Electronics sector got proposal worth Rs 18,000 cr: Ravi Shankar Prasad

Last Updated: Saturday, December 20, 2014, 16:00

Government has received investment proposals worth Rs 18,000 crore in last six months in the field of electronic manufacturing, telecom minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said on Saturday.

Exoplanet orbiting solar twin found in distant star cluster

Last Updated: Thursday, January 16, 2014, 00:57

Astronomers have discovered an exoplanet orbiting a solar twin 2500 light-years away, according to a new study.

Black hole discovered in star cluster M62

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 6, 2013, 15:29

Researchers have found evidence of another black hole in a globular cluster known as M62.

Quest to look deeper into universe begins

Last Updated: Friday, October 25, 2013, 11:14

NASA`s Hubble, Spitzer and Chandra space telescopes have begun their quest to look deeper into the universe.

'Bangalore will become single largest IT cluster by 2020'

Last Updated: Monday, October 21, 2013, 22:57

"Bangalore, you believe it or not- is going to become the single largest IT cluster on the planet by 2020. We will have 20 lakh IT professionals in one location- namely Bangalore and 60 lakh indirect employment because of that, and Rs four lakh crore exports by 2020," Srivatsa Krishna, Secretary to Government, Department of IT, BT and S&T Government of Karnataka, told reporters here.

UP expedites work on leather cluster project

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 9, 2013, 09:35

The Uttar Pradesh (UP) government has decided to speed up the Sandila Mega Leather Cluster project, an official said on Wednesday.

Cluster satellites `dancing in space` may help spill electromagnetic waves secrets

Last Updated: Saturday, September 21, 2013, 00:37

Two of the satellites of the Cluster quartet achieved their closest-ever separation on September 19, just 4 km of each other, while orbiting at up to 23,000 km/h high above Earth, enabling scientists to acquire valuable data with unprecedented detail.

Science proves existence of elusive space wind

Last Updated: Wednesday, July 3, 2013, 21:20

A new study provides proof that space wind does exist, a theory which was first proposed 20 years ago.

Distribution of dark matter in 50 galaxy clusters measured

Last Updated: Thursday, June 13, 2013, 19:14

A team of astronomers from Taiwan, England, and Japan have used the Subaru Telescope to measure the distribution of dark matter in fifty galaxy clusters.

Sochi to finish Olympic lanes construction by year end

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 5, 2013, 12:34

Lanes specially reserved for the Sochi 2014 Olympic Games will be prepared by the end of the year, a steering committee official said.

Dead stars give a glimpse of what the Sun will look like in future

Last Updated: Friday, May 10, 2013, 12:00

Scientists have studied two dead stars, which they say are giving us a glimpse as to how our Solar System might look like a few billion years from now.