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News18
3 days ago
- Science
- News18
From Aryabhata To Gaganyaan: A Timeline Of ISRO's Key Milestones In PICS
1/10 1975: ISRO launched its first satellite, Aryabhatta, making India's entry into space exploration. (Image: ISRO) 1980: The space organisation successfully launched the SLV-3, making India the seventh country to achieve orbital launches. (Image: X) 1982: It launched INSAT-1A, the first satellite in the Indian National Satellite System. (Image: X) 1994: The year marks the successful launch of IRS-P2 using the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV). (Image: X) 2008: India's first lunar mission Chandrayaan-1 was successfully launched. It discovered water molecule in the moon. (Image: X) 2013: India became the first country to reach Mars with the successful launch of Mangalyaan (Mars Orbiter Mission). ISRO was the fourth space agency globally to do so. (Image: Wikimedia Commons) 2019: ISRO launched Chandrayaan-2 to land near the southern pole of the Moon; however, the lander lost contact during descent. (File Pic) 2023: Successfully launched Chandrayaan-3, achieving a soft landing on the Moon's south pole on August 23, 2023. The mission made India the first country to achieve a soft landing in that region. (Image: X) 2023: Just weeks after Chandrayaan-3, ISRO launched Aditya-L1 on September 2, 2023. It is India's first space-based solar observatory designed to study the outer atmosphere of the Sun, specifically its corona. (File Pic)
Time of India
10-07-2025
- Science
- Time of India
101 women mathematicians attends 3-day IIT-P conference
Patna: A three-day annual conference on "The Indian women and mathematics" commenced at the Indian Institute of Technology Patna (IIT-P) here on Thursday, with the enthusiastic participation of 101 women mathematicians drawn from across the country. Inaugurating the conference, IIT-P director T N Singh eulogized India's rich mathematical heritage and recalled the valuable contribution of Aryabhatta and other distinguished mathematicians of the country. "Without mathematics, nothing can truly be imagined," he said. Organising secretary of the conference, Kumari Saloni, emphasised the importance of providing a dedicated platform for women in mathematics. He said, "The conference would foster meaningful academic engagement and mentorship for women in mathematical sciences, and bring together women researchers at the national forefront by highlighting their innovative ideas." IIT-P's academic dean A K Thakur highlighted the institution's commitment to fostering a thriving culture of mathematical research, with special reference to women. "The conference would feature 24 parallel sessions spanning a wide range of mathematical disciplines, along with three plenary talks, three invited lectures, and six presentations by early-career researchers. Poster sessions would offer young mathematicians the opportunity to engage directly with established experts, encouraging mentorship and collaboration," said the organising secretary. Supported by the National Board for Higher Mathematics (NBHM) under the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), Govt of India, this conference marks a significant step toward fostering inclusivity and advancing women's leadership in the mathematical sciences.
Time of India
10-07-2025
- Science
- Time of India
101 women mathematicians attend 3-day IIT-P conference
Patna: A three-day annual conference on "The Indian women and mathematics" commenced at the Indian Institute of Technology Patna (IIT-P) here on Thursday, with the enthusiastic participation of 101 women mathematicians drawn from across the country. Inaugurating the conference, IIT-P director T N Singh eulogized India's rich mathematical heritage and recalled the valuable contribution of Aryabhatta and other distinguished mathematicians of the country. "Without mathematics, nothing can truly be imagined," he said. Organising secretary of the conference, Kumari Saloni, emphasised the importance of providing a dedicated platform for women in mathematics. He said, "The conference would foster meaningful academic engagement and mentorship for women in mathematical sciences, and bring together women researchers at the national forefront by highlighting their innovative ideas." IIT-P's academic dean A K Thakur highlighted the institution's commitment to fostering a thriving culture of mathematical research, with special reference to women. "The conference would feature 24 parallel sessions spanning a wide range of mathematical disciplines, along with three plenary talks, three invited lectures, and six presentations by early-career researchers. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Why seniors are rushing to get this Internet box – here's why! Techno Mag Learn More Undo Poster sessions would offer young mathematicians the opportunity to engage directly with established experts, encouraging mentorship and collaboration," said the organising secretary. Supported by the National Board for Higher Mathematics (NBHM) under the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), Govt of India, this conference marks a significant step toward fostering inclusivity and advancing women's leadership in the mathematical sciences.
