Pallab Bhattacharya

Pallab Bhattacharya is a special correspondent for The Daily Star.

Indian Navy reconstructs ancient ship inspired by Ajanta Cave paintings

A 1,600-year-old wooden ship, long extinct and no longer in naval service anywhere in the world, has been successfully reconstructed

2d ago

Indian scientists develop a super-fast charging sodium-ion battery

A team of Indian scientists in Bengaluru has developed a super-fast charging sodium-ion battery (SIB) based on a NASICON-type cathode and anode material, that can charge up to 80% in just six minutes and last over 3000 charge cycles.

5d ago

India withdraws export ban on 100% broken rice

The world’s largest rice exporter has revoked the ban to reduce its domestic stockpile

2m ago

Docking, growing vegetables, and manufacturing in space

On January 16, India’s national space agency, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), conducted a successful space docking (SpaDeX) operation by bridging two satellites in space, after overcoming hiccups twice.

4m ago

Could the Indian foreign secretary’s visit create positive optics?

Vikram Misri's visit to Dhaka signals efforts to stabilise Bangladesh-India ties.

5m ago

BJP's infiltration-from-Bangladesh plank falls flat in Jharkhand

The results of the assembly election in Jharkhand, where an alliance led by regional party Jharkhand Mukti Morcha, stormed back to power, have rebuffed main challenger Bharatiya Janata Party’s aggressive campaign on the polarising plank based on alleged infiltration from Bangladesh

6m ago

Shadow of US prosecutor’s bribery charge on Adani?

It remains to be seen how the political impact of the US prosecutors’ charges against the Adani group plays out.

6m ago

Will BJP’s infiltration pitch in Bengal and Assam pay off?

Infiltration from India’s border with Bangladesh has become a key component of Bharatiya Janata Party’s strategy for state assembly elections.

6m ago
May 22, 2025
May 22, 2025

Indian Navy reconstructs ancient ship inspired by Ajanta Cave paintings

A 1,600-year-old wooden ship, long extinct and no longer in naval service anywhere in the world, has been successfully reconstructed

May 20, 2025
May 20, 2025

Indian scientists develop a super-fast charging sodium-ion battery

A team of Indian scientists in Bengaluru has developed a super-fast charging sodium-ion battery (SIB) based on a NASICON-type cathode and anode material, that can charge up to 80% in just six minutes and last over 3000 charge cycles.

March 11, 2025
March 11, 2025

India withdraws export ban on 100% broken rice

The world’s largest rice exporter has revoked the ban to reduce its domestic stockpile

January 20, 2025
January 20, 2025

Docking, growing vegetables, and manufacturing in space

On January 16, India’s national space agency, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), conducted a successful space docking (SpaDeX) operation by bridging two satellites in space, after overcoming hiccups twice.

December 15, 2024
December 15, 2024

Could the Indian foreign secretary’s visit create positive optics?

Vikram Misri's visit to Dhaka signals efforts to stabilise Bangladesh-India ties.

November 23, 2024
November 23, 2024

BJP's infiltration-from-Bangladesh plank falls flat in Jharkhand

The results of the assembly election in Jharkhand, where an alliance led by regional party Jharkhand Mukti Morcha, stormed back to power, have rebuffed main challenger Bharatiya Janata Party’s aggressive campaign on the polarising plank based on alleged infiltration from Bangladesh

November 21, 2024
November 21, 2024

Shadow of US prosecutor’s bribery charge on Adani?

It remains to be seen how the political impact of the US prosecutors’ charges against the Adani group plays out.

November 1, 2024
November 1, 2024

Will BJP’s infiltration pitch in Bengal and Assam pay off?

Infiltration from India’s border with Bangladesh has become a key component of Bharatiya Janata Party’s strategy for state assembly elections.

October 25, 2024
October 25, 2024

Of human migration and citizenship in Assam

The petitioner’s claim was that granting citizenship to immigrants claiming entry before March 25, 1971, was harming Assam’s identity.

October 6, 2024
October 6, 2024

Jaishankar’s Islamabad visit and the future of India-Pakistan ties

Ten years is a long time in India-Pakistan relations, which are often prone to fits and starts.