National Energy Storage Mission would soon be launched by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy to kick-start grid-connected energy storage in India, set up a regulatory framework and encourage indigenous manufacture of batteries, as per the draft submitted to the Ministry in the last week of April, 2018. “We need a viable commercial plan for storing renewable energy and we will be able to si...
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Indian Petroleum & Explosives Safety Service
Indian Petroleum & Explosives Safety Service (IPESS) formation as Group ‘A’ service of the technical cadre of Petroleum & Safety Organization (PESO) to enhance capacity and efficiency of the organisation, as well as to enhance career progression of its Group ‘A’ officers has been approved by the Union Cabinet chaired by chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on May 2, 2018. From its inc...
Indian Navigation Satellite with Indigenous Atomic Clock
Navigation with Indian Constellation or “NavIC”, an independent Indian Satellite based positioning system for critical National applications, with the objective to provide Reliable Position, Navigation and Timing services over India and its neighbourhood - a region extending 1500 km around it, and to provide fairly good accuracy to the user, is a Constellation of Seven SatellitesContinue Reading...
India Explores Unconventional Energy Resources
Shale Gas that has huge potential refers to natural gas trapped within Shale formations - the fine-grained sedimentary rocks, which can be rich sources of petroleum and natural gas. India has an estimated 96 trillion cubic feet (tcf) of recoverable Shale gas reserves, found mainly in Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Rajasthan. Krishna-Godavari (KG) basin, located in eastern India, encloses a serie...
India Celebrates 20th Anniversary of Nuclear Tests
Pokhran-I code named Smiling Buddha was India’s first nuclear successful nuclear test on May 18, 1974 in the deserts of Pokhran, located in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan for which a team of 75 scientists and engineers, led by Raja Ramanna, PK Iyengar, Rajagopala Chidambaram and others had worked from 1967 to 1974, although India had started its own nuclear program in 1944 under guidance ...
India & Russia in Special Privileged Strategic Partnership
India and Russia First Informal Summit in Russia's Black Sea coastal city of Sochi on May 21, 2018 provided an occasion for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Vladimir Putin to deepen their friendship and exchange views on Global and Regional issues, in keeping with the tradition of high level political exchanges between the two countries. Modi recalled his first visit t...
India & Indonesia Shared Vision on Maritime Cooperation
SAGAR: Security & Growth for All in the Region and Maritime Fulcrum - Visions of India and Indonesia matched as the two Maritime neighbors and sea faring nations vowed to bolster their existing bilateral ties in the economy and defense sectors to establishing Comprehensive Strategic Partnership during first-ever official visit of the Prime M...
In Bharat Ki Baat, Sabke Saath Modi Interacts with Global Audience
Bharat Ki Baat, Sabke Saath was a globally telecast live event from the Central Hall Westminster in London in which Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacted with participants across the World in the evening of April 18, 2018 during his recent visit to UK. According to Europe India Forum, the organisers of Bharat Ki Baat, Sabke Saath Indian Prime Minister addressed people of all nationalities and ...
How to Ace the UGC-NET
National Eligibility Test (NET) is a national level exam conducted by University Grants Commission (UGC) to determine eligibility for lectureship and for award of Junior Research Fellowship (JRF). This exam also serves the purpose of ensuring minimum standards for entrants in teaching profession and research.
Depending on performance of candidates in the three papers of NET, ...
Every Single Village in India Now Has Access to Electricity
"Leisang village in Manipur, like the thousands of other villages across India has been powered and empowered! This news will make every Indian proud and delighted." “28th April 2018 will be remembered as a historic day in the development journey of India. Yesterday, we fulfilled a commitment due to which the lives of several Indians will be transformed forever! I am delighted that every single village of India ...