Hindustan Times
26-06-2025
- Science
- Hindustan Times
From Ram Lalla's clothes to spacesuit badge, designer goes the extra mile
letters@ Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla (Sourced) : The Indian flag adorns one side of Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla's spacesuit and the other has a badge specially curated for the journey by his friend and designer Manish Tripathi (39). Tripathi, a National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT), Delhi graduate, has also worked on designing clothes for Ram Lalla in Ayodhya. Shukla's junior from school days, Tripathi came in contact with the astronaut with the help of a common school friend Vishal Srivastava. 'We exchanged ideas and I began working on the project in August 2024. I did not use any advanced equipment or tools to design the badge as I wanted it to be made of my own creative thoughts. I conceived every detail, ideated and sketched the badge by hand,' Tripathi said. He said while the idea of making the badge was conceived collaboratively it was approved and ordered by Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO). 'We wanted the badge to highlight the glorious past, the present works and the future aspirations which can inspire the next generation. The badge includes Aryabhatta, Gaganyaan, Jantar Mantar, Lunar Legacy of the country and astronomical signs alongside the Sun, which is also revered as a deity in India,' Tripathi added. He said that he designed, modulated, redesigned and re-visited the previous designs several times before they came to a consensus. The final one was woven using a computerised weaving technique.
Hindustan Times
29-05-2025
- Politics
- Hindustan Times
Free speech, democracy, and the epidemic of hurt feelings
Muktabhimani mukto hibadho baddhabhimanyapi | Kivdanteeh satyeyamya matih sa gatirbhavet || (Freedom is the function of feeling free; the bondage of feeling bound.) It's rightly proclaimed that you are the product of what you think. Ashtavakra Gita, one of the founding texts of Indian philosophy, underscores the importance of freedom in these lines. Freedom manifests itself only when the subject believes in her ability to be free. Unfortunately, many recent events have negated this foundational idea of human endeavour. Ashoka University professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad was arrested for a social media post expressing his thoughts on the duplicitous attitudes surrounding the Operation Sindoor debate. The oral observations of the Supreme Court, while granting him bail, suggested that he indulged in 'politics' through this post, which contained some words that 'have double meaning'. It appears a little incongruent that an author is accused of indulging in politics when governments, past and present, have repeatedly proclaimed that not just indulging in politics but even critiquing and questioning the government is a sign of India's healthy democracy. How has politics suddenly become anathema? Politics, or the relationship between the governing and the governed, is the central point of Indian philosophy — classical to modern. In the realm of metaphysics, it is the negotiation between the nature of truth and those seeking it, of which the Ashtavakra Gita is an example. Politics exists in spiritual and mystical spaces as a dialogue between beliefs and believers. The Bhagavad Gita exemplifies this. In the physical space of the ordinariness of life, there is realpolitik, the interlocution of pragmatism and populism. Politics permeates every aspect of the living and the dead. Politics is the oxygen of academic life, irrespective of the discipline. It is a fallacy, a dangerous one at that, that only the social sciences indulge in politics. From Aryabhatta's exposition of the relativity of motion, which deals with perspective and illusion, to Albert Einstein's dilemma about the destructive potential of science, even the purest apolitical sciences are firmly ensconced in the political framework. The process of seeking and disseminating knowledge is dependent on the intersections of similar and contradictory ideas. An academic operates within and creates a space where multivalent thoughts find expression. The Socratic dialogues of Greece and the Shastraarth tradition of classical Indian pedagogy inform us about the necessity of a thought space where ideas are shared, discussed, and accepted or rejected. Therefore, if an academic will not indulge in politics, a stirring of the spirit of enquiry, who else will? But this is not about Mahmudabad or any one individual. The shutting of spaces that hold a carnival of ideas precedes a crisis of knowledge and progress. The snuffing of the flame of questioning can only herald dark times ahead. In societies where freedom of thought and expression comes with caveats, intellectual growth stunts. Those who take pride in our philosophical roots based on samgacchadhvam, samvadadhvam (coming together for a harmonious exchange of views) ought to feel uncomfortable with the rise in coercive action to silence those we disagree with. The legal aspects of the limits to freedom of speech aside, shouldn't there be a paradigm shift in assessing what speech is harmful enough to be gagged? If politics is dangerous per se, whither democracy? The government expects the youth to be part of India's growth story but is wary of exposing them to definitions of politics that differ from its own. What greatness has evolved in echo chambers? We can only raise prejudiced minds there. Insecure, easily hurt minds that will be unwilling to 'give ground even on unimportant disagreements', in the words of Christopher Hitchens. In the ongoing clash of politics, the epidemic of 'hurt feelings/sentiments' has spread unchecked, often getting a shot in the arm through criminal cases and violent actions against the speaker. Hurt feelings and damaging words should meet each other in civil court, where they can litigate their heart out. This is still in keeping with the tradition of exchanging ideas. Criminalising speech that has, as yet, posed no imminent danger to public order or instigated violence is akin to punishing a thought crime in George Orwell's 1984. Nishtha Gautam is an author and academician. The views expressed are personal. Get 360° coverage—from daily headlines to 100 year archives.
