Indian Scientists  

A new list compiled by Stanford University, Elsevier Research Intelligence and SciTech strategies has revealed that six scientists from India have been ranked among the top 10 contributors to their fields globally
 

COVID-19 has infected more than 2 million in the world and has claimed 1,26,000 lives. In the global fight against the disease, Indian scientists have joined the race against the clock to find a vaccine.

Homi Jehangir Bhabha, often referred to as the Father of the Indian Nuclear Programme, was the founding director of the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre. On the 24th January, 1966, he met a tragic end when Air India Flight 101 crashed near Mont Blanc while he was travelling to Vienna for a conference. Many believe that the crash wasn’t an accident but premeditated assassination carried out by American intelligence agencies to thwart India’s nuclear programme.

In this episode of Not For Women Only, we kick off World Space Week by taking a look at how the empowerment of Indian women scientists over the last 5 years has shown that times are changing.

 The nation rises in support of Indian scientists of ISRO and its mission Chandrayaan-2 after its plan to soft land Vikram near the moon's south pole did not go as per script. It's not just Prime Minister Modi, but citizens and celebrities from the world of cinema and sports have come together to say they are proud of ISRO.

It’s a proud moment for India as Chandrayaan-2 will soft-land on the lunar surface of the moon in a few hours from now. It was launched on July 22.

According to reports, the ARIES team of researchers performed photometric observations of the globular cluster NGC 4147 using 3.6-metre Devasthal Optical Telescope (DOT) established in 2016 near Nainital.
 

PM Modi said, 'This Gaganyaan will be taken to space by an Indian, powered by the research efforts of the Indian scientists. When that happens, India will become the fourth nation in the world to have sent man to space.'