Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) Chairman  G. Satheesh Reddy said on Saturday that there was no possibility of debris from the anti-satellite (ASAT) test conducted by India on March 27 hitting the International Space Station (ISS).


ASAT test poses no threat to ISS: DRDO chief


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The Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IIT-M) on Friday announced its collaboration with American conglomerate General Electric (GE) to set up a lab that will develop advanced services technology for aircraft engine components.


India's first 'Cold Spray' SMART lab launched


Astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) are striving to provide an insight into Parkinson's disease, the chronic neurodegenerative disease that affects more than five million people worldwide, NASA has revealed.


Research on ISS may offer cure for Parkinson's


A day after NASA sharply crticised India's anti-satellite (A-SAT) missile test as a "terrible thing", the US State Department has played it down saying Washington has noted New Delhi's assertion that it took into account the space debris problem.


US plays down criticism of India's A-SAT test


A team of US engineers have developed a prototype wearable device that can continuously collect live cancer cells directly from a patient's blood in an advance that could help patients avoid biopsy as well as get treatment for cancer more effectively.


New wearable device grabs cancer cells from blood


Tax evasion is likely to get more difficult if not impossible with the entry of Big Data Analytics into the Income Tax (I-T) Department's realm of tools to check tax evasion starting April 1.


I-T department to use Big Data Analytics from April


Mars' rivers flowed intensely and may have persisted as recently as one billion years ago, reveals a survey that found that the red planet's rivers were wider than those on Earth today.


Mars had big rivers for billions of years: Study


The US has expressed concern about space debris created by the anti-satellite (A-SAT) test carried out by India and said it expected that it does not endanger others' equipment.


US expresses concern about space debris from India's A-SAT test


India on Wednesday made its way into an elite club of "space super powers" as its anti-satellite missile A-SAT successfully targeted a live satellite on a low earth orbit in just three minutes.


DRDO fired A-SAT missile off Abdul Kalam Island


Pakistan on Wednesday accused India of destroying a satellite to demonstrate its growing strategic military power.


Pakistan condemns Indian test as militarization of space


China on Wednesday said it hoped that India's successful testing of an anti-satellite missile will help maintain peace in the outer space.


Hope India will safeguard peace in outer space: China


The CPI-M on Wednesday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of violating the Model Code of Conduct by announcing an Indian scientific achievement in space amid an election campaign in which he himself is a candidate.


Modi breached model code of conduct: Yechury


Politicians across party lines on Wednesday congratulated the DRDO and space scientists for making India "a space superpower" after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that anti-satellite missile A-SAT successfully targeted a live satellite on low earth orbit, even as they criticised the government for taking credit and violating the election model code of conduct.


A-SAT test: Praise pours in, Congress says UPA initiated


Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati on Wednesday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of diverting people's attention from real issues and urged the Election Commission to take note of it.


Modi diverting attention from real issues: SP, BSP


After Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday announced that India became the fourth country to acquire anti-satellite capability, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee accused him of violating the model code of conduct.


Mission Shakti announcement flouts EC code: Mamata


India on Wednesday became "a space superpower" as its anti-satellite missile A-SAT successfully targeted a live satellite on a low earth orbit in just three minutes, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on Wednesday.


A-SAT hits live satellite, India now space superpower: PM (Third Lead)


With Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday announcing about India acquiring anti-satellite capability by shooting down a live satellite in low earth orbit, the question is which satellite was shot down.


Suspense remains on live satellite shot down by DRDO


India's Heavy Water Board (HWD) plans to supply heavy water to Indian companies to produce deuterated compounds within the country, said a top official.


HWB to supply heavy water in India for non-nuclear use


A science teacher from rural Kenya Peter Tabichi, who gives away most of his salary to support poorer pupils, has won the $1 million prize for the world's best teacher, beating 10,000 other nominations from 179 countries, media reported.


Kenyan science teacher wins $1 mn global award


Four Indian American teenagers have been awarded $25,000 each for developing innovative approaches to address environmental issues.


4 Indian-Americans awarded for environment inventions


Chinese scientists have developed a robotic system inspired by a colony of ants that can collectively achieve complex tasks like gathering large prey.

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