The 7th #ScienceOfTheTimes edition. Find out what may help you keep warm in the Himalayan winters and what scientists found about lemon-hued Eurema butterflies.

Excellent initiative by #Kerala govt! The state goes US way with college sports league. First in India. Football league to begin from Thursday. Cc: Pinarayi Vijayan P Rajeev newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/…

Lower Ambalipura Lake in Harlur is a treasure trove of birdlife, surrounded by trees & nature But reaching it is no easy task — the lake hides behind five gated apartment complexes, cutting it off from the public view Now, residents want the BBMP to create a common access

#Space #India #Update In a milestone for human spaceflight programme, India's own #Astronaut training & space psychology protocols have been validated. Doors could be open for civilian astronauts too. Read on for exclusive details on what #IAM has achieved. 1/n Pic: Indian Air Force

#Update #Space #Science #EXCLUSIVE: The Institute of Aerospace Medicine (#IAM) with ICMR has completed a 7-day continuous head-down bed rest study to simulate microgravity and investigate how spaceflight affects the human body and mind. 1/n

#Update #science #India In a step towards India’s first human mission into the deep ocean, MoES NIOT & ISRO #VSSC Isro’s have successfully completed a critical welding process for #Matsya6000 — a crewed submersible being developed under the #Samudrayaan project. 1/n Pic: Isro

The 9th #ScienceOfTheTimes edition. 50yrs ago ISRO & NASA partnered for #SITE beaming info thru #TV to 2,400 villages. Today, they are hours away from launching #Nisar which holds potential to provide data on #Earth like never before.

#Update #Space  @Nasa - ISRO joint satellite #Nisar is all set for launch tomorrow evening. In this #thread, let's take a look at what happens from tomorrow and why it'll take 90 days for it to begin sending data or enter the #Science Phase. 1/n Pic: Isro

#Space #Update On a cold, wind-brushed outpost at 14,000 ft in Ladakh, 2 #analogue crew will begin living in isolation to simulate physiological & psychological effects of a space mission as part of ISRO experiment starting today. Facility built by a Bengaluru firm. 1/n

#Space #Update #JUSTIN Indian spacetech firm Dhruva Space is set to launch its first commercial satellite mission, #LEAP1, in the third quarter of 2025 aboard SpaceX’s #Falcon9 rocket. 1/n

During another recent visit to Calcutta for a LibTech India meeting, saw this lovely tribute to Amartya Sen outside the Pratichi Trust office. Thanks again Mudar Patherya for this initiative. cc: SABIR AHAMED Amartya Sen's mother tongue is Bangla.

#Exclusive #Space #India In a first, a #private consortium led by Pixxel will design, build and operate and Earth Observation (EO) satellite network comprising 12 satellites under a #PPP model. All you need to know about it will be in this thread. 1/n

#Space #update A major milestone has been achieved in orbit for #Nisar, the joint Earth-observing satellite mission from Nasa and Isro, as its massive radar antenna reflector successfully deployed, NASA JPL has confirmed. 1/n Pic: Nasa/JPL-Caltech

My 2nd book, Vaccine Nation: How Immunization Shaped India (Macmillan) is out today! For the first time, it chronicles India’s vaccine journey from the 1800s to the present. Grateful to K. VijayRaghavan, Dinesh S. Thakur, Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon), Prof. Devi Sridhar, Prof. Sarah Gilbert (University of Oxford),

Join the Ethics in Healthcare 2025 Summit On September 25 at ITC Gardenia, Bengaluru, Prof. Paul Salins and other leading voices will confront the moral challenges facing modern medicine. Executive Passes are now open — Early Bird Discount available. Register today:

Ameer Shahul Ameer Shahul is back with his second book. This time on vaccines, as he chronicles India's rise as a global #vaccine powerhouse. Looking forward to reading, and getting a signed copy when he visits us KUFOS next time ! #PublicHealth #immunization #Geopolitics

This book by Ameer Shahul charts India’s vaccine journey from colonial testing ground to global manufacturer scroll.in/article/108572… via Scroll.in

What a fantastic story and such a pity that so less is spoken of it and it’s like. Thank you Ameer Shahul for capturing not just this one, but many such in your book. Kudos!