'Matured boy' GSLV places gen-next INSAT-3DS weather satellite into orbit

Moving ahead on its mission to study the Earth and ocean surfaces, Indian Space Research Orgainsation on Saturday successfully launched its next generation weather observation satellite INSAT-3DS......

China's strategic push in the Middle East

IMAGE: Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, with his predecessors Jiang Zemin and Hu Jintao at the parade in Beijing, September 3, 2015. Photograph: Wang Zhao/Reuters   Why is Xi Jinping......

'The forecast for deficit monsoons remains'

  'All El Ninos are not associated with the deficient monsoon.' Madhavan Nair Rajeevan, director of the government's Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, based in Pune, tells A Ganesh......

Time for Uttarakhand to learn from Orissa

Orissa learnt its lessons from previous cyclones, particularly the 1999 super cyclone, whereas Uttarakhand has failed to do so from any of the previous natural calamities that hit the state, says......

At 6%, India will be fastest growing economy in Asia Pacific: S&P

S&P Global Ratings on Monday retained India's GDP growth forecast at 6 per cent saying it will be the fastest growing economy among Asia Pacific nations. Photograph: Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters......

Moody's blues: Indian economy contracting for 1st time in 4 decades

Moody's Investors Service on Friday said India's economy is expected to contract for the first time in more than four decades saying economic damage owing to the coronavirus-induced lockdown will......

Thanks to Mihir and Pratyush, rain forecast in India will be near-perfect

Installed at a cost of Rs 450 crore in Pune and Noida, the two supercomputers are set to fundamentally alter the weather forecasting scenario in India by enabling the IMD to forecast severe weather......

With inflation slowing, there is space for monetary easing: Arvind Subramanian

'GST is not only a daring experiment, but something that one can actually pull off.' The Economic Survey for 2016-17 will be a completely changed exercise. The one on the eve of the Union Budget......