Super Harvest Moon and partial lunar eclipse to grace the skies tonight

New Delhi (IANS) Sky gazers are in for a double treat tonight with two celestial events occurring in a rare coincidence -- a super harvest Moon and partial lunar eclipse -- on Tuesday night. 

The Super Harvest Moon on Tuesday night will experience…

India sees healthy 8 pc increase in overall rainfall, positive for inflation outlook

New Delhi (IANS) India saw a healthy 8 per cent increase in overall rainfall above the long-term average (till September 13) as average retail prices of vegetables and milk cooled down, a report showed on Monday. 

Cumulative weekly rainfall…

Know all about new XEC Covid variant identified in 15 countries

New Delhi (IANS) Covid seems to be rising again with a new and more contagious variant -- XEC -- spreading rapidly across 15 countries. 

First detected in Germany in June, XEC is a combination of the KS.1.1 and KP.3.3 variants. According to…

India’s renewable energy journey to serve as model for other emerging economies

New Delhi (IANS) As the world's largest democracy and a rapidly developing nation, India's renewable energy journey will serve as a model for other emerging economies navigating the path to sustainability, Pralhad Joshi, Union Minister of…

India, key nations to cooperate in mutually beneficial areas in agriculture

New Delhi (IANS) India held bilateral meetings with several nations on the sidelines of the G20 Agriculture Ministerial Meeting in Brazil, expressing the commitment to cooperate in mutually beneficial areas, it was announced on Sunday. 

Minister…

ICMR to advance 1st-in-human trials for Zika, flu vax, blood cancers with industry partners

New Delhi (IANS) In a significant move to strengthen India’s clinical research ecosystem, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Saturday announced that it has partnered with industry and academics to advance first-in-human clinical trials…

UIDAI extends free Aadhaar update scheme till Dec 14

New Delhi (IANS) The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) on Saturday extended its free-of-cost Aadhaar update scheme till December 14. 

The date was earlier set to expire on September 14, following which uploading documents on…

96 pc of Indian midmarket firms prioritising Gen AI, faster than the world

New Delhi (IANS) About 96 per cent of Indian organisations (between 250 and 1,500 employees) are prioritising generative artificial intelligence (GenAI), compared to 91 per cent in the rest of the world, a report showed on Friday. 

Adopting…

Mission Mausam: Centre to install wider network of radars, wind profilers by 2026

New Delhi (IANS) Amid rising global warming and related climate challenges around the world, the Union government's Mission Mausam is expected to boost India’s weather and climate forecasting by 2026, said MoES Secretary. 

Approved by the…

CMFRI decodes genome sequence of Asian green mussel

Kochi (IANS) In a breakthrough in bivalve research, the ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) has unearthed the genome secret of the Asian green mussel (Perna viridis). 

This is the first-ever chromosome-level genome sequencing…