In Russia's far northeastern Yakutia region, local scientists are performing an autopsy on a wolf frozen in permafrost for around 44,000 years, a find they said was the first of its kind. Found by chance by locals in Yakutia's Abyyskiy district in 2021, the wolf's body is now being examined by scientists. Watch.
ISRO Chief S Somanath on Tuesday shared details of Chandrayaan-4 mission and ISRO’s lunar mission objectives. During the interaction with media ISRO Chief S Somanath said, “Chandrayaan-4 is the concept that we are developing as a continuation of the Chandrayaan series, so all of you know that honourable Prime Minister has announced that we will be landing on the moon and intend to land on the moon in 2040."
Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) third Moon Mission, Chandrayaan-3, is all set to land on the moon today. With this moon mission, India is all set to create history as India will become the first country to successfully reach the moon's south pole.
India's private space industry clocks a huge milestone, with 2 Indian start-ups launching payloads into space for the first time. Start-ups Dhruva Space and Digantara are the first to get authorisation for launching payloads by IN-SPACe, an organisation formed to amplify India's private sector space activity. Watch IN-SPACe Chairman Dr Pawan K Goenka talk about India's SpaceX moment, and what this means for the future of the country's space sector.
Sumant Sinha of ReNew Power says that we need to set a new framework for growth in a carbon-free manner. Watch the video for more.
#MCAtDavos Day-2: Special broadcast on Moneycontrol with all the day's big stories and headlines. This edition of the world economic forum holds special relevance, for it is after two years that the gathering has convened at Davos, in person. Coming to you at a time of extremely polarised global politics and a business order that is under duress, we will be telling you what are issues the global leadership is talking about. Every evening, block your calendar, as we come to you with the day's top news from Davos, and the newsmakers.
With its contributions to global economic growth and by ensuring that the world meets its climate and sustainability goals, India continues to emerge as an important global player. What actions can the country take to leverage today's inflection point and launch the reforms needed to be an influential member of the global community? CNBC-TV18's Shereen Bhan in conversation with Piyush Goyal, Minister of Commerce & Industry, Hardeep Singh Puri. Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas, and Sanjiv Bajaj, Chairman & MD, Bajaj Finserv Ltd at the World Economic Forum in Davos.
Defence stocks as a basket has outperformed recently. Companies, particularly the PSUs, are sitting on huge orders that are supposed to be delivered over the next 4-5 years, providing strong revenue visibility. Does this make defence stocks a bet for long term? Watch here to find out which stocks look attractive
PI Industries has maintained healthy growth momentum in its Q3 numbers with an 8% YoY increase in domestic revenues. With its plan to expand the business and launch new products in the market, MC Pro expects revenue growth to be healthy in FY23. Here’s why you should add the stock to your portfolio.
Amara Raja Batteries and Exide Industries have corrected 39 percent and 29 percent from their 52-week high, respectively, due to concerns regarding semiconductor shortage which is impacting the demand from OEMs, and commodity-linked cost pressure hurting their profitability. Should you buy the stocks post the fall? Watch this video to find out.
The legislation will put in place a defined set of regulations in the field of in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) and other fertility treatments provided in India
Indian agri waste recycling project bagged Prince William’s Earthshot prize in London under the 'clean our air’ category. The project converts biomass to high-value & carbon negative byproducts. How does the process help in reducing air pollution? Let's find out.
Sumitomo Chemical India garners attention as an investment bet given its focus on specialty products backed by R&D strength of Japanese parentage. Key near-term trigger to watch is the manufacturing of technical-grade active ingredient products for parent company - Sumitomo Chemical Company. Watch this video for more.
In the current consolidation phase for pharma sector, investors should focus on winners for the long term. Cipla, with its leadership in inhalation, focus on green chemistry and potential deployment of cash savings for new growth drivers, warrants attention. We tell you why.
Indian speciality chemicals market is expected to almost double over the next five years, outpacing the overall chemical market. In this context, the IPO of Tatva Chintan Pharma Chem comes at an opportune time for investors.
Moneycontrol’s Nisha Poddar caught up with Arundhati Bhattacharya, CEO & Chairperson, at Salesforce India. Bhattacharya says she made the right shift to the technology sector as it has become mandatory for every company to adopt tech for survival and growth.
Divi’s Labs delivered a strong March quarter, helped by broad-based growth. Margin expansion can be attributed to lower raw material cost and operating leverage. We believe a strong opportunity awaits in Contrast Media APIs and Nutraceuticals businesses. Near-term growth is likely to pick up as the company starts utilizing new assets
With the second Covid ‘Wave’ already surpassing the daily highs recorded in the month of September 2020 of about 95000, the demand for vaccines, critical medical equipment like vaccines, oxygen cylinders and ventilators have increased manifold. Watch the video to know what this evolving situation means for Indian Pharma?
