World, not India, to witness two eclipses this month
Mumbai, Nov 1 (IANS) In a rare celestial treat for astronomers, the world will witness two eclipses within a gap of just a fortnight this month, creating a lot of excitement among the scientific and...
View ArticleInnovate to overcome development challenges: President
New Delhi, Nov 2 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee Friday stressed the need for innovation in India to overcome the challenges of development in areas like health, education, water, food security and...
View ArticleWork starts on metallic fuel reactor at Kalpakkam
Chennai, Nov 12 (IANS) Initial steps for the construction of another fast-breeder test reactor powered by metallic fuel at Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR) complex at Kalpakkam has...
View ArticleHope to get regulator’s nod on KNPP reactor by next week: NPCIL
Chennai, Nov 17 (IANS) Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) is hoping to get the regulator’s sanction next week to start heating up the first unit at Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP),...
View ArticleTwo IARI scientists get Borlaug Award 2012
Chennai, Nov 22 (IANS) Two agriculture scientists K.V. Prabhu and Ashok Kumar Singh, affiliated to the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi, have been chosen for the Borlaug Award...
View ArticleNow, pay water bill online in Delhi
New Delhi, Nov 23 (IANS) The Delhi Jal Board Friday introduced its online bill payment facility so that the people of Delhi will no longer have to stand in long queues to pay water bills. An e−kiosk...
View ArticleMadras atomic plant to reach rated capacity in six months
Chennai, Nov 24 (IANS) With the supply of fuel likely to improve in six months, the Madras Atomic Power Station’s (MAPS) two atomic power reactors would be able to achieve their rated capacity, said a...
View ArticleAnimal nutrition award for eminent scientist
Bikaner, Nov 30 (IANS) Manju Wadhwa, eminent scientist, Department of Animal Nutrition, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Science University, Ludhiana, has been conferred the Fellow of Animal...
View ArticleKerala biotech commission to revamp
Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 2 (IANS) The Kerala Biotechnology Commission (KBC) is to launch a series of new initiatives to strengthen the biotechnology sector in the state. “Biotechnology is gaining...
View ArticleDelhi to host 27th Indian Engineering Congress
New Delhi, Dec 2 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee will inaugurate the 27th Indian Engineering Congress here Dec 13. The theme this year is ‘sustainable development through engineering’. The four-day...
View ArticleWatch that big, bright Jupiter tonight
New Delhi, Dec 3 (IANS) As the sun goes down Monday, Jupiter, the largest celestial body after the Sun in the solar system, can be seen in the sky with naked eye. “The planet (Jupiter) will be closest...
View ArticleKochi to host Indicon 2012
Kochi, Dec 4 (IANS) Kochi will play host to the largest conference of the Institution of Electronics and Electrical Engineers (IEEE) – Indicon 2012 from Dec 7 to 9. The conference will bring together...
View ArticleTop scientist bats for higher research funding
Bangalore, Dec 6 (IANS) C.N.R. Rao, chairman of the science advisory council to the prime minister, was in discussions with the central government to increase funding to enhance research output,...
View ArticlePhysicist questions physical reality of ‘Dark Energy’
Bangalore, Dec 10 (IANS) A research paper by an Indian physicist has for the first time cast doubts on some of the fundamental hypotheses of the standard Big Bang model for the origin of the universe....
View ArticleBihar gets Web Ratna award for public grievance website
Patna, Dec 10 (IANS) Bihar’s public grievance redressal website has received the Silver Icon Web Ratna Award 2012, an official said here Monday. Union Minister of Communications and Information...
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