Madrid, (UNI) The area of a natural fire raging on the largest of Spain’s Canary Islands, Tenerife, has exceeded 3,200 hectares (7,907 acres) and continues to spread, affecting Arafo, Candelaria, El Rosario, Tacoronte and other municipalities, the Canary Islands’ government said. “As of 20:00 Thursday, the fire area reached 3,273 hectares on a perimeter of…
Tokyo, (UNI) Some 38,200 people have been advised to evacuate due to the risk of landslides in Miyazaki Prefecture in southwestern Japan, Japanese media reported on Friday. The advisory was issued amid Typhoon Lan’s passage over Kyushu Island, where the prefecture is located, the NHK broadcaster reported. The cyclone hit southwestern Japan, bringing heavy rains…
Washington, (UNI) A new COVID-19 variant, dubbed BA.2.86, has been detected in the United States, Denmark and Israel and is being tracked, US Center For Disease and Control Prevention (CDC) said Thursday. “CDC is tracking a new lineage of the virus that causes COVID-19. This lineage is named BA.2.86, and has been detected in the…
Chennai, Aug 19 (UNI) The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said its maiden Solar exploratory Mission Aditya-L1 is not a complete one to study the Sun due to limited mass, power and volume of the spacecraft that carries scientific payloads in space. “Is Aditya-L1 a complete Mission to study the Sun. The obvious answer is…
Chennai, Aug 19 (UNI) As it gears up for its first Solar Inter-planetry mission to study the sun, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said the major science objectives of the Adity-L1 spacecraft, to be ferried into a Low Earth Orbit by PSLV vehicle, was to understand the Coronal Heating and Solar Wind Acceleration. ISRO…
Chennai, Aug 19 (UNI) Indi’s maiden solar Exploratory Mission, ADITYA-L1 satellite, to take off in the coming days, will be carrying seven scientific payloads, indigenously developed by different laboratories in the country, to carry out systematic study of the Sun. ISRO said the Aditya-L1 mission carries a suit of seven scientific payloads to carry out…
Chennai, Aug 19 (UNI) The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) which is gearing up for its first Solar exploratory mission to study the dynamic sun with the planned Aditya-L1 satellite using PLSV in the coming days, said the study of the sun was to know about stars in various other galaxies. ISRO said The sun…
Chennai, Aug 19 (UNI) Scientists of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), who are gearing up and burning their midnight oil for the successful soft landing of Lander Module carried by its third Lunar Mission Chandryaaan-3 on August 23, is all set for launching its maiden dedicated polarimetry mission XPOSAT in a Low Earth Orbit…
Chennai, Aug 19 (UNI) After the moon, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is eyeing for landing in the most challenging surface of the hottest Sun, the nearest start and the largest object in the Solar system. The Space Agency is gearing up for the launch of Aditya-L1 Solar Exploratory mission to study the Sun….
Srinagar, Aug 18 (UNI) Kashmir’s chief cleric and All Parties Hurriyat Conference Chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq will send a legal notice to concerned authorities over his continuous house detention. The managing body of Anjuman Auqaf Jama Masjid said Mirwaiz has been pushed to take the legal route to clarify his status and initiate proceedings…
