Axiom-4 Mission to Launch Today from Kennedy Space Center

New Delhi: The Axiom Mission 4 (Ax-4), a milestone private spaceflight to the International Space Station (ISS), is set to launch today, Wednesday, from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Organised by Axiom Space in partnership with NASA…

Recycled Plastics Can Disrupt Hormones and Metabolism: Study

New Delhi – A new study has raised serious concerns about recycled plastics, revealing that a single pellet of recycled polyethylene plastic can contain more than 80 different chemicals. These chemicals can leach into water and potentially interfere…

The Significance of Yoga for a Fulfilling Life

“Why is yoga so important for me?” a youngster may ask, on being prodded to earnestly take up yoga. And in order to answer his query with wisdom, we ourselves need to know the answer. Every year, for a decade now, on the occasion of the International…

Indian Scientists Develop Scalable Technology to Produce Green Hydrogen from Water Using Solar Energy

New Delhi – In a breakthrough that could reshape clean energy production, a team of Indian scientists from the Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences (CeNS) in Bengaluru has developed an advanced, scalable device that generates green hydrogen by…

Axiom Mission 4 launch delayed again, NASA to announce new date soon

New Delhi (IANS) The launch of Axiom Mission 4 (Ax-4), the fourth private astronaut mission to the International Space Station (ISS), has been postponed once again on Friday, as NASA and its partners continue technical evaluations. The mission, a…

New COVID Variants Not Causing Severe Illness, But Monitoring Continues: ICMR-NIV Director

Pune: The latest COVID-19 subvariants—JN.1.16 (Omicron sub-lineage) and the XFG recombinant strain (LF.7 and LP.81.2)—have not led to a significant rise in severe infections, assured Dr. Naveen Kumar, Director of ICMR-National Institute of Virology…

Busy Social Life May Indicate Early Signs of Alzheimer’s, New Study Suggests

New Delhi – While social isolation has long been considered a risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease, a new study reveals a surprising twist: being more socially active might actually be an early indicator of the condition.

The research, which…

Meta Launches Gaming Accelerator to Boost Emerging Indian Developers

New Delhi – Meta on Tuesday announced the launch of the Meta Gaming Accelerator, a new incubator program aimed at supporting small and medium-sized gaming developers across India. The initiative is designed to fuel the next wave of growth in India’s…

Night Shifts May Increase Asthma Risk in Women: Study

New Delhi – Women working night shifts may face a significantly higher risk of developing moderate to severe asthma compared to their daytime counterparts, according to a large-scale study involving over 270,000 participants.

Published in ERJ…

International Yoga Day to Revive the True Spirit of Yoga in the US

New York: As the world prepares to mark International Day of Yoga (IDY) on June 21, a unique celebration in the US aims to shift the focus from mere physical fitness to the deeper, spiritual essence of yoga.

Titled “The Spirit of Yoga”, the…