Gaganyaan’s 2026 Unmanned Flights: India’s ambitious Gaganyaan mission is gearing up for unmanned flights scheduled in 2026, marking a vital milestone before the historic human spaceflight planned for 2027. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has completed over 80,000 rigorous tests, developed advanced life-support, crew safety technologies, and established training and ground infrastructure to ensure…
The Kodaikanal Solar Magnetic Study has enabled astronomers to reconstruct the Sun’s polar magnetic field over the past century by analyzing digitized historical images from the Kodaikanal Solar Observatory (KoSO). By combining this unmatched archive with modern data from Italy’s Rome-PSPT telescope and applying advanced AI algorithms, researchers identified faint bright features near the Sun’s…
India’s human spaceflight ambitions received a sharper strategic contour at the CSIR-ISRO Space Meet 2025, held on 17 November 2025 at Hotel Radisson Blu Atria, Bengaluru. Delivering a comprehensive address, Dr V. Narayanan, Secretary, Department of Space & Chairman, ISRO, set the overarching direction for India’s journey from Gaganyaan to future crewed missions, stressing that…
Healthtech Inflection: Oral GLP-1s just crossed a threshold. Novo Nordisk has submitted oral semaglutide 25 mg for FDA review as a pill formulation of Wegovy, backed by OASIS-4 data showing ~16–17% weight loss and improvements in cardiovascular risk factors; fresh analyses landed at ObesityWeek 2025. Eli Lilly meanwhile confirms plans to bring its oral GLP-1…
AI Mental Health Ecosystem: The world in 2025 looks very different when it comes to mental health. Once treated as a private struggle, mental well-being has now become a global conversation. Rising stress, digital burnout, anxiety disorders, unpredictable work culture, loneliness, and emotional exhaustion have pushed societies to search for faster, more accessible support systems….
Gaganyaan G1 Launching: ISRO says the first uncrewed Gaganyaan mission (G1) is on track for early December 2025, with ~90% of work complete and Vyommitra—the agency’s half-humanoid—flying to help validate crew-system performance. Over the past few months, teams have closed out “last-mile” tasks: a full-stack parachute deceleration demonstration (IADT-01), human-rating of the CE-20 cryogenic engine,…
IISF 2025 Announced for Chandigarh: India’s annual India International Science Festival (IISF) returns December 6–9, 2025 to Panjab University, Chandigarh, with the theme “Vigyan Se Samruddhi: for Aatmanirbhar Bharat”—science for prosperity and self-reliance. Led by the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) with support from core science ministries and premier institutions, the festival will convene scientists,…
The India International Science Festival (IISF) 2025, scheduled from December 6 to 9, is being hailed as the country’s largest celebration of science, innovation, and youth potential. Organized by the Ministry of Science & Technology, in collaboration with Vijnana Bharati (VIBHA), this flagship event represents more than an annual gathering—it’s a mission to unite science…
ISRO’s Gaganyaan Mission: India’s human spaceflight ambitions just got one step closer to reality. On November 3, 2025, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully conducted a crucial Integrated Main Parachute Airdrop Test (IMAT) for the ambitious Gaganyaan mission. Conducted at the Babina Field Firing Range in Jhansi, this test aimed to validate the deployment…
Gaganyaan in 2025: India’s Gaganyaan programme has moved from concept to final-phase execution in 2025. The government’s latest brief sets a crew mission target of the first quarter of 2027, preceded by an uncrewed orbital mission whose window opens in late 2025, with Vyommitra aboard as a test payload. Along the way, ISRO has ticked…