Pallab Bhattacharya

Pallab Bhattacharya is a special correspondent for The Daily Star.

India successfully tests hypersonic testing capability

In a major boost to India's space and defence sectors, the country’s first Hypervelocity Expansion Tunnel Test Facility was successfully established and tested by the Indian Institute of Technology in Kanpur.

1d ago

Indian scientists design new technique to better study absolute zero atoms

Indian scientists have designed a new image-correction technique capable of getting better images during the study of atoms at absolute zero temperature. The technique can get rid of 50% unwanted interference fringes in the images, which are important for understanding the intriguing quantum mechanics governed properties of atoms at cold temperatures better.

5d ago

India tables interim budget of Rs 47.66 lakh crore

FY25’s interim budget is 6% higher than the previous year

1w ago

India launches environment-friendly in-orbit propulsion system

India has successfully tested an environment-friendly propulsion system demonstrating in-orbit functionality on a microsatellite launched by a rocket, aligning space missions with the environment.

1w ago

Indian scientists discover environment-friendly alternative to hard chrome plating

Indian scientists have claimed to have found a new technique of synthesizing thin hard surface coatings by high-velocity air fuel spraying. According to them, this has the potential of an environment-friendly and safer alternative to hard chrome plating used in car parts, tools, and kitchen utensils.

1w ago

NASA's laser bounces off India's Vikram moon lander

A spacecraft of NASA, orbiting the moon, sent laser beams which successfully bounced off a tiny mirror-based instrument on board the lander that is now on the lunar following India’s landmark moon mission last year.

3w ago

ISRO captures supernova in space

Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) said its maiden X-ray polarimetric mission has captured the energy emanating from the explosion of a star which is called supernova.

India's national space agency tests futuristic fuel cell power system

A futuristic fuel cell-based power system was successfully tested by India's national space agency. As per ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation), this new power system could help build a proposed space station while holding prospects of wider human applications.

February 11, 2024
February 11, 2024

India successfully tests hypersonic testing capability

In a major boost to India's space and defence sectors, the country’s first Hypervelocity Expansion Tunnel Test Facility was successfully established and tested by the Indian Institute of Technology in Kanpur.

February 6, 2024
February 6, 2024

Indian scientists design new technique to better study absolute zero atoms

Indian scientists have designed a new image-correction technique capable of getting better images during the study of atoms at absolute zero temperature. The technique can get rid of 50% unwanted interference fringes in the images, which are important for understanding the intriguing quantum mechanics governed properties of atoms at cold temperatures better.

February 1, 2024
February 1, 2024

India tables interim budget of Rs 47.66 lakh crore

FY25’s interim budget is 6% higher than the previous year

February 1, 2024
February 1, 2024

India launches environment-friendly in-orbit propulsion system

India has successfully tested an environment-friendly propulsion system demonstrating in-orbit functionality on a microsatellite launched by a rocket, aligning space missions with the environment.

January 31, 2024
January 31, 2024

Indian scientists discover environment-friendly alternative to hard chrome plating

Indian scientists have claimed to have found a new technique of synthesizing thin hard surface coatings by high-velocity air fuel spraying. According to them, this has the potential of an environment-friendly and safer alternative to hard chrome plating used in car parts, tools, and kitchen utensils.

January 20, 2024
January 20, 2024

NASA's laser bounces off India's Vikram moon lander

A spacecraft of NASA, orbiting the moon, sent laser beams which successfully bounced off a tiny mirror-based instrument on board the lander that is now on the lunar following India’s landmark moon mission last year.

January 13, 2024
January 13, 2024

ISRO captures supernova in space

Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) said its maiden X-ray polarimetric mission has captured the energy emanating from the explosion of a star which is called supernova.

January 6, 2024
January 6, 2024

India's national space agency tests futuristic fuel cell power system

A futuristic fuel cell-based power system was successfully tested by India's national space agency. As per ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation), this new power system could help build a proposed space station while holding prospects of wider human applications.

November 13, 2023
November 13, 2023

IFFI Film Bazaar selects Bangladeshi filmmaker’s documentary amongst top 10 films

Bangladeshi director Tasmia Afrin Mou’s mid-length Bengali documentary film, “Amar Nanur Bari” (Where My Grandma Lives), is about the destruction of water bodies in the name of development. It is amongst the ten works chosen for the much-awaited list of Film Bazaar of the 54th edition of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) to be held in Goa from November 20.

October 28, 2023
October 28, 2023

India moves to curb onion exports

It raises minimum export price of onion by four times to $800 a tonne

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