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EAM Jaishankar highlights India's expanding engagement in Arctic region
Updated : 10 months, 2 weeks ago IST
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Sunday highlighted India's expanding engagement in polar regions, noting that the country has been active in the Antarctic for over four decades and has recently strengthened its Arctic involvement through a dedicated policy and international coll
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Ice-melting process causing sea-level rise, coastal areas facing problems
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Raising concern over climate change DGM, IMD, Dr Mrutyunjay Mohapatra said that an ice-melting process in polar regions is causing sea-level rise and coastal areas are facing problems, especially during cyclones.
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Senior ISRO scientists share their experience of interacting with PM Modi
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
In 2023, on this very day, Chandrayaan 3 accomplished the safe and soft landing of Vikram Lander on the lunar surface. India became the fourth country to land on the moon and the first to land near the southern polar region of the moon.
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Glacier exploitation threatens Pakistan's ecological future
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Pakistan boasts over 7,000 glaciers, forming the largest mass of ice outside the polar regions. Northern Pakistan, crisscrossed by the Karakoram, Himalayan, and Hindu Kush mountain ranges, is a landscape shaped by ice and rock.
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President Biden congratulates PM Modi, ISRO scientists for success of Chan
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
US President Joe Biden on Friday congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the scientists and engineers of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Chandrayaan-3’s historic landing at the south polar region of the Moon, as well as the successful launch of India’s first solar mis
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RAMBHA-LP on-board Chandrayaan-3 measures near-surface plasma content: ISR
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Thursday said that the RAMBHA-LP, a payload attached to the lander module Vikram, which is on the lunar surface, of the Chandrayaan-3 mission, has made the first-ever measurements of the near-surface Lunar plasma environment over the south pol
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Pride not only for India but for world: Indian diaspora in US erupts in jo
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
After a historic soft landing by the Chandrayaan-3 on the southern polar region of the Moon, the Indian diaspora at Times Square in New York, US was seen celebrating the moment.
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US Vice President Kamala Harris congratulates India for Chandrayaan-3’s su
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
US Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday congratulated India for Chandrayaan-3’s successful landing on the southern polar region of the moon, called it an “incredible feat for all scientists, engineers involved”.
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Google CEO Sundar Pichai congratulates ISRO for successful landing of Chan
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
“What an incredible moment! Congratulations to @isro for the successful landing of #Chandrayaan3 on the moon this morning. Today, India became the first country to successfully achieve a soft landing on the southern polar region of the moon.” Pichai tweeted on Wednesday.
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“Chandrayaan-3 to make history…”: Former ISRO scientist ahead of soft land
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
With only hours left for the much-anticipated Chandrayaan-3 mission, former ISRO scientist Mylswamy Annadurai on Wednesday said that by being the first to make a soft landing on the lunar polar region, the mission is set to make history.
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Researchers explain depletion in mesospheric ozone layer
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], August 23 (ANI): The same phenomenon that causes aurorae -- the magical curtains of green light often visible from the polar regions of the Earth -- causes mesospheric ozone layer depletion. This depletion could have significance for global climate change and therefore, unders
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China sees polar regions as new strategic frontier, its satellite plan to
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Hong Kong, May 27 (ANI): With climate change continuing to affect the Arctic and the region being increasingly seen as area of emerging economic importance, the perception of Arctic waters as an arena for great power rivalry has gained traction. China is a factor in these debates as it has
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