Month: February 2021

The International Asteroid Discovery Project was conducted by STEM and Space, an organisation working towards the learning of astronomy and space science in India, along with the International Astronomical Search Collaboration (IASC) as part of a NASA citizen science project.

Over the last two years, 150 students from all around India participated in this two month long campaign to find asteroids, making this the largest asteroid discovery project in India, Mila Mitra, Co-founder and Academic Head of STEM and Space, told PTI.

This took place during the construction of the four-lane highway between Vijaypur and Solapur on the NH-52.

A Nasa professor is reportedly controlling the Mars Perseverance rover from a one-bedroom flat above a hair salon in South London.

According to a Daily Mail report, the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic has forced Sanjeev Gupta, an Indian-origin British geologist, to work from home while Perseverance rover is getting ready for exploring the Martian surface after safely landing in the Jezero Crater.

Hailing from M Agraharam village in Tadimarri mandal, Rithvika Sri is a class 2 student of St Vincent De Paul English Medium School of Anantapur.

A resident of Sikharpur Upar Sahi, Satyabrat Rout aka Kabula Bhai has been carrying out fogging in different localities of the city for the last two months voluntarily and free of cost.

In FY2012-13, the company had achieved the milestone of one million exports.

JunkGuards, which Mehta founded in 2018, aims to ensure adherence to proper waste management practices, and connects all the stakeholders in the e-waste ecosystem.

Noida

After a second lease of life, Dr Nitin Pandey decided to start cancer awareness among people through his clinic and outside.