Mangalyaan, India's Mars orbiter craft, completes eight years in orbit

India's Mars orbiter craft has completed eight years in its orbit, well beyond its designed mission life of six months. Plans on a follow-on 'Mangalyaan' mission to the Red Planet, however, are yet to be firmed up. The Mars Orbiter Mission -- a technology demonstration venture -- is the maiden interplanetary mission of the national space agency, the Indian Space Research Organisation.

Tim Friede: Man bitten by snakes hundreds of times helps create broad antivenom

Tim Friede, a self-taught snake enthusiast, endured hundreds of venomous bites, enabling researchers to develop a potentially groundbreaking antivenom. His unique antibodies could help treat snakebite victims globally, particularly in India, by neutralizing toxins across multiple snake species.

Potential presence of primitive lunar mantle materials on Chandrayaan-3 landing site: Study

Chandrayaan-3's landing site revealed high sulphur levels, suggesting presence of primitive lunar mantle materials from the South Pole-Aitken basin's formation 4.3 billion years ago, offering insights into early lunar evolution and composition.