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​Blue Origin on Sunday (April 19, 2026) said ‌its New Glenn rocket booster ​touched down after ⁠its launch, marking its first landing of a reused booster. New Glenn ‌carries AST SpaceMobile’s BlueBird 7 satellite to ‌low-Earth orbit in a ‌flight ⁠that marks a pivotal step ⁠for the Jeff Bezos-led company.

During the day, land heats faster than the sea, pulling cool air onshore. At night, the land cools faster, so the air flows offshore. This is called the sea-land breeze. A new study in Nature Climate Change has reported that as the oceans become warmer, the sea-land breezes around coastal megacities are becoming weaker. In...

For decades, malaria control has worked by reducing the number of mosquitoes and treating infected people. As a result bed nets, indoor insecticide spraying, and effective medicines have saved millions of lives. Yet malaria remains one of the world’s deadliest infectious diseases, killing more than half a million people each year, most of them children...

On April 16, the Indian government introduced three Bills in the Lok Sabha: the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, the Delimitation Bill, and the Union Territories Laws (Amendment) Bill. The proposed laws would expand the size of the Lok Sabha from 543 seats to 850 seats, and empower the government to conduct a new delimitation exercise...

ISRO Chairman V Narayanan said on Saturday (April 18, 2026) that the G20 satellite, designed to study climate, air pollution and monitor weather, is expected to be launched in 2027. Addressing scientists from DRDO, ISRO, and the Aeronautical Society of India at the Engineering Staff College of India, Dr. Narayanan also said India is the...

Have you ever dreamt of flying? A common, recurring theme in dreams, it symbolises freedom and liberation, and a sense of empowerment as one rises above challenges they are confronted with. For decades, nay centuries, or should we say millennia, flying was just that — an unfulfilled dream for humanity as a whole. It might...

A domain of inquiry, natural history is the interdisciplinary research and study of organisms. When we say organisms, it includes the entire gamut of living beings, be it plants, animals, fungi, and even microorganisms. Natural history focuses on the life cycles, behaviours and relationships of these organisms in their natural environment. Serving as a bridge...

More than 1.5 lakh alerts were issued for Indian satellites during 2025. According to the Indian Space Situational Awareness Report for 2025 (ISSAR 2025), which was recently released, the Combined Space Operations Center (CSpOC) of US Space Command issued more than 1.5 lakh alerts for ISRO’s Earth orbiting satellites. “There were four collision avoidance manoeuvres...

Published – April 15, 2026 05:00 pm IST Read Comments Copy link Email Facebook Twitter Telegram LinkedIn WhatsApp Reddit

The summer season is on and the fruit market is flush with the watermelon (‘turbuz’ in Hindi, ‘vathakkai’ in Tamil, ‘tormuj’ in Bengali, and Citrullus lanatus in botany), with its green-yellow striped skins and reddish interiors studded with dark seeds. The watermelon came to India from Africa, and is now ranked alongside apples, bananas, oranges,...