Day: 3 December 2025

The Rajendra Chintan Samiti and the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) jointly organized a special ceremony at the statue of Dr. Rajendra Prasad near the Parliament House to mark his 141st birth anniversary. Dignitaries and attendees paid floral tributes, honoring India’s first President for his remarkable contributions and his life of simplicity. Dr. Yoganand Shastri, former Speaker of the Delhi Assembly, lit the ceremonial lamp and led the homage. He participated alongside Vijay Shankar Chaturvedi, Vice President of the Rajendra Chintan Samiti; Pankaj Sharma, Convenor; and members Lakshmi Devi Sharma,…

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Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has conducted a successful high-speed rocket-sled test of fighter aircraft escape system at controlled velocity. The test at Rail Track Rocket Sled facility of the Terminal Ballistics Research Laboratory, Chandigarh, validated canopy severance, ejection sequencing and complete aircrew-recovery.    The test was conducted in collaboration with Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) and Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL). This complex dynamic test places India in an elite club of nations with advanced in-house escape system testing capability.  Dynamic ejection tests are significantly more complex than static tests…

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A new strategy has been developed for enhancing the activity of catalysts used to split water for generating Hydrogen, one of the cleanest known fuels. In the electrolysis of water, which is central to clean hydrogen production, the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) has long remained a challenge due to its sluggish kinetics and higher overpotential requirements compared to the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). Developing noble-metal-free catalysts that can efficiently drive OER is therefore a pressing research priority.  Coordination polymers (COPs) are formed by the combination of metal ions and organic…

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Scientists are increasingly turning to historical and modern data from the Kodaikanal Solar Observatory (KSO) to better understand how the Sun’s magnetic activity influences satellite communication and navigation systems.  The study which identified concentration of solar activity with the exact locations of sunspot activity peaks during the solar cycle can improve the understanding of how the Sun’s magnetic dynamo operates and how it might affect space weather and terrestrial climate.  The Sun is not a static ball of fire but a dynamic, magnetically active star that undergoes regular cycles of…

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