Temperatures inside the tent, which uses only sunlight, water and insulated layers to maintain temperature, stood at 15 degrees Celsius at 10 pm on a day when the minimum temperature outside was -14 degrees Celsius.
IIT Madras-Incubated Startup Pi Beam has launched an Electric Two-Wheeler that can charge faster than a smartphone and comes with a range of 50 km. Watch the video for more
The study, published in the journal Astrobiology, details characteristics of potential "superhabitable" planets, that include those that are older, a little larger, slightly warmer and possibly wetter than Earth.
In this edition of the Explained series, Moneycontrol's Shraddha Sharma explains what is a solar cycle and how it impacts us.
NASA's Perseverance rover will lift off at 5.20 pm IST on July 30. It will land or orbit Mars next year after six-months.
Jezero crater, the destination of NASA's Perseverance rover, is a promising place to look for evidence of extinct Martian life.
It has been proven to be 99.9 percent effective in neutralising the Spike-Protein or S-protein that are present in coronavirus.
The tiny campfires dotting the Sun as captured by NASA Solar Orbiter are the little nephews of solar flares, at least a million, perhaps a billion times smaller
In this webcast, Prof Ashutosh Sharma, Secretary, Department of Science & Technology tells Network 18’s Kartik Malhotra that India needs for a nodal agency to enable greater convergence of industry towards the needs of the nation.
Watch renowned epidemiologist Doctor Jayaprakash Muliyil’s most incisive and direct conversation about the science (without the fancy jargons) behind immunity with Network 18's Kartik Malhotra.
Moneycontrol’s Sakshi Batra does a 3-Point Analysis to assess the damage that can be caused to Indian pharma companies.
Moneycontrol's Shraddha Sharma gets in conversation with Viswanath Pilla to understand why investors are cautious of the COVID-19 outbreak amid a global slowdown.
The virus is named after Yara or Iara, a water-queen figure in Brazilian mythology that is usually depicted as a water nymph. The report quoted researchers saying that it constitutes "a new lineage of an amoebal virus with a puzzling origin and phylogeny."
Born in 1888, Sir CV Raman carried out outstanding work in the field of light scattering, which earned him the 1930 Nobel Prize for Physics
It can be operated by the user and the results of the test are available on your smartphone.
Making oblique references, he criticised Sivan’s inept handling of the Chandrayaan 2 mission and considering it a failure just because the Vikram lander crashed on the lunar surface instead of a soft touch down.
The US space agency’s DSN operator Richard Stephenson also confirmed that the network is helping secure a communication link with the lander
The latest smart phone from Samsung comes with amoled display, 3 lenses-16 MP Ultra Wide camera, 12 MP Wide-angle camera, 12 MP Telephoto camera- coupled with 3D AR camera at back and 256 GB with upto 1TB via Micor SD card storage capacity.
According to ISRO, the mission objective of Chandrayaan-2 is to develop and demonstrate the key technologies for end-to-end lunar mission capability, including soft-landing and roving on the lunar surface.
If cannabis is made legal for industrial or medicinal use in India, regularised cultivation of the plant could prove immensely profitable for the government.
If successful, India will become the fourth country to soft land on the moon, after the US, erstwhile Soviet Union and China
The function of this rover will be to carry out scientific experiments on the surface of the Moon.
The research was conducted by the Event Horizon Telescope project, a collaboration started to try to directly observe the immediate environment of a black hole using a global network of Earth-based telescopes.
The PM heaped praise on the scientists of Defence Research and Development Organisation.
Bridenstine also pointed out that multiple research findings hint at Mars once being conducive for life to thrive on it, and may still be so.
Beresheet was due to be released into Earth orbit about 34 minutes after launch, followed 15 minutes later by deployment of the two satellites.
"The inventions being honoured this year have revolutionised laser physics," the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said on awarding the nine million Swedish crown ($1 million) prize
Moneycontrol’s Anchal Pathak talks to the founders of Sequretek about what it takes to set up a cyber-security venture in India
The announcement was made at the Hunan Commercial Aviation Space and Marine Equipment Forum held on Thursday in Changsha, Central China's Hunan Province, state-run Global Times reported.
The construction of a three-meter optical telescope to be used as a laser cannon has already commenced. This telescope will be transformed into a giant laser if the project gets approval.
Lead author of second paper Chris Webster of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory said, “This is the first time we've seen something repeatable in the methane story, so it offers us a handle in understanding it."
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