After PSLV and SSLV, ISRO decides to make heavy rocket LVM3 under PPP mode

Chennai (IANS) After its two rockets -- Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) and Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) – the Indian space agency is now looking at making its heaviest rocket LVM3 under the public-private-partnership (PPP) model.

NASA back in touch with the Mars Ingenuity helicopter

Washington (IANS) NASA has re-established contact with the Mars Ingenuity helicopter which had lost contact with the Perseverance rover.

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) said in a post on X that the team is reviewing the new data to better…

NASA proposes new solar powered airplane concept to explore Mars

Washington (IANS) US space agency NASA has proposed to develop a new mobility Mars exploration platform that will use solar energy to explore the Red Planet.

The Mars Aerial and Ground Intelligent Explorer (MAGGIE) is a compact fixed wing aircraft…

Ingenuity Mars Helicopter loses contact with Perseverance rover: NASA

Washington (IANS) Ingenuity Mars Helicopter has lost contact with Perseverance rover, which acts as a relay between the helicopter and mission officials on Earth, NASA said.

Ingenuity landed on the Red Planet in February 2021 attached to the…

Now quickly unsubscribe from unwanted emails in Gmail on web, mobile

New Delhi (IANS) Google has introduced new ways to make it even easier to unsubscribe from unwanted emails in Gmail on the web and mobile.

The tech giant has now added the unsubscribe button to the hover actions in the thread list on the web.

SLIM lunar landing successful, but probe unable to generate power: JAXA

New Delhi (IANS) The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has confirmed that its Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) successfully landed on the lunar surface, but is unable to generate power.

With the “precision landing”, Japan…

India's smartphone market sees 2% drop in 2023, shipped 148.6 mn units: Report

New Delhi (IANS) India's smartphone market has maintained stability with 148.6 million shipments overall in 2023, witnessing a minor drop of two per cent, a new report has said.

According to the market research firm Canalys, Indian smartphone…

Google, Bing shows non-consensual deepfake porn at top of search results: Report

San Francisco (IANS) Popular search engines like Google and Microsoft's Bing are reportedly showing non-consensual deepfake porn at the top of search results alongside tools that advertise the ability to create such content.

In non-consensual…

AI finds lunar rocks with unique dust; may help decode Moon's magnetic past

London (IANS) An international research team has for the first time discovered anomalous metre-sized rocks on the lunar surface that are covered in dust and presumably exhibit unique properties -- such as magnetic anomalies.

Earth's Moon…

Indian Immunologicals launches India's 1st indigenous Hepatitis A vax

Hyderabad (IANS) Drug maker Indian Immunologicals on Friday launched India's first indigenously developed Hepatitis A vaccine.

The two-dose vaccine, Havisure, represents a significant step forward in India's fight against Hepatitis…