China’s moon rover soft lands on lunar surface, sends photographs
Beijing (ISJ): A day after landing on lunar surface, China’s Jade Rabbit rover began sending images from the moon. China is the third country to...
Month : April 2014
India keeps polio at bay
New Delhi (ISJ): From a country, which accounted for more than half of the world’s polio cases, India announced the third consecutive polio-free year on...
US ban on Ranbaxy; Indian drugs regulator orders quality check at manufacturing facilities
New Delhi (ISJ): India’s drugs regulator, Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) on Tuesday (Jan 28) asked state drug controllers to notify import alert and...
‘Politics and business interests behind ban on Ranbaxy,’ Ghulam Nabi Azad
New Delhi (ISJ): India on Monday (Feb 03) termed ‘politics and business interests’ behind the US ban on Ranbaxy drugs. Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi...
India successfully tests its long-range missile Agni III
New Delhi (ISJ): India test-fired its long-range Agni III missile with a range of over 3000 kms on Monday (Dec. 23) from Wheelers Island, off...
DRDO dreams to put Indian defence on ‘hypersonic’ mode
New Delhi (ISJ): India’s Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is in an image-change mode ? from a lethargic organisation known for cost and time...
CSIR lab develops clot buster drug
New Delhi (ISJ): A state-run lab has received clearance from the national drug watchdog, to conduct phase 2 human trials of a novel drug to...
Indian-born researcher develops mechanism to ‘move’ brain tumours
Atlanta, United States (ISJ): A team of researchers led by an Indian-born scientist developed a mechanism to move brain tumours. Researchers at the Georgia Tech...
India plans 58 space missions in the next three years, no Man Mission to Moon now
New Delhi (ISJ): Bouyed by the successful launch of Mars Orbiter Mission or Mangalyaan, Indian Space Research Organisation, ISRO plans to undertake 58 space missions...
US bans Indian-origin tobacco products
Washington (ISJ): Invoking the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act for the first time, the US Food and Drug Administration has banned sale and...