Tag: science
Mumbai's Abhijit Is Tripura's 'Policeman Of The Year'
Indian Police Service officer Abhijit Saptarshi has been adjudged 'Policeman of the Year' in Tripura for his outstanding performance in dealing with crime and other law and order situation, the state police announced.....
China To Send 30 Missions Into Space In 2017
China plans to conduct some 30 space launch missions in 2017, a record-breaking number in the country's space history, said China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation.....
Malaria Vaccine Passes Early Human Trial
A malaria vaccine that used a genetically weakened form of the parasite, with reduced virulence, has passed clinical trial with human volunteers, researchers say.....
Season's First Swine Flu Case In Lucknow
The season's first Swine Flu case has been reported here in Uttar Pradesh, an official said on Friday.....
China Launches Commercial Rocket Mission
A Chinese rocket Kuaizhou-1A (KZ-1A) sent three satellites into space in its first commercial mission on Monday.....
Hubble Detects 'shadow Play' Caused By Possible Planet
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has captured a "shadow play" caused by a possible planet that is moving counterclockwise around a gas-and-dust disk encircling a young star.....
Search For Malaysia Airlines Flight Called Off
The underwater search for the Malaysian Airlines plane that disappeared in March 2014 has been called off and victims' families have been informed that the effort to find the flight has come to an end, a statement said on Tuesday.....
NASA Telescope Spots Most Extreme Blazars Yet
NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray space telescope has identified the farthest gamma-ray blazars, a type of galaxy whose intense emissions are powered by super-sized black holes.....
Insomniac? You May Be Thrice At Risk Of Asthma
Do you chronically spend sleepless nights, have poor sleep quality or face difficulties initiating or maintaining sleep? Beware, you may be more than thrice at risk of developing asthma in adulthood, researchers have warned.....
Malaria Causing Superbugs Can Enter India, Warns Scientist
Detection of malaria parasites resistant to the frontline artemisinin (ART) combination therapy in some south Asian countries should worry India, Govindarajan Padmanabhan a top biochemist and malaria researcher at the Indian Institute of Science here has warned. ....
