Brazil seeks to measure energy from solar explosions
bySao Paulo, April 6 (IANS/EFE) A team of Brazilian scientists plan to use a pair of stratospheric balloons to study the energy produced by…
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Five Odisha students head to US for aero-design competition
byBhubaneswar, April 6 (IANS) At least five students from Odisha’s KIIT University are set to participate in an annual aero-design competition to be held…
Advanced Sukhoi to be unveiled in Paris show
byMoscow: Russia will unveil its most advanced aircraft, the Sukhoi Su-35 Flanker fighter jet and the Ka-52 Alligator helicopter gunship, at the Paris air…
Roscosmos to join NASA in asteroid capture mission
byMoscow, April 5 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia’s space agency Roscosmos may join NASA’s ambitious mission to capture an asteroid and place it in high lunar…
BJP’s Tarun Vijay meets home, defence ministers over Google Mapathon
byNew Delh: BJP leader Tarun Vijay Friday met the home and defence ministers to voice his concern over Google holding a Mapathon competition, saying…
Brisk walking as good as running for heart: Study
byLos Angeles, April 5 (IANS) Walking with moderate speed using the same energy as intensive running can be beneficial in reducing high blood pressure,…
Blackberry to shut BBM Music service
byMadrid, April 5 (IANS/EFE) The BBM Music streaming service will be closed down June 2 after a 19-month run following the completion of “a…
Astronomy saviour of human civilization: Narlikar
byChandigarh, April 4 (IANS) Leading astrophysicist Jayant V. Narlikar Thursday said astronomy was quite relevant to the needs of the common man and knowledge…
Iran insists right to uranium enrichment
byTehran, April 4 (IANS) Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili said Thursday that the West must recognize his country’s right to uranium enrichment in…
‘Looking forward to India’s participation in space programmes’
byMumbai: US astronaut Sunita Williams here today said she was looking forward to India’s participation in various space programmes in a big way. “I…