A slew of measures in the US have attempted to destigmatise the sighting of unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP), which may go a long way in unravelling the truth behind their long-standing mystery. It has been nearly 120 years since the advent of fixed-wing flight. All those who have invented and
The Russian-Ukrainian war and the consequent resurgence of the Cold War have hit space diplomacy between the US and Russia. My readers at Science India will be familiar with a recent social media phenomenon known as ‘cancellation.’ It is nothing but contempt or boycott of entities and individuals en masse
Innovation is the key to India’s civilizational well-being and economic growth, as underscored by the pandemic, and most recently, by the Russia-Ukraine War. The Russia-Ukraine War of 2022 has exposed several fault lines within the global comity of nations. The war is a calamity on the lives of commoners
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is a much-loved governmental agency because it is a source of inspiration and pride, just like the Indian armed forces. Unlike NASA, which has an official China Exclusion Policy, ISRO does not have any. But given geopolitical circumstances, ISRO has seldom dealt with the
In 2021, India expedited budgetary clearances to activate its Deep Ocean Mission. Most mission projects are currently confined to the network of institutions operating under the Ministry of Earth Sciences. To truly shine, they must follow the model of developed economies where ocean innovation clusters are public-private partnerships, to focus
Undeterred by colonial subversion, India’s intellectuals and scientists took a diplomatic detour to push indigenous efforts to study, propagate and utilise modern science for country’s benefit. The chronicle of modern science in India is astonishing. It has been a collective effort of an ensemble of institution builders, scientists,
India is a nature venerating civilization. But since the establishment of modern universities in the 1850s in India, colonial citadels hindered this civilizational sentiment. Now with India coming into its own, such illicit citadels are collapsing. In the recent 2021 monsoon session of the Lok Sabha, the Indian government has
The tremendous international popularity of Yoga can help propagate AYUSH-centric wellness, which has proved to be of immense importance during the ongoing pandemic. Since India began experiencing lockdowns due to the COVID-19 pandemic, prophylactic remedies, immunity-boosting supplements, and medicinal and agricultural commodities have garnered tremendous attention. The market analytics, in
In the increasingly competitive, crowded and commercial domain of space, India must pull together the ‘Trimurti’ of its civilian, commercial and military heft for a robust SSA A colossal volume of water has flown in the past 23 years since India began celebrating its National Technology Day on May 11.
Today, April 29, 2021, the third-largest launch vehicle in the world, the Long March 5, decorated with a large CMS (China Manned Space) logo, carried the first and core module, Tianhe-1, of the Large Modular Chinese Space Station. China’s current accomplishment is the culmination of its aim, set in
Early this week, on 19th April 2021, the US space agency NASA achieved a rare feat, a first of its kind. NASA demonstrated a powered flight using a coaxial rotor drone, weighing merely 1.8 kilograms, from the surface of Mars. The INGENUITY, as the drone is called dotingly, was
The process of validating vaccines for public inoculation is methodical and tedious. The process is so quantitatively pragmatic that a decimal difference in the vaccine's efficacy matters a lot. There are many boxes to tick. The first box to check is vaccine efficacy; the second is the ease