The Kasturirangan panel, which was constituted in June last year, has been granted five extensions so that the report could be finalised. The tenure of the committee was extended December last year and on April 6, June 20th and August 28th this year. read more

The cell shall ensure to maximise the use of research potential, infrastructure, expertise and experience that exist in ISRO and IIT Roorkee, the statement said. read more

China’s Chang’e-4 lunar exploration mission was the first one to land on the far side of the moon – the side that’s not visible from earth – on January 3. read more

Under the programme, called YUva VIgyani KAryakram (YUVIKA), three students from each state and union territory will be selected by the chief secretaries based on their academic and extracurricular performance. read more

Two pilots were killed today after an Indian Air Force M-17 chopper crashed in Jammu and Kashmir’s Budgam district. The chopper crashed due to technical reasons, officials said, close to the Srinagar airport in an open field near Garend Kalaan village in Budgam around 10 am. The aircraft broke into two and caught fire immediately.

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The ISRO will also be launching two more defence satellites sometime in July\/August with its new rocket Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV). read more

It is an important event for all of us and hence steps towards developing the aviation medicines will be undertaken soon at the Bangalore-based laboratory, says top official read more

India’s latest communication satellite GSAT-31 was successfully launched by European launch services provider- Arianespace’s rocket from French Guiana in the early hours of Wednesday. read more

The satellite derives its heritage from ISROs earlier INSAT\/GSAT satellite series. The satellite provides Indian mainland and island coverage. read more

Gaganyaan is the “highest priority” for ISRO in 2019, according to the space agency, and the plan is to have the first unmanned mission in December 2020 and second for July 2021. read more

Sivan was speaking at the 20th National Space Science Symposium (NSSS) co-hosted by Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA), National Centre for Radio Astrophysics (NCRA) and Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU). read more

KJ Alphons was reacting to the manner in which former State Police Chief TP Senkumar, on Saturday called former ISRO scientist S Nambi Narayanan a below average scientist. read more

Narayanan, the accused in the sensational ISRO spying case but later cleared of all charges by the Supreme Court, had expressed happiness over the Modi government’s decision to confer him the Padma Bhushan, describing it as “an acknowledgement of my... read more

A day after the government announced Padma Bhushan award for ISRO’s former cryogenic scientist Nambi Narayanan, Kerala’s ex-police chief called it a “shocking” decision. read more

The Supreme Court today refused to stay the executive order of the Centre implementing the law providing for 10% quota for the poor in jobs and higher education while hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) challenging the recently enacted law.

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