Washington: An Indian-American is among the 18 astronauts selected by NASA for its manned mission to the Moon and beyond.
Cape Canaveral (US): NASA has named the 18 astronauts half of them women who will train for its Artemis moon-landing programme.
Congress names candidates for 8 Haryana LS seats, fields Kumari Selja, Deepender Hooda
Mona wins gold medal, Amir silver in para shooting World Cup
Congress chief Kharge writes to PM Modi, seeks time to explain party's 'Nyay Patra'
Husband has no control over wife's 'stridhan': Supreme Court
Rajiv Gandhi scrapped inheritance tax to save Indira's wealth from going to government: Modi
Fifties from Virat, Rajat Patidar power RCB to 206/7 against SRH in IPL
Bodies of two missing kids found inside car in Mumbai; police suspect death due to suffocation
MCC violation: Karnataka HC grants interim relief to DK Shivakumar
Malegaon blast case: After repeated warnings, Pragya appears before court to record statement
Orange alert: Karnataka State Disaster Management cell issues animated advisory
SC imposes Rs 5 lakh costs on Centre for filing frivolous petition
NCBC to summon Karnataka chief secretary over blanket reservation to Muslims
New York: 15-year-old Indian-American Gitanjali Rao, a "brilliant" young scientist and inventor, has been named by TIME magazine as the first-ever ‘Kid of the Year' for her “astonishing work using technology to tackle issues ranging from contaminated drinking water to opioid addiction and cyberbullying”.
London: In recognition of his generous benefaction , the University of Cambridge announced on Tuesday that its chemistry department will be named after Indian pharmaceutical major Cipla's non-executive chairman Yusuf Hamied until 2050.
Bengaluru: Hindustan Aeronautics Limited on Monday said it has delivered the biggest cryogenic propellant tank (C32 LH2) ever fabricated by the company to ISRO, much ahead of the contractual schedule.
Giant flash floods once washed through Gale Crater on Mars' equator around four billion years ago, according to a study which hints at the possibility that life may have existed on the Red Planet.
New York: Global drugmakers Pfizer and BioNTech said on Wednesday their COVID-19 vaccine candidate is 95 percent effective, including in people over 65 years of age, a major announcement coming just two days after Moderna said its virus vaccine has an efficacy rate of 94.5 percent.
Boston: Microsoft said it has detected attempts by state-backed Russian and North Korean hackers to steal valuable data from leading pharmaceutical companies and vaccine researchers.
New Delhi: The extremely low temperature of minus 70 degrees Celsius required for storing a potential COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer poses a big challenge for its delivery in a developing nation like India, especially in its smaller towns and rural areas where maintaining such cold chain facilities would be very difficult, AIIMS Director Dr. Randeep Guleria said on Wednesday.
New Delhi: In a first, the Delhi Metro, starting Thursday, will provide on social media real-time average waiting duration at a few busy stations during morning and evening peak hours, officials said.