Indian Maritime University convocation: 1,993 graduate in Chennai, including 1,605 seafarers
Indian Maritime University held its 11th convocation in Chennai on 15 October, awarding degrees to 1,993 students including 1,605 seafarers and 4 PhD scholars.
Jaswant Pashu Mela opens in Bharatpur: 107th edition of the 1920 fair already earns over Rs 1.17 crore
Jaswant Pashu Mela, Bharatpur's 107th exhibition and cattle fair, opens with a flag hoisting. Income has crossed Rs 1.17 crore against Rs…
Rajasthan Police starts ‘Positive Behaviour in Policing’ training to change how stations treat people
Rajasthan Police starts a three-day 'Positive Behaviour in Policing' course at IIHMR University, Jaipur, where DGP Rajeev Kumar Sharma urged empathy.
COP17 biodiversity report: fewer than half of national nature targets on track, Guterres warns
COP17 biodiversity report: fewer than half of national nature targets are on track, and only 26% of land would be protected by…
UN report on neurotechnology warns brain data from gadgets could be used against people in court
Neurotechnology is outpacing human rights laws, a UN report warns, as brain data from gaming or wellness headsets could end up as…
Artemis II heat shield: NASA finds just 9 char-loss spots against 103 on Artemis I
Artemis II heat shield worked as expected, NASA's analysis finds, with only nine spots of char loss compared with 103 on Artemis…
El Nino 2026: NASA satellites track what may be the strongest El Nino since 1950
El Nino 2026 could be the strongest since 1950, with NOAA giving an 83% chance. NASA satellites show a hotter, higher and…
Hurricane Isaias: NASA night images show lights going out across Florida Panhandle, then returning
Hurricane Isaias knocked out power along the Florida Panhandle, NASA night-light images show. Lights faded in Pensacola and Destin and recovered by…
Combined Task Force 154: Indian Navy ends its first CMF command in Bahrain after 7,800 training hours
Combined Task Force 154: the Indian Navy handed over command in Manama on 14 October after an eight-month tenure with 7,800+ training…
Greater Than Us: Rajnath Singh launches IIT Kanpur’s $1 billion campaign with Rs 4,155 crore committed
Greater Than Us, IIT Kanpur's US$1 billion fundraising campaign, was launched by Rajnath Singh in New Delhi with Rs 4,155 crore already…
Chambal Gharial Sanctuary: Rajasthan orders check posts, GPS curbs to stop illegal gravel mining
Chambal Gharial Sanctuary: ACS Anand Kumar orders patrols, mobile check posts, CCTV and GPS on heavy vehicles in Kota and Bundi to…
Anil Menon spacewalk: NASA to preview the last two ISS solar array installs on 20 October
Anil Menon spacewalk: NASA will brief on US spacewalks 100 and 101 on 20 October, when Menon and Joshua Kutryk fit the…
Artemis III update: NASA to brief on its Moon timeline and next year’s test flight on 23 October
Artemis III update: NASA will brief on 23 October on its plan to fly four astronauts in low Earth orbit next year…
NASA Moon battery: solid-state SPEARS cells built to survive the lunar South Pole cold
NASA Moon battery: SPEARS solid-state cells worked down to minus 80 C in tests and survived 100 C to minus 170 C,…
Treble Clef in space: NASA’s Chandra finds a black hole outburst and cluster crash behind the shape
Treble Clef radio shape explained: NASA's Chandra and eROSITA show a black hole outburst and a galaxy cluster collision created the musical-looking…
Hurricane Simon weakens to 75 mph off Mexico as Baja California Sur told to stay alert
Hurricane Simon weakens to 75 mph off Mexico's Pacific coast; NHC says Baja California Sur should monitor it, days after it passed…
INS Samarthak to be commissioned at Karwar on 16 October as Navy’s first multi-purpose vessel
INS Samarthak, the first of four L&T-built multi-purpose vessels, will be commissioned at Naval Base Karwar on 16 October. Roles, crest and…
India Czech defence cooperation to expand as Rajnath Singh meets Czech deputy PM Karel Havlicek
India Czech defence cooperation: Rajnath Singh and Czech First Deputy PM Karel Havlicek agree to grow joint ventures under the Joint Defence…
ESTIC 2026: DRDO to lead semiconductor and next-gen chips session at Bharat Mandapam
ESTIC 2026 runs 27-29 October at Bharat Mandapam. DRDO will lead a session on semiconductors and next-gen chips with Micron India, Bharat…
Himalayan ecosystem is a national responsibility, says Jitendra Singh at Srinagar mountain summit
Himalayan ecosystem: Jitendra Singh says every citizen has a stake, cites glacier monitoring and 50 weather radars at the mountain summit in…
66th NDC course meets President Murmu: decision making cannot be outsourced to AI, she says
66th NDC course at Rashtrapati Bhavan: President Murmu says security now spans cyber and space, and that decisions cannot be outsourced to…
V Srinivas IIAS role takes Rajasthan Chief Secretary to Athens for global governance conference
V Srinivas IIAS president and Rajasthan Chief Secretary meets India's envoy in Athens during the IASIA 2026 conference and previews a governance…
Disaster housing losses hit $228 billion a year, UN says on Disaster Risk Reduction Day
Disaster housing losses reach $228 billion a year, the UN says on Disaster Risk Reduction Day. Homes make up 43% of direct…
CRS-35 launch: SpaceX Dragon carries final ISS solar arrays and 6,300 pounds of cargo
CRS-35 launched on 13 October with 6,300 pounds of cargo and the final ISS roll-out solar arrays. Dragon docks on 15 October.…
Christina Koch named NASA acting deputy chief engineer, ends her spaceflight career
Christina Koch becomes NASA's acting deputy chief engineer from 1 November and will no longer fly. The Artemis II astronaut and ISS…
Griffin-1 Moon lander clears shake, roar and vacuum tests at NASA JPL ahead of launch
Griffin-1, Voyager Technologies' Moon lander, passed vibration, 153-decibel acoustic and thermal vacuum tests at NASA JPL ahead of a Falcon Heavy launch.
Sentinel-3C sends first images of Italy and Greenland two weeks after launch
Sentinel-3C, the new Copernicus satellite, sends its first images of Italy, the Arctic and the Caribbean plus Greenland ice height data two…
Farthest fast radio burst traced to a tiny dwarf galaxy by Webb, hinting at a magnetar origin
Farthest fast radio burst, FRB 20240304B, traced by NASA's Webb to a small star-forming dwarf galaxy 3 billion years after the big…
INS Mangrol commissioned: Navy gets third indigenous anti-submarine shallow water craft
INS Mangrol, the Navy's third Mahe-class anti-submarine shallow water craft, built by Cochin Shipyard with over 80% local content, is commissioned in…
Bharat Rice launched for Army troops as FCI pact strengthens military supply chain
Bharat Rice for the armed forces: quality rice goes straight to Army depots in Ladakh and the North East, and an MoU…