ISRO collaborates with Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences & Technology. They will work on space medicine for the Gaganyaan mission. The partnership focuses on astronaut health. Research areas include physiology and biomedical support. The collaboration aims to improve human research in space. It will also develop new medical technologies. This could lead to advancements in healthcare on Earth.
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Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami met newly elected Delhi CM Rekha Gupta in New Delhi on Thursday. Dhami shared the glimpses of the meeting on his official 'X' handle. Gupta took oath as the ninth overall and fourth woman Chief Minister of Delhi at Ramlila Maidan in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other prominent NDA leaders.
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India urged BRICS nations to unite on the 'Baku to Belem Roadmap' for mobilising $1.3 trillion annually by 2035 to achieve climate goals. The country emphasized the need for strengthened climate finance mechanisms and highlighted the importance of collective action and shared responsibility among BRICS members.