India. “Indian scientists working abroad who take up a position in any publicly …
After facing a space crunch in the dumping grounds of the city, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has requested buildings to dispose or manage the garbage they generate within its premises by using methods of composting or utilise it for generation of bio-gas. The BMC recently sent letters to some …
New Delhi: The system for air quality forecasting and research (SAFAR) that was used to monitor and forecast air quality and weather conditions at various venues during the Commonwealth Games last October is now being installed across the city. The project, that received a letter of excellence as the first …
Following a direction by the Prime Minister, the Department of Atomic Energy on Wednesday constituted a 15-member group of independent experts to answer questions of protesters at the Koodankulam nuclear power project site in Tamil Nadu. The 15-member group, that includes experts from outside DAE, has been asked to talk …
Methane, the simplest of all alkane and the principal component of natural gas, fired the grey cells of more than 12 experts at a four-day workshop that was inaugurated at the executive centre of the Central Institute of Mining and Fuel Research (CIMFR) on Monday. The programme, titled First Indo-US …
Washington: The first significant ozone hole above the Antarctic is now as big as North America, scientists have claimed. Spanning about 25 million square kilometers, the ozone hole over the South Pole reached its maximum annual size on September 14, becoming the fifth largest on record, they said. The largest …
India's maiden satellite mission to decode monsoon and climate changes was launched today when its polar rocket successfully put an Indo-French satellite into orbit that also proved its reliability for the 19th time in a row. Blasting off in clear weather from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre here, Isro's workhorse …
The Indian Space Research Organisation’s workhorse rocket, Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C18), triumphed once again when it successfully put four satellites in orbit this morning. The satellites are: Megha-Tropiques, an Indo-French satellite to study weather and climate in the tropical region of the world; SRMSat, built by students of SRM …
Since its establishment in February 2003 the Uttarakhand Bio Technology Department has undertaken different works for facilitating conservation of the State’s ecology, environment and rich bio-diversity while encouraging bio technology research and related industries. According to the Bio Technology director JMS Rana, the department established plant tissue culture laboratories in …
