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Snehal Fernandes

Snehal Fernandes

Snehal Fernandes is senior assistant editor at Hindustan Times, Mumbai. She writes on science and technology, environment, sustainable development, climate change, and nuclear energy. In 2012, she was awarded ‘The Press Club Award for Excellence in Journalism’ (Political category) for reports on Goa mining scam. Prior to HT, she wrote on education and transport at the Indian Express.

Articles by Snehal Fernandes

‘A life of discovery, what more can one want?’: Astronomer Shrinivas Kulkarni

(Photo courtesy Caltech)

Art and Culture

Updated on Jan 30, 2026 08:19 pm IST

Finnish space tech firm ReOrbit eyes India expansion, set to hire local talent

ReOrbit founder and CEO Sethu Saveda Suvanam.

Published on Dec 08, 2025 05:14 pm IST

New dwarf banana variety could be a game-changer

New dwarf banana variety could be a game-changer

Published on Nov 27, 2025 06:52 am IST

US-licensed satellite to launch on Isro’s LVM-3 rocket next month

ISRO chairperson V Narayanan had said last month that BlueBird 6 satellite would be launched in the second week of December. (DRDO)

Published on Nov 23, 2025 05:34 am IST

Six winners of $100,000 Infosys Prize 2025 announced

Infosys founder NR Narayana Murthy during the Infosys Prize winners announcement. (ani)

Published on Nov 13, 2025 02:22 pm IST

Isro successfully completes test on main parachutes for Gaganyaan mission

In this screengrab from a video posted on Nov. 11, Integrated Main Parachute Airdrop Test (IMAT) for the Gaganyaan mission being conducted by ISRO at Babina Field Firing Range, Jhansi. (@isro/ via PTI)

Published on Nov 11, 2025 10:19 pm IST

We need a rebranding of chemistry: Nobel laureate David MacMillan

Nobel laureate David MacMillan in an interview with Hindustan Times. (Anshuman Poyrekar/HT Photo)

Published on Nov 07, 2025 05:12 am IST

Chemistry needs rebranding, says Nobel laureate

Chemistry needs rebranding, says Nobel laureate

Published on Nov 07, 2025 03:58 am IST

Isro scripts history with heaviest satellite launch

ISRO launches LVM3-M5 carrying the CMS-03 communication satellite from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, in Sriharikota on Sunday. (ANI)

Published on Nov 03, 2025 05:10 am IST

Travel special: How one library became the national attraction in Finland

The Oodi Helsinki Central Library also lends drills to members who need a bit of home improvement. (SHUTTERSTOCK)

Updated on Oct 31, 2025 05:56 pm IST

TIFR joins global ‘AI for Math’ initiative backed by Google DeepMind

TIFR joins global ‘AI for Math’ initiative backed by Google DeepMind

Published on Oct 30, 2025 07:54 am IST

Defence, fintech pacts soon with India: Cyprus chief scientist

Defence, fintech pacts soon with India: Cyprus chief scientist

Published on Sept 18, 2025 04:54 am IST

Four firms to build India’s first satellite constellation

Over the next five years, the consortium will invest more than <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>1,200 crore to launch the EO satellite constellation. (Getty Images via AFP/Representational photo)

Published on Aug 13, 2025 06:34 am IST

NIRF ranking 2025: Higher education institutes to be penalised for retracted papers

Currently, National Board of Accreditation conducts the NIRF rankings for Indian higher education institutions in 16 categories. (Representative file photo)

Updated on Aug 08, 2025 02:22 pm IST

India’s 1st privately funded maths institute to be set up by Lodha Foundation

The arithmetic of philanthropy: Lodha Foundation to set up India’s 1st privately funded maths institute in Mumbai

Updated on Aug 08, 2025 12:30 pm IST

Ready to share my learnings for Gaganyaan mission: Shubhanshu Shukla

Shukla became the second Indian to travel to space after Rakesh Sharma’s sojourn as part of the Soviet Russian mission in 1984. (PTI photo)

Published on Aug 02, 2025 10:39 am IST

Isro-Nasa satellite Nisar takes flight

TOPSHOT - This handout photograph taken and released on July 30 by Isro shows launch vehicle GSLV-F16 carrying the Nisar earth observation satellite lifting off from the launch pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota in India's Andhra Pradesh state.(AFP)

Updated on Jul 31, 2025 02:16 am IST

First Isro-Nasa joint Earth observation satellite launched from Sriharikota

The Nisar satellite aboard Isro’s GSLV -F16 rocket successfully lifted off from the second launch pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, on Wednesday. (Video grab / Isro / X)

Published on Jul 30, 2025 05:43 pm IST

$1.5 billion Isro-NASA satellite to lift off today

$1.5 billion Isro-NASA satellite to lift off today

Updated on Jul 30, 2025 06:13 am IST

First-of-its kind $1.2bn NASA-Isro earth observation satellite to launch on July 30

According to NASA, $1.2bn is the budget for NASA Isro Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) with roughly a 50-50 partnership with Isro. (ISRO)

Published on Jul 22, 2025 12:18 pm IST

Shubhanshu Shukla returns, President hails it as a ‘milestone for India’

Shubhanshu Shukla’s parents Shambhu Dayal Shukla and Asha Shukla celebrated the return of Axiom-4 crew to Earth, in Lucknow (ANI)

Updated on Jul 16, 2025 07:31 am IST

Shukla’s journey home begins

Shubhanshu Shukla and other crew members of the Axiom-4 mission aboard the Dragon Grace spacecraft on Monday during their journey back to Earth (@NASA)

Published on Jul 15, 2025 07:40 am IST

India still looks saare jahan se accha from space: Shukla

Axiom-4 mission, featuring Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, will undock from the ISS on July 14 (Axiom Space YouTube)

Published on Jul 14, 2025 07:26 am IST

Shubhanshu Shukla to undergo seven-day rehab after returning to Earth

Shukla and three other astronauts – commander Peggy Whitson and mission specialists Slawosz Uznanski-Wisniewski and Tibor Kapu of Poland and Hungary –docked at the ISS on June 26 (REUTERS)

Published on Jul 13, 2025 06:16 am IST

Astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla to undergo 7-day rehab programme after ISS mission

The Indian space agency said Gaganyatri Shubhanshu is in good health and in high spirit. (Axiom Space)

Published on Jul 12, 2025 10:04 pm IST

Shubhanshu Shukla to leave International Space Station on July 14: Axiom

Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla aboard the International Space Station. (Axiom Space)

Updated on Jul 11, 2025 10:44 am IST

Shubhanshu Shukla's space sojourn may be extended, July 14 earliest return

Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla aboard the International Space Station as part of a commercial mission by Axiom Space.(PTI)

Updated on Jul 10, 2025 05:41 am IST

Shukla speaks to Isro chief from space, shares his experience

As part of the Axiom-4 mission, Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla who serves as the mission pilot is more than halfway through the 14 days on ISS where he is conducting seven home-grown experiments and five scientific investigations as part of Isro-Nasa collaboration (ANI)

Published on Jul 08, 2025 07:10 am IST

Sleeping on ISS most difficult task: Shubhanshu

Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla

Published on Jul 05, 2025 07:10 am IST

Dragon spaceship docks with ISS: ‘Grace is happy to be on Harmony’

The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft carrying Axiom Mission 4 nears the International Space Station’s space-facing docking port on the Harmony module.

Updated on Jun 26, 2025 05:46 pm IST

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