‘Anaemia has multiple causes and cannot be solved by an additive in the salt bottle’ | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto India’s anaemia burden is not in doubt. The fifth National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5) found that more than half of women and about two-thirds of young children are anaemic. In this context, double-fortified salt (DFS)...
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November 4, 2026November 4, 2026Science & Tech
Science should move past ‘top 2%’ label
‘Irrespective of whether Indian scientists are included in these lists or not, many of them make important research contributions.’ | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Indian scientists, like scientists everywhere, deserve recognition for the work they do in advancing knowledge. International visibility is one such form of recognition. Recent media reports stated that India’s presence in...
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November 4, 2026November 4, 2026Science & Tech
NVS-03 reaches geosynchronous orbit; satellite in good health
A GSLV rocket carrying second-generation navigation satellite NVS-03 lifts off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. | Photo Credit: PTI The NVS-03 satellite launched by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on October 30, 2026, has reached the intended Geo Synchronous Orbit. See The Hindu’s visual story on India’s space journey....
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November 4, 2026November 4, 2026Science & Tech
Back to back GSLV successes help ISRO win back some pride
A GSLV rocket carrying second-generation navigation satellite NVS-03 lifts off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, October 30, 2026. | Photo Credit: @NitinNabin/X.com In the early hours of October 30, when the GSLV-F18 vehicle soared into the dark skies from the space port in Sriharikota and placed the NVS-03 satellite into a...
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November 4, 2026November 4, 2026Science & Tech
At Bengaluru exhibition, an attempt to make the quantum seem human
Dayanand Nagaraju’s ‘Kaggantu’ is at once a literal reading of entanglement and a representation of its mysteriousness. | Photo Credit: Samriddhi Nanda/Special arrangement If you enter Science Gallery Bengaluru one of these weekends, you should find Mr. Tomkins to your right. At first glance, he might appear asleep — or dead. But look at him...
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November 4, 2026November 4, 2026Science & Tech
What is the debate on NavIC vs GPS | Explained
File photo of ISRO Chairman V Narayanan addresses a press conference in Sriharikota. File | Photo Credit: PTI For India’s regional satellite-based navigation, the big news towards the end of October 2026 was that NavIC — short for ‘Navigation with Indian Constellation’ — was back in the reckoning with the successful addition of the NVS-03...
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November 4, 2026November 4, 2026Science & Tech
House lizards can contaminate a meal but are not poisonous
‘If they bite you, or you bite them, there are no fatal consequences’ | Photo Credit: Cricket Raspet (CC BY) The common house gecko (Hemidactylus frenatus) is a familiar sight in many Indian homes. Clinging to the walls under the artificial light while hunting insects and known for its distinctive thik, thik, thik call, the...
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November 4, 2026November 4, 2026Science & Tech
Science Quiz: On history of science
Laika became the first animal to orbit the earth on this day in 1957. However, she died within hours of launch due to overheating. Photo: Mos.ru (CC BY) Published – November 04, 2026 05:11 pm IST Read Comments Copy link Email Facebook Twitter Telegram LinkedIn WhatsApp Reddit
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November 3, 2026November 3, 2026Environment, Science & Tech
Cellophane bees produce a kind of plastic that also degrades, study finds
The Colletidae family of bees is often referred to collectively as ‘polyester’ bees. | Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons In March 2023, a team of scientists travelled to eastern Tennessee, the U.S., trowels in hand, and dug a few centimetres into the earth to follow small tunnels into nests created by a ground-nesting bee, Colletes inaequalis...
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November 3, 2026November 3, 2026Science & Tech
What are ‘green firecrackers’?
Firecrackers on display at a stall in New Delhi. File photo. | Photo Credit: SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA/THE HINDU A: Green firecrackers — like those the Supreme Court of India recently allowed the residents of New Delhi to burst for two days for Deepavali — are designed to pollute the air less as they burn. According...
