ASTROSAT, satellite for the first dedicated Indian astronomy mission aimed at studying celestial objects, is scheduled for launch on September 28. The satellite is scheduled for launch on board the launch vehicle PSLV C-30, on September 28 morning 10 am. ISRO Satellite Centre (ISAC) had transported ASTROSAT to the Satish ...

Two Indian institutes have for the first time made it to the top 200 list of the world’s best universities. The Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, has taken the top spot among its Indian counterparts, bagging the 147th rank. The only other Indian institute to make it to the top ...

Punjab and Haryana, who have faced extensive damage to their crop by whitefly attack, may further compound as cotton prices are likely to remain “low” on the back of overall good crop yield and lower yarn prices. Industry experts have said raw cotton prices are also unlikely to remain higher ...

Indian Oil Corporation will be investing Rs 1.75 trillion over the next seven years to expand output by 54 per cent to around 100 million tonnes per annum. It has a capex plan of Rs 1.75 trillion over the next seven years. And out of this, Rs 50,000 crore will ...

In BRICS, Brazil has been downgraded to `junk’ and China is battling a growth slowdown. Russia has been the worst-affected by the commodities slump and South Africa’s economy is flirting with contraction. India, on the other hand, is expected to emerge as the world’s fastest growing major economy. Source: ET

The world’s forests have shrunk by three per cent since 1990, an area equivalent to the size of South Africa and India is among the countries who are losing their forest cover faster than others, researchers have warned. The green cover is being more rapidly lost in some of the ...

Andhra Pradesh CM, will release water of river Godavari into Krihsna tomorrow to mark the formal linking of the two rivers. The state has created history by completing the Krishna-Godavari linking project to divert about 80 TMC of water from river Godavari river to Krishna. The inter-linking of rivers has ...

 India’s first annual conference of top military commanders, where national defence policy, doctrine and operational challenges are discussed threadbare, may be held outside the capital – onboard aircraft carrier, most likely INS Vikramaditya. The annual apex meeting of military leaders from the three armed forces has traditionally been held in ...

US Intelligence studies had predicted in 2009 that in the near future China would have a more profound impact on world geopolitical affairs than any other country. This has proven true and we are seeing an increasingly belligerent China, backed by an authoritarian regime, facing off with other countries in different parts ...

TN government said it will provide internet services, including IPTV, through the state-run cable TV operator TACTV and implement the Centre’s broadband project “BharatNet” linking more than 12,500 rural local bodies in the state at an investment of Rs 3,000 crore. Already, 552 cable operators had been roped in and services ...