11-year-old moves Supreme Court against entrance tests in CM Shri schools, ETEducation
“>Section 13 of the RTE Act explicitly prohibits the use of any “screening procedure” in school admissions New Delhi, India: An eleven-year-old student has approached the Supreme Court challenging the Delhi Government’s admission policy for CM SHRI Schools that requires students to undergo an entrance test for entry into Classes 6, 7 and 8. The […]
Historic milestone for India-born cheetah at Kuno: ‘Mukhi’ becomes adult on Monday- why it matters | India News
Cheetah ‘Mukhi’ (Image credit: Kuno National Park) NEW DELHI: India’s cheetah reintroduction programme will notch a historic first on Monday when Mukhi, a female cub born at Kuno National Park, becomes the country’s first India-born cheetah to reach adulthood- a crucial milestone in creating a self-sustaining population.“Mukhi, a female cub born to Namibian cheetah Jwala […]
Dr Swaminathan C Treats 25000 Seniors With Mobile Hospital at Their Homes
The interviews and reporting for this story were conducted in August 2023. After years of staying in Canada, Dr Swaminathan C — who was raised in the country — came back and settled in India. But it was only while working at a private medical college in Tamil Nadu that he truly understood his purpose, […]
A decade among the stars: India’s first space observatory AstroSat completes 10 years
A file image of AstroSat. | Photo Credit: Special arrangement India’s first dedicated Space Astronomy Observatory, AstroSat completed a decade of operations on Sunday (September 28, 2025). Ten years ago, on September 28, 2015, the AstroSat was launched by PSLV-C30 (XL) rocket from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota with a mission life of […]
What is multi-messenger astronomy? – The Hindu
The Astrosat spacecraft is seen before launch | Photo Credit: ISRO A: Multi-messenger astronomy is a relatively new way to study the universe by using more than one kind of “messenger” from space. For a long time, astronomy was almost entirely based on light, i.e. what we see through telescopes, across the spectrum from radio […]
5 Indian Spices With Ancient Roots That Still Shape Our Meals Today
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Asian Heart Institute’s Dr Ramakanta Panda on Heart Health, De-Stressing & Heart Hacks
He watched it beat; its choreography was perfect. A delicate dance that dictated life and death. As a third-year medical student, Dr Ramakanta Panda, the Chairman of Mumbai’s Asian Heart Institute — a post he has held for the last decade — stood over a live beating heart. It was his first time at an […]
Watch: India’s renewables push is incomplete; here’s why: the storage challenge
Battery energy storage systems are key to balancing India’s growing renewable power. But limited manufacturing, high costs, and lithium import dependence raise big questions about India’s clean energy future. Source link
Can an ivermectin pill keep malaria from being transmitted?
Between 2000 and 2015, the world’s fight against malaria made remarkable progress, with millions of lives saved through better prevention, diagnosis, and treatment. Of late, however, that momentum has slowed. In 2023 alone, malaria claimed nearly 6 lakh lives, with 95% of those deaths occurring in the African region. India has made dramatic progress too, with […]
This doctor has saved 250+ species of animals
#thebetterindia From pets to the wild—Dr. Panjit Basumatary’s journey is nothing short of extraordinary. Over 20+ years, he has rescued 3,000 animals across 250 species, from clouded leopards to rhinos, often in the harshest terrains. His most daring feat? Saving a tigress with tumors. Today, he leads India’s only Asiatic black bear rehab centre, proving […]