Expert panel to review Meril’s price exemption bid for stent

• NPPA verified the company’s submissions and decided that the matter be sent to an expert body for re-examination
• The company says its stents are made of biodegradable material, and are an alternative to the traditional metal stents

As Lunar night falls, hopes of waking up Chandrayaan-2's lander is all but over

• The lander, designed to execute a soft-landing on the lunar surface, and rover have a mission life of one Lunar day, which is equivalent to 14 earth days
• Lander Vikram, with rover Pragyan housed inside it, lost communication with the ground station on 7 September during its final descent

Growing hair on bald heads with electric tech may soon be easy

• A noninvasive, low-cost hair-growth-stimulating technology may make reversing baldness easy in the future
• The technology uses small devices called nanogenerators that passively gather energy from day-to-day movements and then transmit low-frequency pulses of electricity to the skin

Mission Chandrayaan-2: Experts panel analysing cause of Vikram's failure

• ISRO statement is silent on the members of the national committee of academicians, the committee chief and the time frame
• The Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft comprised three segments—the Orbiter, Vikram and Pragyan

Opinion | If it turns upside-down, is it still a failure?

During Vikram’s descent to the Moon, any number of things could have gone wrong and corrections were not really possible from Isro here on Earth

e-Cigarette ban: Why regulation of the emerging industry was difficult in India?

• The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved an ordinance for banning production, import, distribution and sale of electronic cigarettes
• e-Cigarettes have started getting popular among schoolgoing children and that prompted the govt to act

NASA captures images of Chandrayaan-2's Moon landing site: Official

• The probability of establishing contact with the lander has a deadline of 21 September because after that the Moon region will enter into a lunar night
• Chandrayaan 2's Vikram lander lost communication with ground stations during its final descent

Health fears prompt 5G revolt in Switzerland

• Demonstrators against the technology are due to fill the streets of Bern later this month
• A growing number of Swiss are voicing alarm at possible health effects from exposure to the electromagnetic rays radiating from the new antenna

Malnutrition leading cause for death among children under 5

• Low birth weight is biggest contributor to disease burden, followed by stunting, according to ICMR study
• Of the malnutrition indicators, low birth weight is the biggest contributor to disease burden

Citing rampant misuse, government bans open retail sale of abortion drugs

• The drug regulator had issued an advisory on 9 Aug, mandating the 'product be used only under the supervision of a service provider and in a medical facility'
• Mifepristone and Misoprostol are popular abortion pills

Why many potential cancer drugs are failing the test

• New research led by US scientists has found that many of these potential cancer drugs do not actually act as they are intended to do
• This is important because the hopes of millions of patients are resting on cancer drugs in various stages of clinical trials

ISRO racing against time to salvage lander Vikram of Chandrayaan-2

• ISRO today again confirmed that lander Vikram has been located on lunar surface by the Chandrayaan-2 orbiter which is circling the moon in its intended orbit
• ISRO lost communication with the lander during its final descent, just 2.1 kms above the moon surface, minutes before the planned soft-landing in the early hours of Saturday

Decoded: Why people gain weight as they get older

• The study found that the rate at which lipid in the fat cells is removed decreases during ageing and makes it easier to gain weight
• Prior studies have shown that one way to speed up the lipid turnover in the fat tissue is to exercise more

Chandrayaan 2: Vikram Lander located but no communication yet, ISRO tweets

• 'All possible efforts are being made to establish communication with lander,' ISRO said on Twitter
• On Monday, ISRO informed Chandrayaan 2's lander Vikram is unbroken but lying tilted on the surface of the Moon

Pakistan's first female astronaut congratulates ISRO on Chandrayaan-2

• Namira Salim said the attempt to make a landing on the Moon was itself a 'giant leap' for South Asia
• Her comments came amid the ongoing war of words between India and Pakistan ever since India withdrew Jammu and Kashmir's special status

Chandrayaan 2: 'Vikram' lander is not broken, lies as single piece, ISRO hopeful

• 'We are making all-out efforts to see whether communication can be re-established with the lander,' ISRO official said
• Chandrayaan-2 orbiter is healthy and safe in the lunar orbit, an ISRO official said

Hopes fading on re-establishing link with lander Vikram: ISRO scientists

• Chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation K Sivan said on Saturday that the space agency will try to establish link with the lander for 14 days
• The 1,471-kg lander of Chandrayaan-2 -- first Indian mission to explore the lunar terrain with home-grown technology

Isro locates lander Vikram on Moon, hopes to make contact over next 14 days

• Connecting with lander is extremely challenging and chances of retrieving any data is slim
• Chances of a hard landing would make it difficult for rover to traverse the surface of Moon

Vikram Lander of Chandrayaan-2 located on Moon surface: ISRO chief K Sivan

Isro chief K. Sivan says the space agency has find the location of Vikram Lander on moon surface

India is proud of ISRO, says Prez Kovind, those who try never lose, says Rajnath

• 'We owe a great debt to ISRO and the brilliant men and women who staff it,' said Sonia Gandhi
• Amit Shah said ISRO's achievement in getting Chandrayaan-2 so far has made every Indian proud