Former Chief Scientist at the World Health Organization, Dr Soumya Swaminathan, to the relief of many, informed that people need not panic about the new variant of COVID, JN.1. “We need to be cautious, but we don't need to worry because we don't have any data to suggest that this variant JN.1 is more severe or it's going to cause more pneumonia, more death, so I think what we need to do is try to take the normal preventive measures that we are all now familiar with. We're all now very familiar with Omicron. So it's the same family. So not much has changed, but 1 or 2 new mutations have come up. And that's why I think WHO has said let's keep a watch on it. It's a variant of interest. It's not a variant of concern," said Dr Soumya Swaminathan while speaking to ANI on December 21.
22 December,2023 11:19 AM IST | Mumbai
The Vikram lander and Pragyan rover of Chandrayaan-3 are expected to reactivate on September 23. The lander and rover are currently in “sleep mode” near Moon’s South Pole after having completed their set tasks. SAC Director Nilesh Desai briefed about the further developments in the Chandrayaan-3 mission. Also, the former Director of SAC said that the revival of Pragyan Rover will be a miracle for ISRO.
23 September,2023 12:52 PM IST | Mumbai
On Sept 02, ISRO successfully launched its much-anticipated ‘Aditya-L1’ mission to Sun from Satish Dhawan Space Centre. The PSLV-C57.1 rocket carrying the Aditya-L1 orbiter, lifted off successfully. PM Narendra Modi took to X (formerly Twitter) and congratulated ISRO scientists for the successful launch. MoS Jitendra Singh also termed the launch, a ‘sun shine’ moment for India. Aditya-L1 spacecraft is to be placed in the halo orbit around the Lagrange Point 1 (L1) of the Sun-Earth system. It is about 1.5 million kilometres away from the Earth. Lagrange Point 1 (L1) is where the gravitational pull of both the Sun and the Earth equalises. Placing the satellite in the halo orbit around the L1 point has the advantage of continuously seeing the Sun without any eclipses.
02 September,2023 03:13 PM IST | Mumbai
On 26th August, EAM S Jaishankar and NSA Ajit Doval witnessed the historic day at ISRO headquarters when PM Modi visited the ISRO Telemetry Tracking & Command Network Mission Control Complex in Bengaluru. PM Modi met ISRO Chief Somanath and congratulated scientists involved in the Chandrayaan-3 mission. ISRO Chief S Somanath briefed Prime Minister Narendra Modi about Chandrayaan-3’s success. S Jaishankar, who accompanied PM Modi during his two-nation visit, applauded the success of ISRO scientists. On August 23, ISRO scripted history as Chandrayaan-3’s Lander Module successfully landed on Moon’s surface. India became the first nation in the world to land on the South Pole of the Moon.
26 August,2023 02:44 PM IST
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chief S Somanath on August 26 explained the successful soft landing of Chandrayaan-3 to Prime Minister Narendra Modi through visual effects. PM Modi met the ISRO scientists involved in Chandrayaan-3 at the ISRO Telemetry Tracking and Command Network Mission Control Complex in Bengaluru. Prime Minister, who was in Greece following South Africa, landed in Bengaluru on August 26. Chandrayaan-3 on August 23 scripted history by becoming the first nation in the world to land on the south pole of the moon.
26 August,2023 12:43 PM IST
On 26th August, PM Modi arrived at the ISRO Telemetry Tracking and Command Network Mission Control Complex in Bengaluru. He met ISRO Chief S Somanath and the team of scientists involved in the Chandrayaan-3 mission. PM Modi hugged ISRO Chief S Somanath and congratulated the whole team on the successful mission. ISRO Chief S Somanath briefed Prime Minister Modi on Chandrayaan-3 mission’s success. On August 23, ISRO scripted history as Chandrayaan-3’s Lander Module successfully landed on Moon’s surface. India became the first nation in the world to land on the South Pole of the Moon.
26 August,2023 11:50 AM IST
A team of ISRO scientists arrived at Tirupati Venkatachalapathy Temple with a miniature model of Chandrayaan-3 to offer prayers. Chandrayaan-3 will be launched on July 14, at 2:35 pm IST from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, ISRO. Dr Mylswamy Annadurai, Project Director of Mission Chandrayaan-1 said that the success of Chandrayaan will make a big impact internationally. Furthermore, he added that India is playing a meaningful role nationally so this mission is very important.
13 July,2023 11:31 AM IST | Mumbai
ISRO chief AS Kiran Kumar termed former president A P J Abdul Kalam’s demise as a tremendous loss to the country. Former ISRO Chief G Madhvan Nair also shared the same thoughts. Dr Kalam, a renowned scientist, collapsed while delivering a lecture at Indian Institute of Management in Shillong.
28 July,2015 11:05 AM IST
Scientists have found the first evidence that briny water may flow on the surface of Mars during the planet's summer months, NASA scientists confirmed.
29 September,2015 09:30 AM IST
With writers and artists raising their voices against the growing intolerance in the country, scientists have also joined the protesting chorus, saying that all creative people are worried if they can continue working because of the vulnerable present condition, where ;freedom of expression and right to create' are being suppressed.
02 November,2015 01:38 PM ISTADVERTISEMENT
