World's most advanced and expensive satellite to launch soon The NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) satellite is set to be launched in March 2025 from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre on India's southeastern coast. This satellite is a collaborative effort between NASA and ISRO, and it's consid...
Karnataka girl bags Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar award Sindhoora Raja, a 15-year-old student from Karnataka, has been awarded the Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar for her exceptional contributions in the field of innovation. Innovations: Self-Stabilizing Devices for Parkinson's Patient...
China gives go-ahead to construction of world's largest dam China has approved the construction of the world's largest dam on the Brahmaputra River (known as the Yarlung Tsangpo River in Tibet). This mega project, estimated to cost $137 billion, is part of China's 14th Five-Year Plan and aims to gen...
Forest loss in Karnataka’s Western Ghats region alarming: Report The recent India State of Forest Report (ISFR) 2023 has raised serious concerns about forest loss in Karnataka's Western Ghats region. Severe Degradation: Four out of the ten Western Ghats districts in Karnataka have experienced signif...
Foundation stone laidfor Ken-Betwa River Linking Project Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone for the Ken-Betwa River Linking Project on December 25, 2024. This project aims to transfer water from the Ken River to the Betwa River, both tributaries of the Yamuna, to address water sc...