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Very few have courage to stand up against astrology today: Mashelkar on Narlikar

June 01, 2025 11:30 am

In 2008, Narlikar teamed up with the late rationalist Narendra Dabholkar to conduct an experiment testing the validity of astrology.

IIA researchers develop model to find exomoons around distant stars

August 23, 2022 6:56 am

Two researchers from the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA), Bengaluru, have developed a model that can use the data obtained from the recently-launched James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to confirm the presence of these elusive exomoons.

India’s first Dark Sky Reserve to come up in Ladakh soon

June 18, 2022 2:28 pm

The site will host activities to promote astronomy-tourism, giving a boost to local tourism and economy through science.

What causes plasma jets in sun's atmosphere, Indian scientists explain

March 11, 2022 1:24 pm

Researchers from India and the UK have said that convection in the lower layer of the atmosphere, just like a boiling vessel of water, gives a kick to the plasma in the sun's chromosphere.

Researchers discover 3 supermassive black holes merging together in nearby universe

August 27, 2021 2:31 pm

Many active galactic nuclei (AGN) pairs have been detected in the past, but triple AGN are extremely rare, and only a handful has been detected before using X-ray observations.

Venus, Mars and Moon to come closest next week

July 09, 2021 9:09 am

Easily visible with the naked eye and observable only from earth, conjunction occurs when two planets appear to have come close even though they remain far away from one another.

Air India forces disabled passenger to cancel ticket

April 09, 2014 3:13 pm

Mohammad Faizal Nawaz,a 30-year-old engineer with the Indian Institute of Astrophysics,Bangalore,says the choice between travelling by Air India and Indian Railways is like choosing between the devil and the deep sea.

Air India forces disabled passenger to cancel ticket

July 25, 2013 3:04 am

A disability rights activist,he has suffered from kypho scoliosis and polio since childhood.

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New envoy says trade talks next week, Rubio flags India as a ‘top relationship’

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The US envoy-designate to India, Sergio Gor, stressed the value of India as a strategic partner and the close relationship between President Trump and PM Modi. He discussed upcoming meetings with US trade representatives and the potential for finalizing a trade deal in the near future.

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