Cassini Spacecraft: with two elements: Cassini orbiter and Huygens probe, launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida in October 1997, spent seven years in transit, arrived at Saturn in July 2004, followed by 13 years orbiting Saturn; was the first spacecraft to observe Saturn – the ringed planet from orbit, ended its mission ...
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Gyroplane could soon be a Personal Transport
Gyroplane is a bit of both a Helicopter and an Airplane that takes off almost vertically in a way similar to a helicopter and can economically cruise (fly) at speeds ranging between 100 to 160 kmph, depending upon the wind and weather conditions and are therefore good for short recreational hops only. Gyroplanes is an aircraft that derives lift from freely turning rotary wing or rotor blades ti...
India’s Food Security & Fluctuations in Global Markets
The farm sector in India is very crucial for food security of the country’s large population and for the livelihood of majority of its population. Therefore, the performance of this sector is closely monitored by the government and various measures and strategies are put in place to counter the adverse effects of various factors on this sector from time to time. These measures and strategies include several inst...
India’s first locally built Scorpene Class Submarine Kalvari to be operational soon
INS Kalvari India’s first locally built Scorpene Class Submarine would soon be handed over to Indian Navy and sent to Indian Ocean on operational deployment. It is a class of diesel-electric attack submarine, the first of the six such submarines being built at Indian shipyard Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL) at Mumbai port with the technical supp...
Sardar Sarovar Dam will Benefit Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Gujarat States
Sardar Sarovar Dam, a gravity dam on the Narmada River near Navagam, Gujarat and one of the largest dams in the world, was dedicated to the nation by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the occasion of his 67th birthday on Sunday September 17, 2017. A vision of the first deputy prime minister of India Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and its foundation stone was laid out by Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru on April...
Doklam Standoff a Setback for China
Doklam standoff was a deadlock between Indian and Chinese soldiers over the construction of a road by China in Dokalam region that overlooks the strategic Chumbi Valley, near the Bhutan trijunction, belongs to Bhutan and is strategically significant for India, adding tension to the Sino-Indian relation. Dokalam is the Bhutanese name of the region which is recognised by India as Doka La. Doka La ...
Modinomics: a Catalyst of Economic Reforms to Make India a Developed Nation by 2022
India achieved independence in 1947, prior to which, i.e., in the first five decades of the 20th century from 1900 to 1947 the per capita GDP in India was stagnant, as the trend of growth in GDP during this period was 0.9 per cent with population growing by 0.8 per cent. We can experience some triumphalism on the 70th anniversary of our independence with India being est...
Economic Survey 2016-17: Volume-2 is Optimistic despite Deflationary Impulses & Subdued Growth
Economic Survey 2016-17: Volume-2, for the first time government presented a second or a mid-year economic survey for the year 2017-18 highlighting the new factors that the economy faces since the last such exercise in February, tabled in Parliament by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday 11 August 2017 rekindles optimism on ongoing structural reforms driven by:
Climate Change, Sustainable Development and Energy
Modern economic development largely depends on the availability of energy sources and effective utilisation of these sources. The traditional energy sources largely come from the fossil fuels and over utilisation of these fuels can cause drastic environment, ecology and climate change which have been described as the biggest global health threats of the 21st century. This is affecting...
“Saraswati Supercluster” Discovery would shed Light on Density Clusters Formed Billions of Years Ago
A Supercluster of galaxies discovered by Indian astrophysicists prior to February 2016, is one of the largest, most massive and the furthest superclusters known that has been named “Saraswati Supercluster”. This supercluster is as big as 20 million billion suns, roughly more than 10 billion years old, about 4 billion light years away from Earth and spreads over a “great wall” about 600 million light years across...