Union Shipping Minister Sarbananda Sonowal. | Photo Credit: File Photo In a major step toward sustainable maritime transportation, India had initiated the construction of its first green hydrogen-powered ships, Union Minister for Ports, Shipping and Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal announced in a written reply in the Lok Sabha on Friday (August 8, 2025). The response came … Read more
India’s first space-based observatory to study the Sun, Aditya-L1, is headed to the Lagrangian 1 (L1) point as ISRO carried out the Trans-Lagrangian 1 Insertion (TL1I) manoeuvre in the early hours of September 19. The TL1I manoeuvre marks the beginning of Aditya-L1’s 110-day journey towards the L1 point which lies between the Sun-Earth line. L1 … Read more
The policy initiative declaring thandas and gudems (habitations) with more than 500 population as gram panchayats has resulted in over 3,140 thandas now receiving benefits on a par with other rural local bodies. Representational Photo. | Photo Credit: Deepak KR After converting several tribal hamlets or ‘thandas’ into gram panchayats to establish self-rule, the State … Read more