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7 Years Later, Historic PSLV Rocket Re-Enters Earth

IMAGE: The Indian Space Research Organisation launched a record 103 satellites in one go using its workhorse Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle-C37 on February 15, 2017 from the Satish Dhawan Space......

India Needs A National Security Strategy

The National Security Strategy document should flag all major issues concerning security strategy and provide guidelines to concerned departments to work out suitable action plans. Since the global......

Will BJP commit to 3% of GDP for defence spending?

Neither the BJP, nor the Congress before it, made any manifesto commitments on defence spending, even though allocations have plummeted from 4 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) in the late......

When Aurora Borealis Painted The Heavens

The Northern Lights, also called Aurora Borealis, illuminated the night sky of Norway, Russia and Iceland. The Aurora are caused by a coronal mass ejection on the Sun. IMAGE: The Northern......

Missing Titanic sub crew dead after 'catastrophic implosion'

The United States Coast Guard on Thursday said that a missing submersible imploded near the wreckage of the Titanic, killing all five people on board. IMAGE: The five person Titan submersible.......

Despite Covid-19, FDI into India rose by 13% in 2020

Foreign Direct Investment into India rose by 13 per cent in 2020, boosted by interest in the digital sector, and while fund flows "declined most strongly" in major economies such as the UK, the US......

What has Arctic weather got to do with Indian monsoon? A lot, actually

Data spanning the years 1951 to 2014 show that temperature and pressure conditions at specific locations in the Arctic region during the pre-monsoon period correlate with the Indian summer monsoon......

Why Indian banks face a serious crisis

If the RBI had made a one per cent rate cut back in November 2014 when inflation risks had moderated, banks would have made approximately Rs 50,000 crore of treasury profits, says Janmejaya Sinha.......

How much is Mother Earth worth?

Pricing can help prioritise the best use of conservation efforts and funding Researchers have assigned financial values to some of Earth’s most important natural resources. In 2012,......

Poor monsoon: Minister tells Rediff: 'No need to panic'

'We are not saying we are going to face a drought... We are a doing and performing government. A contingency plan is being prepared,' Science Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan tells Rediff.com Dr Harsh......

Titanic Director Reacts To Titan Tragedy

IMAGE: The Titan submersible, operated by OceanGate Expeditions to explore the wreckage of the sunken Titanic off the coast of Newfoundland, dives in an undated picture. Photograph: OceanGate......

The science of Game of Thrones

'When so many noted universities -- including the likes of Harvard and the University of California -- are spending their resources on studying the world of GoT, it is fun to assess whether this......

Meatballs triumph over Jennifer's Body

A well-reviewed and thoroughly engaging 3-D animated film for the family Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs triumphed over several other newcomers in North America over the weekend. The movie is......

Titanic's last survivor no more

The last remaining survivor of the Titanic ship-wreck has died, nearly 100 years after she was rescued, at 9 weeks of age, from the doomed ocean liner's deck. 97-year-old Elizabeth Gladys Dean,......

Black shines overseas!

Just as the newest films by Subhash Ghai and Mani Ratnam stumbled on both sides of the Atlantic and exhibitors wondered if the magic that guaranteed them a hit abroad had vanished, Sanjay Leela......

Abhilash Tomy Challenges The Oceans Again

'When I crossed that point where I had the accident, I felt light and that was a very physical experience. I felt something leave me.'Shyam G Menon chronicles the voyages of that incredible Indian......

Saurashtra's Niraj Odedra gets Bermuda head coach job

Saurashtra strongman Niraj Odedra will work with a group of 35-40 players to prepare for the ICC T20 World Cup qualifying event next year. IMAGE: Bermuda's players celebrate a wicket against......

PHOTOS: Indian teen Gaurvi conquers English Channel

'It is my honour as an Indian to cross the English Channel. The failure rate has been around 40 per cent, for example 4 out of 10 people fail to cross it and hence to successfully swim it gives me......

Ainslie sets the Olympic torch relay on the road

With the rolling Atlantic ocean behind him, yachtsman Ben Ainslie set the London Olympic torch relay on the road from Land's End in the extreme south-west tip of England on Saturday. - London puts......

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