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 …
Defence cooperation also comes up for discussion India and the Republic of Korea here on Monday inked an agreement for cooperation in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, taking to completion the in-principle agreement announced in Hanoi last year on the sidelines of the Asean-India Summit. After a restricted meeting …
Chief minister Tarun Gogoi today released the Flood Hazard Atlas of Assam. The atlas, a database generated over the past 10 years (1998-2007), provides the spatial extent of flood inundation and frequency of occurrence, that were used to generate the flood hazard maps. The database estimated that nearly 2.2 million …
For the first time in the history of the Indian Space Research Organisation, three senior women scientists will monitor and carry out crucial manoeuvres of the communication satellite GSAT-12 which was launched on Friday. Project Director of GSAT-12 T K Anuradha, Mission Director Pramodha Hegde and Operations Director K S …
Isro launches communications satellite GSAT-12 from Sriharikota India notched another milestone in its space programme on Friday evening when it successfully launched a heavy-duty rocket that placed a major communications satellite in space. A beaming Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) Chief K. Radhakrishnan told reporters after the 4.48 pm launch …
Easing restrictions on the use and circulation of high-resolution satellite imagery, the government has decided to make remote sensing data and images up to one metre resolution freely available to anyone on demand. Previously, only images up to 5.8 metre resolution were available freely. Government users, like ministries, research organisations, …
A detailed national inventory of wetlands has been prepared on the basis of satellite imagery by ISRO, highlighting the areas of critical ecological significance and those which are facing extreme threat due to developmental activities. This is for the first time in India that the city-based Space Application Centre (SAC), …
Siliguri, June 17: A first-of-its-kind study to prepare an inventory of the Himalayan glaciers in the Indian sub-continent has revealed a loss in the glacial cover in the Teesta basin in the past fourteen years and the absence of snow in the sub-basins of the river like the Rangit. The …
Need for engaging private research firms: ISRO Chairman TIRUNELVELI: The Indian Space Research Organisation, which has planned to put three satellites into the orbit with its Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle before end of this year, will send its GSAT -14 with its indigenously developed Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle D-5 during …
SEVENTY-five per cent of the Himalayan glaciers are thinning, states a recent analysis of satellite pictures taken by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). But before the alarm button is pressed, more detailed studies must be conducted, say scientists. Of the 10,000 glaciers present in the Himalayan ecosystem, ISRO studied …
AHMEDABAD: Union minister for environment and forests Jairam Ramesh declared on Wednesday that a comprehensive mapping of all coastal regulatory zone (CRZ) violations would be undertaken soon. The project would be undertaken by Isro's SAC in Ahmedabad. "The coastal mapping of industrial projects would be undertaken to zero in on …
AHMEDABAD: It is official now. Gujarat has one of the largest wetland covers in the country. Of the 10 million hectares of wetland in India, three million hectares are in Gujarat alone. This fact has been highlighted in a comprehensive study carried out by the Space Application Centre (SAC) of …
The Indian Space Research Organisation workhorse PSLV (polar satellite launch vehicle) will launch 12 foreign satellites in the orbit during the next two years. An ISRO official said this here today in a press meeting attended by organisation chairman K Radhakrishnan, former ISRO chairmen UR Rao and Madhavan Nair, space …
A dedicated centre for climate and weather research exclusively for the North East embedded with an integrated mechanism involving MET and ISRO is what experts involved in aviation sector is banking on to reduce flying hazards in the region. Experts including those from the Indian Air Force expressed their opinion …
After losing two communication satellites last year, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) looks forward to the launch of its communication satellite, GSAT-8, at 2.08 a.m. (IST) on May 21. Arianespace's Ariane-V rocket will put the satellite in orbit after lift-off from Kourou in French Guiana.
Bangalore: A comprehensive study of Isro satellite images reveals 75% of Himalayan glaciers are on the retreat, with the average shrinkage being 3.75km during the 15 years under study. The grim findings come after raging controversy over claims in the 2007 IPCC report of Himalayan glaciers disappearing by 2035, which …
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has built a supercomputer, which will be India's fastest in terms of theoretical peak performance of 220 TeraFLOPS (220 Trillion Floating Point Operations per second). Named Satish Dhawan Supercomputing Facility, it is located at the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre in Thiruvananthapuram. The new graphic …
The State Government will rope in Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to review MNREGS works. The ISRO will assist the government by providing satellite drawn high quality pictures of work sites. The government had held preliminary round talks with the space institute. Addressing a press conference here on Thursday, RDPR …
