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 By Pallava Bagla
Celebrate India's moon moment!
Tuesday October 6, 2009
India’s moon moment came recently when the two space agencies of India and America jointly announced that water has been found on the moon.
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Will India find water on moon?
Tuesday August 25, 2009
The maiden Indian lunar craft Chandrayaan-1 and the American satellite Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter that are both currently in the moon’s orbit were brought within 30 kilometers of each other and synchronously the onboard mini RADAR’s of each was focused on the Erlanger crater, signals sent in tandem to this permanently shaded crater were picked up.
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Dream Cabinet may shore up Indian Science
Tuesday June 2, 2009
Science it seems has finally come of age in India as hugely qualified and politically heavyweight ministers have been appointed for key portfolios like science, environment and education in the new government.
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Impressive turnaround at ICRISAT
Monday May 11, 2009, Hyderabad
Just a decade ago the world’s foremost dry land agriculture laboratory, the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Patancheru on the outskirts of Hyderabad was described as facing a 'mid life crisis'. Today, there has been a turnaround.
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India over the moon
Friday April 10, 2009, India
As most of India slept, on this rainy October morning and the sun had barely peeped out from behind the ominous cloud band, a 300-ton monster belching fire and thunder leapt up from the coast of the Bay of Bengal....
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(E)N-powered India races to the moon
Friday April 10, 2009, India
India having broken its nuclear shackles after getting its way with the nuclear deal inked, the country is now racing to reach its nearest celestial neighbor the moon. This will make India only the sixth country in the world to...
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Nuclear Deal: An interesting irony
Friday April 10, 2009
For the world, the Indo-US Civilian nuclear deal almost seems a "win-win" situation; what is unfathomable is the domestic opposition - a fact that cannot be wished away. It is incredibly hard to explain that all hues of Indian politicians...
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About Me
Pallava Bagla
Pallava Bagla, Science Editor of NDTV is a globally acclaimed science communicator. Winner of India's highest award for science journalism in 2005 and conferred the 'Outstanding Journalism' award by the United Nations in 2003. Author of several books, the latest being 'Destination Moon: India's Quest for Moon, Mars and Beyond' published by HarperCollins. His pioneering multi media campaign in making Chandrayaan-1, truly a people's mission got critical acclaim.