Describing them as future makers of the nation, astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla urged youths to start owning dreams, whether in human spaceflight missions or other spheres, and work collectively towards realising them. Mr. Shukla visited the National Cadet Corps’ (NCC) Republic Day Camp at Delhi Cantonment on Sunday (January 11, 2026) and interacted with the cadets....
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January 12, 2026January 12, 2026Science & Tech
What is the context window?
A: In the context of artificial intelligence (AI), specifically large language models (LLMs) like GPT-5 and Claude, the context window is the maximum amount of text the model can consider at any one time while generating a response. AI models don’t read words; instead they read chunks of characters called tokens. Typically 1 token is...
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January 12, 2026January 12, 2026Environment, Science & Tech
Conservation in the Global South erases human rights, researchers say
Exactly 20 years ago, forest rangers in Chitwan National Park in Nepal nabbed a farmer, Shikharam Chaudhary, who they believed helped his son bury, in his own backyard, a stolen rhino horn. The rangers interrogated him and waterboarded him in prison. Days later, Chaudhary died. No horn was found. But the large and wealthy global...
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January 11, 2026January 11, 2026Science & Tech
Countdown for launch of PSLV-C62/EOS-N1 mission begins
The 22.5 hour countdown for the launch of the PSLV-C62/EOS-N1 Mission commenced at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota on Sunday (January 11, 2026). The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is scheduled to launch the PSLV-C62/EOS-N1 Mission on January 12 from the first launch pad of the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at 10:17 a.m....
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January 10, 2026January 10, 2026Children, Science & Tech
Turning a death sentence into a long-lasting health condition
What is diabetes? Ask around in your circle, and chances are that there is someone you know who has diabetes. A chronic disease, diabetes is closely related to insulin, a hormone that regulates blood glucose. Diabetes occurs either when enough insulin is not produced by the pancreas, or when the insulin produced cannot be effectively...
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January 10, 2026January 10, 2026Science & Tech
ISRO’s Aditya-L1 decodes how solar storms impact Earth’s magnetic field
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Saturday (January 10, 2026) said its Aditya-L1 solar mission has provided new insights into how a powerful solar storm can impact Earth’s magnetic shield. “The most severe effects occurred during the impact of the turbulent region of the solar storm,” the space agency said in a statement. In...
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January 10, 2026January 10, 2026Science & Tech
Aerosols aloft lift, thicken winter fog over North India: IIT-M study
Winter fog is a familiar hazard across the Indo-Gangetic Plain, reducing visibility for hours at once. The fog often forms inside polluted air near the ground and polluted events tend to last longer. Forecasters have been trying to understand the fog’s vertical structure, i.e. how thick the fog layer is, because thickness helps determine how...
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January 9, 2026January 9, 2026Science & Tech
DRDO achieves breakthrough in hypersonic missile development with long-duration scramjet test
Defence Research & Development Laboratory (DRDL), the Hyderabad-based laboratory of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), has achieved a milestone in India’s hypersonic missile programme with the successful long-duration ground test of an actively-cooled scramjet full-scale combustor. The Ministry of Defence said the test was conducted on Friday at DRDL’s state-of-the-art Scramjet Connect Pipe...
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January 9, 2026January 9, 2026Health, Science & Tech
Study finds distinct blood markers for early detection of gallbladder cancer
GUWAHATI A team of scientists led by researchers from Assam’s Tezpur University has identified distinct chemical signatures in blood, offering fresh hope in the early detection of one of the deadliest and often undetected cancers in India. The scientists who studied patients from Assam, a part of the Northeastern region with one of the highest...
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January 9, 2026January 9, 2026Science & Tech
Do plants listen to music? How do they respond?
‘Do you play music to your plants?’. This was asked of the famous plant biologist James Wong of Kew Gardens in London. He said that it is the vibrations that open the plant’s epidermis. So did the physicist J.C. Bose of Kolkata. What has the latest research into this evergreen question shown? First, the obvious:...
