Rakesh Sharma: Isro could emerge as the go-to agency for low-cost access to space
By Srishti Choudhary Rakesh Sharma, the only Indian to travel to space, speaks to Lounge about the 1984 ‘Soyuz T-11’ mission, the challenges of astronaut training […]
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Know how India’s Chandrayaan-1 helped NASA scientists confirm presence of water on Moon
In what has given hope to scientists and top space agencies of having a base set up on the Moon, US space agency NASA on […]
What India Needs To Do To Send Man To Space By 2022
Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced in his Independence Day address that India will attempt a manned mission into space by 2022 on board ‘Gaganyaan’. Technologies […]
India excelling in low cost space launches, says Vice-President
SRIHARIKOTA : Lauding the efforts of scientists and technologists, Vice-President M. Venkaiah Naidu on Wednesday described it as a matter of pride for India to carry […]
Bring down water requirements for agriculture: K Kasturirangan
Hyderabad : India needs to promote agricultural practices that need less water for crop cultivation and give thrust to water conservation and harvesting over the […]
NYKS mobilises one crore youth for PM Modi’s ‘New India’ vision
New Delhi : The Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan (NYKS) has mobilised one crore youth to fulfil Modi’s vision of ‘New India’. Following the recent call of […]
Big data analytics makes its way into the Indian agriculture sector through SatSure
By SHRUTI KEDIA India grapples with immediate challenges such as depleting groundwater resources, climate change, extreme events like droughts and floods. Due to the lack of […]
Reclaim 147 mn hectares of degraded land to save agriculture: Isro chief
Dhanbad : The future of agriculture in India depends on reclaiming 147 million hectares of land which has been degraded for various reasons, A S […]
ISRO receives 2014 Indira Gandhi Peace Prize
New Delhi : Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today presented the 2014 Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace to the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). The […]
ISRO’s satellite data helps India fight battle for water
BENGALURU: Space-based information released by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) in March 2015 based on satellite based studies for nearly 15 years, has assisted […]