NISAR PROJECT
America will send Indian astronaut to International Space Station by year-end: US envoy US Ambassador to India, Eric Garcetti, announced that America plans to send an Indian astronaut to the International Space Station by the end of 2024. He also mentioned that the NISAR project, a joint mission between NASA and ISRO, is likely to be l...
23 May, 2024, 08.32 AM ISTIndia-US cooperation would act as force multiplier for rules-based world order: Rajnath Singh Defense Minister Rajnath Singh emphasized the natural partnership between India and the U.S., stating their cooperation is vital for a rules-based world order. Singh highlighted the alignment in strategic interests and the win-win economic relations...
30 Jan, 2024, 09.22 PM ISTHuman spaceflight tests, deep ocean exploration: 2024 packed year for Indian science After a successful moon landing, India gears up for ambitious space endeavors in 2024, including human spaceflight and lunar sample return missions. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) plans the launch of XPoSat to study X-rays and black h...
30 Dec, 2023, 12.24 PM IST
Nisar satellite passes test of extreme temp, vacuum of space The thermal vacuum test occurred at ISRO’s Satellite Integration and Test Establishment in Bengaluru. It’s one of a battery of tests the satellite will face leading to launch. Other tests will ensure it can withstand the shaking, vibration, and jost...
15 Nov, 2023, 06.51 PM ISTNASA, ISRO gearing up to launch joint space mission to map globe every 12 days The NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) is set to be launched in the first quarter of 2024 after a few tests, particularly those related to vibration, NASA officials have said. "ISRO is projecting the first quarter of next year. So, I mean, t...
15 Nov, 2023, 10.05 AM ISTNISAR: NASA-ISRO radar mission to provide dynamic view of forests, wetlands The joint radar mission between NASA and ISRO, NISAR, will offer detailed insights into two types of ecosystems - forests and wetlands - vital to naturally regulating the greenhouses gases in the atmosphere that are driving global climate change. Th...
28 Oct, 2023, 11.04 AM ISTChandrayaan-3 paves the way for a megatrend in space stocks The commercial wing is called New Space India Ltd (NSIL), whose business activity includes manufacturing The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV), and Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV), and provides launch services to countries and private corp...
26 Aug, 2023, 11.11 AM ISTWhat's next for India in space exploration India has a busy decade of space exploration ahead. S. Somanath, the director of the Indian Space Research Organization, has described the current moment as an inflection point, as the country opens its space programs to private investors after a ha...
24 Aug, 2023, 04.25 PM ISTIndia to explore Sun and Venus next: PM Modi after Chandrayaan-3 successfully lands on Moon Lauding the successful landing of Chandrayaan-3 lander module Vikram on Wednesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that India has set new, ambitious targets for the future, hinting at missions seeking to explore the Sun and other planets including...
24 Aug, 2023, 12.55 PM ISTIndians to travel to moon, sun mission and more: ISRO's upcoming big plans Some of these projects include a planned visit to the sun, putting humans in space and to start a space tourism industry by the year 2030.
11 Aug, 2023, 06.12 PM ISTPakistan’s blame game to seek concessions from India on Indus Water Treaty While attending recently concluded ‘UN 2023 Water Conference’, Hasan Nisar Jamy, Pakistan’s Water Resources Ministry Secretary stated, “Indus Water Treaty (IWT), which governs sharing of the Indus basin’s waters, is one example of such successful co...
09 Apr, 2023, 07.14 AM ISTJoint India-US space mission later this year: Science and Technology Minister The NASA-ISRO SAR (NISAR) Mission will measure the Earth's changing ecosystems, dynamic surfaces and ice masses to provide information about biomass, natural hazards, sea level rise and groundwater and will support a host of other applications.
13 Jan, 2023, 09.15 PM ISTISRO-NASA joint satellite project NISAR proposed to be launched early 2023: Jitendra Singh NISER is one of the crucial collaborations of the ISRO and NASA. India and the US had agreed upon this mission during then President Barack Obama's visit to India in 2015.
30 Jul, 2021, 04.58 PM ISTStocks to Buy This Week: Top 3 Mid-Caps to have in Your Portfolio27 Jul, 2021, 12.20 PM IST Space exploration more about collaboration than competition, says Nasa's Dr Bhavya Lal Climate change poses an existential threat not just to our environment but also to our health and well-being. Nasa will be expanding its climate change research. Another challenge we would be focussing on is to re-establish America’s standing throug...
18 Feb, 2021, 10.39 AM ISTNo coercive action against those challenging Roshni Act judgement: J&K administration tells SC The Roshni Act was enacted in 2001 with the twin objective of generating resources for financing power projects and conferment of proprietary rights to the occupants of state land.
25 Jan, 2021, 01.00 PM ISTWill NASA-ISRO satellite pass the Donald Trump test? Recently, the US walked out of the Paris Climate Change Treaty while India continues to honour its commitments.
25 Jun, 2017, 10.20 AM ISTBalganga dam project: Maharashtra ACB files FIR against contractor, irrigation officials The FIR lodged at Kopri police station by the ACB's Thane unit has named five officials of FA Enterprises, besides six officials of the irrigation department.
26 Aug, 2015, 10.12 AM ISTMend your ways: BJP to Pakistan after attack on Narendra Modi The Pakistani Minister had claimed that Modi, if elected as India's Prime Minister, would "destabilise" regional peace.
30 Apr, 2014, 05.31 PM ISTPakistan Interior Minister Nisar Ali Khan says Islamabad is safe The govt has tried its best to counter all terrorist threats to Islamabad and as a result, there has been "only one terrorist incident" since June 2013, he said.
20 Feb, 2014, 11.40 PM IST